Mexico City

IB-UNAM Botanical Garden

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

Parks Parks

Chapultepec Lake

Ubicación Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Col. I sección Bosque de Chapultepec.

Parks Parks

Chichinautzin Biological Corridor

Ubicación Milpa Alta

Overlooks

Zacatepec Park

Ubicación Camino Real, Col. Emiliano Zapata, Iztapalapa, 09637 CDMX

Overlooks

La Magdalena Contreras Esplanade

Ubicación Av. Álvaro Obregón 20, Col. Barranca Seca, Alc. La Magdalena Contreras, 10580 CDMX

Parks Parks

Parque Acteal

Ubicación Esquina Av Central/C. Talleres Gráficos, Col. Agrícola Pantitlán, Alc. Iztacalco 08100 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.