Parks

Parque Cuitláhuac

Ubicación Área Federal Parque Cuitláhuac, Pueblo Sta Cruz Meyehualco, Alc. Iztapalapa, 09700 CDMX

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Kiosco Morisco & Alameda de Santa Maria

Ubicación Calle Salvador Díaz Mirón, Col. Santa María la Ribera, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06400 CDMX

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San Juan de Aragón Zoo

Ubicación Av. José Loreto Fabela S/N, Pueblo de San Juan de Aragón, Gustavo A. Madero, 07969 CDMX

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Parque Las Águilas/Parque Japón

Ubicación Rómulo OFarrill 642, Parque las Águilas, Álvaro Obregón, 01759 CDMX

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Canal Nacional

Ubicación Canal Nacional 536, Tula, Iztapalapa, 09800 CDMX

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Huayamilpas Park

Ubicación Rey Nezahualcóyotl esquina Yaquis s/n, col. Ajusco Huayamilpas, 04300 CDMX

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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.