Petra Fonda

Top choice in Toluca


Gourmet delights have arrived for Toluca's foodies. Creative, exquisite dishes include mole de coco (chicken rolled around garlic shrimp in a coconut sauce), and grilled tuna with a mora (smoked) chili mayonnaise and side of chapulines (grasshoppers). The multiple dining spaces are fit for a gallery and worth looking sharp for.

Chandeliers and vintage gilded mirrors mix with designer chairs and airy high ceilings. Daring breakfasts like beef red-curry crepes and zucchini-flower omelettes are also available. Petra is reason enough to make a stop in central Toluca.


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2. Museo Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez

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3. Cosmovitral Jardín Botánico

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4. Museo Luis Nishizawa

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5. Museo de Bellas Artes de Toluca

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8. Museo de Antropología e História

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