If you are the romantic type of person looking for a movie-like date, these vintage date ideas are your best option to spoil your favorite person. Old-fashioned love never goes out of style!
Forget about the expensive and ostentatious, a good date is all about enjoying the company, good conversation and having the most romantic time with a real and sincere kiss.
Generation Z knows this and has positioned vintage dates as a trend for creative options for dating, and thanks to that, the small and detailed has become the most valuable thing again.
Bookstores, aquariums and museums are emerging as the best option to go out with our better half to explore together new alternatives to get to know each other and discover new affinities, no matter if it’s the first date or an anniversary.
How to celebrate an old-fashioned love?
– Romantic date at the Zoo
If you and your partner are animal lovers, this old-fashioned love date is the best option and, luckily, CDMX has more than one Zoo.
The most famous, without a doubt, is the Chapultepec Zoo, considered one of the best zoos in Latin America. This natural conservation site houses around 1,236 specimens of 222 different species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, representing a center of enrichment and animal welfare, which promotes environmental education and protection of nature.
On the other hand, we have the San Juan de Aragón Zoo, which conserves approximately 709 specimens of 135 different species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, of which the jaguar, the Mexican wolf and the volcano rabbit stand out as endangered species.
Last but not least, Los Coyotes Zoo is considered a multimodal zoo, with a space for the protection of species and an environment for sports and family and social activities. This place keeps only wildlife species considered native or endemic to the Valley of Mexico Basin.
– Romantic picnic date
The interest in building original memories and experiences together has been influenced by the growing global need to get closer to nature, which is why searches for “picnic date ideas” has increased.
Fortunately, CDMX has many parks that you are sure you already know about and many others that have been rehabilitated and surely have not visited.
However, if you are looking for something more forest-like, we recommend the old reliable Bosque de Chapultepec. Here you can organize a picnic in the section of the forest you like best. Just beware of the food-loving squirrels.
On the other hand, if what you want is a complete vintage date, we recommend a tour with Baika Rool, where you can rent a retro bike, tour the CDMX and finish with a “picnic rool”, which includes a basket with tablecloth, a couple of ham baguettes, fruit, juice, snacks, cookies, crackers and cream cheese spread. They will also lend you plates, glasses, and silverware for your enjoyment.
– Love date at the aquarium
Although there is the promise of a new aquarium in CDMX that will be the largest in Latin America, the Tepeyac Park Aquarium is not yet ready.
However, we do have the Inbursa Aquarium, the only subway aquarium in Latin America. It measures 3,500 square meters, has five giant fish tanks and more than 40 exhibition rooms. Here you will find crocodiles, jellyfish, corals, penguins, sharks, manta rays, piranhas, among other species. It is worth mentioning that one of the main objectives of the place is to make visitors aware of the importance of conserving the marine universe.
And thanks to technology we have a virtual aquarium in Barco Utopia, a space that will be 360°, so you will see fish everywhere, even under your feet. It is an immersive experience that will make you feel at sea. Around 60 marine species will be projected throughout the place, including sharks, whales, dolphins and turtles.
Something similar, but not as aquarium-like, is the exhibition Ocean, Unknown Immensity at the Universum. Access costs $15.00 and will transport you into the marine habitat. Romantic, isn’t it?
– Romantic date in the library
Cultivating the mind with your loved one in a library is one of the most original vintage dates. Corners with manuscripts in indecipherable languages, palaces with floors and floors of endless books that you will be able to meet and visit holding hands.
Undoubtedly, one of the most impressive and famous is the José Vasconcelos Library of Mexico, a place with more than 580 thousand volumes housed in a building dating from the eighteenth century.
If you are looking for something more antique style, the Rogerio-Casas Alatriste Library located inside the Franz Mayer Museum is the option. A place with wood finishes, glass cabinets and an impeccable bibliography that was part of the collection of this German philanthropist. Here you will find around 22 thousand books, most of them works made between the XV and XXI centuries that you can see using gloves and together with an expert.
– Love date in museums
Museum date searches have increased by 70%, and what better than to apply this old-fashioned love date in one of the 174 museums that exist in the CDMX.
You are sure to find something for the common taste, and if not, there are also many art galleries you can visit, many with unmissable art exhibitions and perfect installations to take a romantic photo that represents your love.
– Date with thousands of candles
The flame of love must be kept burning, with words, deeds? And why not a vintage candlelight date? Let’s be honest, you can’t think of celebrating love the old-fashioned way without candles in the environment. With just one or two we can transform the setting into an intimate oasis, so imagine with thousands of them!
This is what Candlelight proposes, the well-known series of concerts under the flickering of candles that, besides being present all over the world, is very important in the cultural offerings of CDMX. A sea of candles, the best live music in honor of the great artists of yesterday and today, and your loved one by your side.
– Romantic date at ‘We Call It Flamenco’.
Love is passion and, speaking of passion, there are few things as passionate as flamenco. That’s why we believe that a show of this beautiful Spanish dance and on a stage full of red roses will make you fall (even more) under a love spell. Just imagine an evening guided by the Spanish guitar, the most authentic voices and the art of professional dancers – it will make your skin crawl!
– Love date at ‘We Call It Ballet’.
If you’re looking for an enchanting, magical and romantic atmosphere? We Call It Ballet’ could be the perfect plan for your vintage date. This dance show combines the music of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, the talent of professional dancers? And an intimate setting illuminated by LED costumes and tutus! Enjoy your own fairy tale by reliving the story of Aurora and her first kiss of love between pirouettes, pliés and arabesques.