Chapultepec forest: what you didn't know about the largest urban park

Meet everything you did not know about the largest urban park in America, the Chapultepec forest.

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Considered as him The largest urban park in America, the Chapultepec forest is one of the most important spaces in Mexico City, Not only because of its extension, but for its history and cultural relevance.

Recognized in 2019 as the Best Urban Park in the World by the World Urban Parks Association, The Chapultepec forest is divided into three sections and houses some of the most important museums and public spaces in the city.

Next, we tell you Everything you didn't know about the Chapultepec forest.

The Chapultepec forest is the largest urban park that exists in America.

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The largest urban park in America

The Chapultepec forest It is considered as The largest urban park in Americathat is, even bigger than Central Park in New York. Thus, this park has 678 hectares divided into three sections, so it is the most large natural «lung» the city.

He Chapultepec Castle and the National Museum of History, the Zoo, the Center for Digital Culture, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Museum of Anthropology and the Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo Museum They are some of the most visited spaces within this park.