Mexico City

Parque Lázaro Cárdenas, Col. Doctores

Ubicación Calle Dr Erazo 12, Col. Doctores, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06720 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque Verónica Anzures

Ubicación Bahía de Santa Bárbara s/n, Col. Verónica Anzures.

Parks Parks

Embarcadero Salitre

Ubicación 1a. Cda. de Embarcadero, San Cristóbal, Xochimilco, 16080 CDMX

Parks Parks

Yautlica Environmental Culture Center & Park

Ubicación Av. de las Torres Sn, Amp Emiliano Zapata, Iztapalapa, 09638 CDMX

Parks Parks

Plaza de Santa Veracruz

Ubicación Av. Hidalgo 45, Col. Guerrero, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06300 CDMX

Parks Parks

Alameda Poniente

Ubicación Av. Prolongación Vasco de Quiroga s/n, Col. Zédec Santa Fe. Álvaro Obregón 01219 CDMX

Overlooks

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.