Chapultepec Park and Castle
Bosque Urbano / Museo Nacional De Historia (INAH) · Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México
The largest city park in Latin America, with some 686 hectares of woodland, lakes and museums in four sections, on a hill the Mexica called Chapultepec, grasshopper hill, and held sacred long before Cortes arrived. The castle on the summit was begun in 1785 as a viceregal residence, became the Military College where the Ninos Heroes died resisting the United States invasion in 1847, was remade as the imperial home of Maximilian and Carlota in the 1860s, and served as the presidential residence until 1939. It is now the National History Museum. Below it lie the National Museum of Anthropology, the Tamayo, the Museum of Modern Art, the zoo and Los Pinos, the former presidential complex. The park itself is free, the castle charges a modest fee and is closed on Mondays, and on Sundays most of Mexico City seems to be here, so go on Tuesday to Friday for calm, and bring a passport for ticket windows.
Primera Sección, Bosque de Chapultepec, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, 11100, Mexico
⚠ THE PARK IS FREE AND OPEN DAILY, roughly 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. depending on the section, and the first section closes on Mondays for maintenance. ⚠ THE CASTLE AND THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM ARE CLOSED MONDAYS and open roughly 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with last entry an hour before closing - as are the Anthropology Museum and the Modern Art Museum, all INAH. ⚠ SUNDAY ADMISSION IS FREE TO MEXICAN NATIONALS AND RESIDENTS ONLY; foreign visitors pay every day. The zoo is free and closed Mondays. ⚠ A SMALL PAID TRAIN RUNS THE CASTLE HILL and is the practical way up for anyone the slope or the altitude defeats. ⚠ HOURS AND FEES WERE NOT VERIFIED FOR THIS FILE.
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