Mexico City

Sierra de Guadalupe (Nisperos Entrance)

Ubicación Calle Nísperos, Zona de Conservación Ecológica, Gustavo A. Madero, 07140 CDMX

Parks Parks

Santo Niño de la Paz

Ubicación Praga 11, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 CDMX

Public Art/Monuments

Don Luis Pombo Park

Ubicación C. 7 67, San Pedro de los Pinos, Benito Juárez, 03800 CDMX

Parks Parks

Alameda de Tacubaya

Ubicación Av. Revolución 169, Tacubaya, Miguel Hidalgo, 11870 CDMX

Parks Parks

IB-UNAM Botanical Garden

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

Parks Parks

Parque América

Ubicación Av. Horacio, Col Polanco III Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11550 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.