Mexico City

Plaza de Santo Domingo

Ubicación Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06010 CDMX

Centro Histórico (Imperdibles)

Embarcadero Nuevo Nativitas

Ubicación Carretera Nativas Tulyehualco-Xochimilco s/n, Santa María Nativas, 16450 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque Bicentenario & The Orchid Farm

Ubicación Av. 5 de Mayo 290, Col. Refinería 18 de Marzo, Alc. Miguel Hidalgo, 11210 CDMX

Hi-Capacity

Plaza Benito Juárez, Itzacalco

Ubicación Av. Río Churubusco S/N, Col. Gabriel Ramos Millán, Alc. Iztacalco, 08000 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque de la Ciudadela

Ubicación José María Morelos, Colonia Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Parks Parks

Garden of the Triple Alliance

Ubicación Calle de Filomeno Mata, corner of Tacuba, Centro Histórico, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Public Art/Monuments

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.