Bosque de Chapultepec

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Award-winning contributor Postandfly created this magnificent drone video of Chapultepec, the largest green space in Mexico City and one of the world's largest city parks. It's situated across several districts of the Mexican capital, a bit west of the core downtown area. The park is divided into three parts and covers 1.7k acres - that's about 8 square km or almost 3 square mi. It's built on the site of an Ancient Aztec retreat and is home to a number of important cultural sites in addition to its extensive greenery.

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The "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) was named the best Urban Park of the World. It is located in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in the Western Hemisphere, measuring in total just over 686 hectares (1,695 acres). The park area has been inhabited and considered a landmark since the Pre-Columbian era, when it became a retreat for Aztec rulers. In the colonial period, Chapultepec Castle was built here, eventually becoming the official residence of Mexican heads of state. It would remain so until 1940, when it was moved to another part of the park called Los Pinos. Bosque de Chapultepec is divided into three sections, with the first section being the oldest and most visited. This section contains most of the park's attractions including the castle, the Chapultepec Zoo, the Museum of Anthropology, and the Rufino Tamayo Museum, among others. It receives an estimated 15 million visitors per year.