| Bosque de Chapultepec tips and photos posted by real travelers and Mexico City locals. • 96 Photos
• 58 Reviews
See all Mexico City Things To Do |
 | Mexico City Bosque de Chapultepec Reviews | 1 - 10 of 58 |  |
Chapultepec is a free space in the city. It's divided in three sections and plenty things to visit and do.
There are several museums, like "Chapultepec Castle" - from there you can have a nice view from the city.
Antropology Museum, Natural History Museum, Papalote Museum - A museum for kid.
Also you can enjoy of some restaurantes in the third section (check el Lago restaurant tip) or just enjoy a nice walk. Leave a Comment
|
Visiting Mexico City?
Read reviews about Mexico City Hotels
Real Reviews from Real VirtualTourist Members.
 by Gaby_GLeave a Comment
|
In addition to the Anthropology Museum, there are many more sights to see at Chapultepec Park. This is an enormous public park that includes lakes, monuments, sporting fields, vendors, and vast green spaces for pleasant relaxation. The city's main zoo is located here along with the Modern Art Museum and the Rufino Tamayo Museum. You'll also find the Natural History Museum and technology museum and a children's museum as well as Maximillion's castle on top of Chapultepec Hill and the impressive Ninos Heroes monument that sits below it. Leave a Comment Directions: Chapultepec Metro
|
 by chris_i79Leave a Comment
|
 Chapultepec by Aptypo
Bosque de Chapultepec.
(Chapultepec Park).
It is Mexico City's largest park and the site of numerous historical and cultural attractions.
Following the Spanish Conquest (1521), Hernán Cortés took possession of Chapultepec as part of his spoils and it subsequently served as a hunting preserve for the Viceroy de Velazco.
In 1530 it became a public park and the property of the local city council, and construction was initiated to rebuild the aqueduct needed to quench the thirst of the growing capital of the New Spain.
At the park's principal entrance is the 'Monumento a los Niños Héroes' (Monument to the Castle Defenders).
Supposedly buried in the monument are the six young cadets, one of them who wrapped themself in the Mexican flag and jumped to his death rather than surrender to the aggressors during the North American invasion in 1847...
For hundreds of years Chapultepec has been a focal point in this city of such tremendous population growth that an airy expanse of green is absolutely vital.
Bosque de Chapultepec is 2,100 acres/850 hectares of woods, small size lakes, hiking trails, playgrounds, botanical garden, amusement park, zoo, museums, one castle (the only one in whole American Continent) and nearby important concert hall.
The fact that much of the surrounding park is fenced off to recuperate, plus 'Los Pinos' (presidential house), surrounded by presidential guards' barracks makes it extremely difficult to walk from one side to the other, especially when you add the impossibility of crossing the Periférico motorway.
Main hotels are located just in front of the Park and close to important business areas like Reforma Boulevard or Sata Fe complex, and very attractive neighborhoods: Polanco and Condesa.
Designed originally as residential enclaves, today they bring together many interesting buildings, cultural centers and restaurants. Directions: Main entrance for the Primera Sección (First Section) is on Reforma Blvd., just two blocks north of the Chapultepec subway station, Line 1 (pink).
|
 | |  |
Visiting Mexico City?
Read reviews about Mexico City Hotels
Real Reviews from Real VirtualTourist Members.
 El Castillo by Aptypo
Castillo de Chapultepec.
(Chapultepec Castle).
Imposing and elegant, this castle perches on Bosque de Chapultepec and overlooks Mexico City.
Here, in pre-Hispanic times, the Aztecs located their temple in honor of Tlaloc, the rain god.
The tradition of Chapultepec Castle as a residence for Mexican rulers dates back to the 14th Century when Nezahualcoyotl, the Lord of Texcoco, ordered a palace to be built at the foot of the hill, together with certain hydraulic installations designed to take advantage of the natural springs which also occurred there.
Several Aztec rulers had their portraits carved into the rock of the hill, though most were destroyed by the Spanish soon after the Conquest.
The castle being constructed between 1785 and 1787 for Viceroy Conde de Galvez.
In the end of 18th century , a palace for viceroys was constructed on this historic site.
It became into a gunpowder plant and Military College, wich pupils offered a patriotic defense of the National Flag during the North American invasion in 1847.
Of all its occupants, the castle is best remembered as the home of the romantic and ill-fated couple, Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg and his wife Carlota.
They renovated the castle, added the garden, the second floor and built the imperial living quarters known as the Alcazar to convert the Castle into a regal residential palace.
From her balcony, Carlota could watch Maximilian's royal carriage as it traveled down Emperor's Avenue (today Reforma Boulevard) to downtown Mexico City.
The Golden Age of the Castle came, however, during the government of Gral. Porfirio Diaz.
It was here that President Diaz had his noteworthy meeting with Creelman, the American journalist, which left the heavy ironwork doors ajar to the Revolutionary surge of 1910.
Finally, it was in 1939 when the President Lazaro Cardenas decreted the transformation of the Castle, from official residence into Museo Nacional de Historia (National Museum of History), inaugurated like so, the 27 of September of 1944. Directions: Crowning the hill in Chapultepec Park, Primera Sección (First Section) Bosque de Chapultepec. Chapultepec subway station, line 1 (pink).
|
| | |
 Chapultepec Castle by cinthya_in_victoria
Between its attractions it's the Chapultepec Castle, where Maximilian I of Mexico and Empress Carlota of Mexico lived. The castle's interior is as sumptuous as a European palace, and now houses the National History Museum. Don't miss it!! Leave a Comment
|
 Chapultepec Castle by Laura_Mexico
Within this park there's the Chapultepec Castle, which is REALLY beautiful and was recently refurbished, very worth seeing. Just look at the picture, but be aware that it's much nicer on the inside, of course! It's the place where emperor Maximilian von Habsburg lived during his stay in Mexico and it looks like some of the castles you can find in Europe.
There are lots of museums around this area as well, one of those being the Anthropology Museum, one of our biggest & best ones in town. Leave a Comment
|
| | |
 Monumento a los Ninos Heroes by filipdebontLeave a Comment Address: Bosque de ChapultepecDirections: Metro : Chapultepec
|
 by Ronald_T
More pictures and info you can find in my National Historical Museum travelogue…
|
| | |
|
More Mexico City Travel Deals Travel Mexico City
Make Informed Decisions. Save Time And Money On Your Trip with Bing ™ Cheap Hotels - Deals
Compare Prices and Save up to 70% See Photos, Reviews & What's Nearby Mexico City Sightseeing
Gray Line offers many tours in & around Mexico City. Book online now Sponsored Links
- Fiesta Americana Santa Fe
Calle 3 no 55 Col. Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico City - Casa Blanca Hotel
Lafragua No. 7 Col. Revolución, Mexico City - W Mexico City
Campos Eliseos 252, Mexico City - Residencia Rochester
Rochester 22 Col. Napole, Mexico City - Hotel Royal Plaza
Parroquia 1056 Colonia Santa Cruz Atoyac, Mexico City - Hotel Villa Bejar And Spa
Blvd Tequesquitengo, Mexico City - Fiesta Americana Reforma Ciudad de Mexico
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma 80 Colonia Juárez, Mexico City - Presidente InterContinental Puebla
Blvd. Hermanos Serdan 141 Colonia Amor, Mexico City - Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites at the WTC
Dakota 95 Col Napoles, Mexico City - Plaza Florencia Mexico City
Liverpool No 197, Mexico City - Maria Cristina
RÃo Lerma 31 Col. Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City - Hotel Posada Viena
Marsella 28 Esq. Dinamarca Zona Rosa, Mexico City - Crowne Plaza Hotel Hotel De Mexico
Dakota 95, Esq Altadena, Mexico City - Hotel Emporio Reforma Mexico City
Av Paseo de la Reforma 124 Col. Juarez, Mexico City - Suites Del Parque
Dakota, 155 Colonia Nápoles, Mexico City
|
