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W Mexico City is a rebellious teenager to the laid-back streets of exclusive neighbourhood Polanco...

Polanco is one of Mexico City (and Latin America)’s wealthiest, glitziest neighbourhoods — home to high-end fashion boutiques, fine-dining restaurants, and high-rise big-name hotels like JW Marriot and Hyatt Regency.

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Mercifully laid back compared to downtown Mexico City, there’s a distinctly cosmopolitan, international feel to the ‘hood; streets named after famous figures — Tennyson, Churchill, and Newton — which says it all. But, in amongst its peaceful, glamorous streets, the W Mexico City manages to shake it all up a little; pronouncing itself with their ubiquitous gigantic W light-box out front, like a rebellious teenager with pink hair.

Its glass frontage allowing passers-by a glimpse into the decadent lobby and bar, music which is as loud outside as it is inside (yes that’s the outdoor sound system), plus its open-air second floor terrace with giant red umbrellas; the W screams “look at me!”. In another part of town it might seem ostentatious — here, as Polanco’s sole rebel, it’s a welcome burst of colour; energy; fun.

Inside the lobby, the usual W design theme runs riot; sleek black-tiled floors and rippled metallic walls that bounces light across the room, to the warm orange glow of the bar and its Instagram-ready plastic chairs with hollow faces that stare out from their rear. The breakfast room — which puts on a pretty mean spread each morning — has chairs constructed from branches and antlers, even the toilet signs are adorned with lucha libre masks. Beige just isn’t in W’s nature.

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There are 237 rooms across the hotel’s twenty-five stories, allowing for spectacular views of the city from floor-to-ceiling windows. We caught some pretty special sunrises from our room on level 12; jet lag having some benefits. The rooms are all white … literally all white … walls; floors; bed; drawers; the lot — so it’s nice that soft furnishings add some splashes of colour. Bright purple sofas, a Frida Kahlo-print cushion and a pretty trippy mirror. (Don’t look too long, it’ll blow your mind.) There’s walk-in shower rooms, a bed that lights up from below with a neon green glow, plus all the techie mod-cons you could need.

W Mexico City comes across as a mixture of beach resort and business hotel, both playful and practical, and it’s a combination that works wonders here; in this exclusive neighbourhood north of Chapultepec Park. Rico!

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