Mexico City

Parque San Lorenzo

Ubicación San Lorenzo s/n, Col. del Valle.

Parks Parks

Sierra de Guadalupe (Tokio Entrance)

Ubicación Av. Tokio, Malacates, Gustavo A. Madero, 07119 Mexico City

Parks Parks

Santo Niño de la Paz

Ubicación Praga 11, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 CDMX

Public Art/Monuments

Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan National Park

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

Parks Parks

Chapultepec Zoo

Ubicación Chivatito s/n, Col. Bosque de Chapultepec I Sección.

Chapultepec y Paseo de la Reforma (15 lugares)

Jardín Pushkin

Ubicación Av. Cuauhtémoc 104, Col. Roma Norte.

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.