Best Nature and Parks (RV, National, Dog, etc) in Mexico

"The greatest urban park in Mexico City, Chapultepec is the capital’s lung with an extension of roughly a thousand and a half acres. This urban oasis is not only extremely rich in flora and fauna, hosting also its own botanical garden, but also in art and history being home to the Chapultepec Castle and some of the best museums in town: the Museum of Anthropology, one of the finest museums in the world of its kind, the Museum of Modern Art and Tamayo Museum. Locals love spending their weekends there walking, visiting one of the museums, rowing a boat in the lake, or just relaxing."

"1.30pm: Get some lunch on the go from any of the street vendors that can be found in the nearby Chapultepec park, or on the streets leading up to it. It’s a brief walk to the park from the museum and you can enjoy the sights of Paseo de la Reforma on your way. Find a bench and watch the squirrels scrabbling up and down the trees, on the lookout for kind tourists offering them food. After you’ve eaten, stroll around the park – it’s the largest inner-city green space in all of Latin America."

"Finishing the tour at around 4, I’d recommend spending the last few hours of daylight in the Bosque de Chapultepec. Check out the castle, take boats out on the lake if you desire, and just enjoy being in the largest green lung of the city."

"This gorgeous outdoor green space located right in the centre of Centro Histórico is brimming with life. Mexicans and tourists alike make really good use of the space which has several ornate fountains, and lots of benches underneath the towering poplar trees for relaxing with a book or people watching."

"Alameda Central is a park next to the Bellas Artes building in the Historic Center of Mexico City. This park's shaded paths are nice to walk through to beat the heat. It's a simple park with paved sidewalks, benches, and plenty of trees, but is worth visiting if you're in the area."

"Most locals visit this national park for a picnic and an afternoon stroll around its beautifully restored 17th-century Carmelite convent with manicured gardens. But there's plenty more to explore along the extensive hiking and biking trails that take you to babbling brooks, waterfalls and scenic ravines. The fragrant pine and oak forest stays cool throughout the year, making it ideal for long hikes – a climb up Cerro San Miguel, the park's highest mountain at 12,400ft above sea level, affords expansive views of the surrounding mountains."

"Desierto,” as locals call it, is a national park home to over 4,450 acres of green space ideal for hiking, cycling, and simply enjoying the outdoors. You can also find a 17th-century ex-convent built by Carmelite monks that served as a place for retreat outside of the busy capital. Keep in mind that Desierto is outside of the central part of Mexico City — best to go on the weekend when there is less traffic."

"When I first arrived in Mexico City, I headed to Desierto de los Leones with a few friends on a whim. When we arrived after winding up and up a mountain, I couldn’t believe we were still in Mexico City. This immense, breathtaking national park covers a swath of the southern mountains."

"Terminal one of the airport is connected to line 5, where you can connect to lines 1, 3, 4 and 6 and reach locations like Chapultepec, Juanacatlan (for Condesa) and Coyocan. To get to most of the central stations you’ll need to change twice. I only really recommend getting the metro if you’re confident in your Spanish and/or are a seasoned metro taker and have minimal baggage."

"Day three should be spent soaking up the atmospheres found in La Roma and Condesa, two of the trendier areas of the city. 9am: Grab breakfast at the amusingly named Chilakillers, which can be found on the bottom corner of the Condesa district, in neighbouring Tacubaya. Their namesake chilaquiles come in some delicious – killer, you might say – combinations."

"At the northeast end of Plaza Garibay, the stunning and unique Cosmovitral Jardín Botánico was built in 1909 as a market. The building now houses 3500 sq meters of lovely gardens, lit through 48 stained-glass panels designed by the Tolucan artist Leopoldo Flores with the help of 60 artisans. The 500,000 pieces of glass come in 28 different colors from seven countries, including Japan, Belgium and Italy."

"If you’re looking for some green space with a heavy dash of inspiring urban renewal, check out one of Mexico City’s youngest parks, the Parque Bicentenario. The story of the Bicentenario is just as interesting as the park itself. Situated in the middle of a bustling working class, semi-industrial area of Azcapotzalco in northern Mexico City, this large park began its life as a Pemex Oil Refinery!"

"Local artists line the pathways of this park to sell their paintings and vendors hawk art supplies. Arts & Crafts in Mexico City"

"Declared a Unesco World Heritage Site, the canals of Xochimilco are the last vestiges of a vast system of waterways that once crisscrossed the Valley of Mexico. Every day, scores of colorful gondolas (trajineras) ply the canals, offering visitors a glimpse of the city’s pre-Hispanic legacy as the boats glide past chinampas, manmade garden plots invented by the Aztecs. The tranquil Parque Ecólogico de Xochimilco and the nearby waters of Cuemanco provide some of the best bird-watching opportunities along the canals."

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"A sister concept of the famed Japanese restaurant Rokai (which is incidentally also worth a visit), Sushi Kyo is a sushi bar which only hosts 13 people per evening with a prior booking. If you like your dining experiences to be special, this is undoubtedly one of the best places to be. Each and every dish comes expertly prepared by the chefs who will help tailor the experience to you, and the menu is always dictated by the fresh produce available that day."