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Colonia Roma, Mexico City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Colonia Roma, also called La Roma, is a district of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, made up of Roma Norte and Roma Sur.
About Colonia Roma
Where to stay in Colonia Roma
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Coahuila street splits the choice. Colonia Roma runs from Roma Norte to Roma Sur, and a room in either half puts the district's galleries and house museums, among them Casa del Poeta López Velarde and the Museo del Objeto del Objeto, within an easy walk. The Angel of Independence stands within the district's reach, and the historic centre of Mexico City is close enough that many guests use Roma as a base for both.
About Colonia Roma
What are the main landmarks in Colonia Roma?
House museums do the work here. Colonia Roma keeps the Museo del Objeto del Objeto, the Leonora Carrington House Museum, and the Museo Soumaya Casa Guillermo Tovar de Teresa, with gallery rooms such as Garros Galería and the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana between them. The Chapultepec aqueduct and the Angel of Independence anchor its public face, while the Antimonumento +72 and the Parish of the Holy Child of Peace sit among ordinary streets.
Even a hospital keeps a museum.
What is the history of Colonia Roma?
The record gives no founding date. What it does establish is shape: Colonia Roma is one district made of two colonias, Roma Norte and Roma Sur, split along Coahuila street and set in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. Its older layers show in what survives on the ground, from the Chapultepec aqueduct to the poet's house kept as Casa del Poeta López Velarde.
Names stuck: La Roma, or simply Roma.
Where is Colonia Roma?
The district sits in the Cuauhtémoc borough just beyond the historic centre of Mexico City, its two halves, Roma Norte and Roma Sur, divided by Coahuila street.
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Updated September 2026