What kind of neighbourhood it is. San Pedro de los Pinos sits in Benito Juárez, between Tacubaya and Mixcoac, and is one of those residential colonias that travellers pass through on the metro without stopping. Low-rise streets from the first half of the 20th century, a public market, old cantinas and a growing number of cafés and small restaurants on the side streets: it is where you stay or eat if you want ordinary city life rather than a tourist district.
What there is to see. Its one genuine sight is the Mixcoac archaeological zone —a small pre-Hispanic ceremonial site, remarkable mainly for having survived inside the modern city grid. Beyond that, the neighbourhood market, known for its seafood counters and the mural across its facade, is the reason most people make the trip.
Getting around. San Pedro de los Pinos has its own station on metro Lines 7 and 9, which makes it unusually well connected: Tacubaya (a major interchange), Mixcoac and the Insurgentes corridor are all a few minutes away. From here you can reach the Historic Centre, Condesa or the south of the city without changing more than once.
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