Bosque de Chapultepec Travel Guide

Chapultepec is a big place with a lot to see. You could easily spend a couple of days here and still not see it all, but if you are selective you can see a lot in one tiring day. It is tempting to visit on Sunday when a lot of the museums are free and the park is at its vibrant best, but it can also get very crowded, particularly at the Museo Nacional de Antropología and at the zoo.

How you approach the park depends on what you want to see first, but the easiest access is via the Chapultepec Metro station, from where you follow the crowds over a broad bridge across the Circuito Interior (inner ring road). Straight ahead you'll see the Niños Héroes monument and the Castillo containing the Museo Nacional de Historia. The entrances to the Museo Nacional de Antropología and its acolytes are all grouped together along Paseo de la Reforma less than fifteen-minutes' walk from the Metro station, but if that is where you are headed first it is quicker to pick up a pesero ("Auditorio", "Reforma Km 13" and others) anywhere along Reforma. Visitors with kids may want to head straight for the Second Section either picking up a pesero along Av Constituyentes (Routes 2, 24 and others) from Metro Chapultepec, or going direct to Metro Constituyentes and walking from there.

Wherever you go in the park there'll be someone selling food and drink , and the Museo Nacional de Antropología has a good (if pricey) restaurant . Nonetheless, it is as well to take some snacks (or an entire picnic lunch) and a big bottle of water: museum hopping can get thirsty work.