Mexico City

Bosque de Nativitas

Ubicación Camino a Nativitas 500, Xaltocan, Xochimilco, 16090 CDMX

Parks Parks

Plaza de San Juan (Buen Tono)

Ubicación Plaza de San Juan 3, Colonia Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Parks Parks

José Artigas Monument / Plaza Uruguay

Ubicación Hegel/Avenida Horacio Polanco V Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11560 CDMX

Parks Parks

Jardín de las Artes Gráficas / Casa de Cultura Othón Salazar Ramírez

Ubicación C. Dr. José María Vértiz, Col. Doctores, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06720 CDMX

Cultural/Community Ctrs

Santa Teresa la Nueva

Ubicación Calle Loreto 15, Centro Histórico, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Public Art/Monuments

Parque Tlacoquemécatl

Ubicación Adolfo Prieto s/n, Col Tlacoquemécatl del Valle, Benito Juárez, 03100 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.