Frida Kahlo´s neighbourhood: exploring vibrant Coyoacán, Mexico City
(The Guardian Travel News)

Ahead of a major Frida Kahlo exhibition at London´s V&A museum we visit the artist´s bohemian district - from her house to the cantina where she drank, and from arts venues to fantastic markets and restaurants o Plus: four more Kahlo stopsCoyoacán was once a hard-to-pronounce place, little known outside of Mexico City. Now it is an almost-obligatory destination for most visitors. Blame it on Frida Kahlo-mania. The artist´s birthplace and final residence, now the Museo Casa Azul, is here on a quiet residential street between similar still-private homes built around the turn of the 20th century. The folk art-filled museum, open as such since 1957, now draws queues that snake around the tree-lined block (advance online purchase of tickets is advisable). But this was not always the case. Continue reading...