Founded nearly 500 years ago on the site of the Aztec Tenochtitlan, Mexico City is a capital of colour and vitality, with broad boulevards and striking modern architecture. Landmarks include the great Paseo de la Reforma stretching from beautiful Chapultepec Park to the centre, the historic Zocalo main square, the 16th century National Palace, the Cathedral (oldest Christian building in the Americas), the famous Palace of Fine Arts, the 40-storey Latin-American Tower - and the ‘Zona Rosa’, an attractive area of cultural and financial activity, excellent restaurants and ‘designer label’ shopping guaranteed to keep 'shopaholics' on their toes!