Mexico City

Parque Leona Vicario

Ubicación Benito Juárez 12, Col. Centro, Alc. Tlalpan, 14000 CDMX

Parks Parks

Plaza de los Arcángeles

Ubicación 2a Frontera 37, Col. San Ángel, Álvaro Obregón, 01000 Ciudad de México, CDMX

Parks Parks

Jardín Pushkin

Ubicación Av. Cuauhtémoc 104, Col. Roma Norte.

Parks Parks

Plaza Alonso García Bravo

Ubicación Calle Manzanares 10, Centro Histórico, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Parks Parks

Acuexcomatl Center for Environmental Culture

Ubicación Av. Año de Juárez, #1900, Col. Quirino Mendoza, Pueblo de San Luis Tlaxialtemalco, Xochimilco 16610 CDMX

Parks Parks

Pantitlán Park

Ubicación Calle 6 353, Col. Agrícola Pantitlán, Alc. Iztacalco, 08100 CDMX

Parks Parks

Mexico City's Parks and Public Plazas start with the Zócalo and extend in a hundred directions. The already massive Bosque de Chapultepec is dwarfed by a good handful of mountainous national parks.

These are flanked by dozens of public parks and city squares, of which the Alameda Central is just the most ornate. There are public spaces of every level of charm, naturalism, and even small town curious-ness.

You'll find sculptures and monuments, churches and cathedrals, and of course, the neighborhood centers - a thousand axes around which the capital turns.

But even some of old Tenochtitlan's canals (rios) and causeways (calzadas) are getting in on the act. As the city evolves, reclaiming green and public spaces has increasingly meant reclaiming natural waterways that haven't flowed freely for generations.

The Canal Nacional is just one such project. Others are simply lining more streets and through ways with more trees so they seem more like parks.

Here's a whole list of new—and re-newed—Mexico City parks, as of 2022.

Some others are squares almost forgotten in the mist of the past. These often serve as important neighborhood meeting points. For international visitors, they're a fascinating glimpse at Mexico City public, vibrant, and welcoming personality.