Chapultepec Park - 3rd Section

 

Chapultepec is the largest city park in the world, larger than Central Park in New York.

 

It has 4 sections, each with its own charm and all of them different, I haven't decided yet which one is my favorite.

 

• First Section, with a great cultural offer, archaeological remains, lakes and beautiful walking roads. And of course, the Castle of Chapultepec, among others.
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• Second Section, full of fountains, area for runners, restaurants, lakes, Museum of Natural History, Dolores Reservoir and Aztlán Park among others.
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• The Fourth Section, with the Cineteca Chapultepec, gunpowder factory from XIX century and connections with other interesting places through the Cablebus line 3.
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• Third Section:  Let's go deeper into this section!!!
• To visit the 3rd, I recommend you take the Cablebus line 3 and get off at the Parkur/Parque Cri Cri station, seeing Chapultepec from the air is very impressive, it will give you an idea of where you will be walking.

 

• Very close to the station is the first stop of the ride, the Cri Cri park, an ideal place to take the children to a quiet park, zip line, swings, slides and more.
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• Passing the park, you will start to enter the forest, you will arrive at Parkur Park, where you will find a skateboard track. The walls are graffitied which gives it a very interesting tone,
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• From this moment on, the path takes you to the Snakes and Stairs route, a route that takes you along walkways  full of vegetation.  The landscapes are beautiful, there are many butterflies, I even saw Monarch .

   

 

There are very few people in the area, I suggest you, don't go alone. Also consider that once you have started the Snakes and Stairs route, the road is long, evaluate if you are physically fit to do it.

            

  

• There are many grasshoppers honoring the Cerro del Chapulín, this is the meaning of Chapultepec. There are also many wild sunflowers,  pumpkin plants and in the raining season wild strawberries.

    

 

  The path will take you bordering the Pantheon of Dolores, don't be scared but you will find tombs outside the pantheon in the middle of the forest.

 

 If you keep walking, you will come to a mountain bike route as well as a water pond.

 

 

The third section is adjacent to the second section, very close to the "El Sope" corridor route. If you arrive there, it means that you went through the entire section.  Use the map as a guide.

 

 

 

Enjoy and take care of the Chapultepec forest that belongs to everyone!!.