Located in downtown Mexico City, the home of the National Palace and where pre-Hispanic ruins rub shoulders with the oldest cathedral in the Americas, the recently opened Círculo Mexicano is a veritable celebration of contemporary Mexico.
Conceived by Grupo Habita in a collaboration with a wealth of top Mexican talent from the worlds of food, fashion, and design, Círculo Mexicano is a cultural haven in the heart of Mexico City.
Grupo Habita has been leading a design revolution in Mexico’s hospitality industry since 2000 and Círculo Mexicano is the group’s 12th property, one that will further cement Originals Carlos Couturier and Moises Micha’s reputations as industry trailblazers.
The Circulo Mexcicano rooftop bar and restaurant has sweeping vistas of the Metropolitan Cathedral, the National Palace, and the Templo Mayor, above and below
Here, Grupo Habita has reimagined a 19th century residential building, which houses a modern ground floor marketplace, 18 guest rooms and seven suites.
Crowning the property is a rooftop bar and restaurant, combining al fresco dining with sweeping vistas of the Metropolitan Cathedral, the National Palace, and the Templo Mayor for a fully rounded view of the city.
Architecture studio Ambrosi Etchegaray were tasked to recreate the feel of the neighbourhood’s typical patio house and “vecindad” – a property with several units.
A central courtyard sits at the heart of the hotel, with guests accessing rooms via their own private patio into sleek, well-designed spaces.
Rooms are outfitted in the same quarry and basalt stone seen throughout the hotel, and complemented by the use of light ash wood and custom-crafted furniture by leading Mexican design studio La Metropolitana.
Guests at Circulo Mexicano accessing rooms via their own private courtyard into sleek, well-designed bedrooms
As a signature element of Grupo Habita, art and culture reigns supreme and takes its main cues from the address of the property itself where the nation’s most celebrated photographer, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, was born in 1902 and spent his formative years.
As such, a selected number of works by Bravo are exhibited throughout the hotel rooms and public areas.
The Grupo Habita hospitality group has built up a collection of over a dozen diverse, award-winning hotels across Mexico, and in the United States with The Robey, Chicago.
It excels at choosing untapped locations in Mexico where they integrate their vision into the personality of the city and the neighborhood. As they state: “It’s about creating experiences for your guests and making the world better through hospitality.”
