Mexico City

Embarcadero Nuevo Nativitas

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

Parks Parks

Parque Xalli

Ubicación Camino al Tetecon s/n, paraje Tetecontitlan, San Miguel Zapotitla, Tláhuac 13310 CDMX

Parks Parks

Jardín Juárez / Jardín Morelos, Xochimilco

Ubicación Barrio El Rosario, Xochimilco, 16070 CDMX

Parks Parks

IB-UNAM Botanical Garden

Ubicación Cto. Zona Deportiva 53, C.U., Coyoacán, 04510 CDMX

Parks Parks

Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan National Park

Ubicación Av de Las Fuentes, Col. Fuentes Brotantes, Alc. Tlalpan, 14410 CDMX

Parks Parks

Plaza La Romita

Ubicación Cjon. de Romita 24, La Romita, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc, 06700 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.