Parks

Utopia Quetzalcoatl

Ubicación Manuel Cañas 2864, Col. Desarrollo Urbano Quetzalcóatl, Alc. Iztapalapa, 09700 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque Valle de Las Monjas/Desierto de los Leones

Ubicación Camino al Valle de Las Monjas, Pbo. San Mateo Tlaltenango, Alc. Cuajimalpa de Morelos, 05600 CDMX

Parks Parks

Jardín Ramón López Velarde

Ubicación Av. Cuauhtémoc s/n, Col. Roma Norte, Alc. Cuauhtémoc 06760 CDMX

Parks Parks

Plaza de los Arcángeles

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

Parks Parks

San Antonio Bio Park

Ubicación Avenida Central 300, Col Carola, Álvaro Obregón, 01180 CDMX

Parks Parks

Chapultepec Botanical Garden

Ubicación Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Col. Bosque de Chapultepec.

Chapultepec y Paseo de la Reforma (15 lugares)

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.