MÉXICO CITY
SPAS
Saunas, massage services and spas are available at the Camino Real, Four Seasons, Marquís Reforma, Nikko and Calinda Quality Geneve & Spa hotels.
ECOTOURISM
The City of Mexico is surrounded by national parks and ecological reserves where major efforts are being made to conserve the local flora and fauna. The Chichinautzín Ecological Reserve, just south of the city, is one of the most interesting for the number of volcanic craters there and the unique vegetation growing in the lava beds. The Dinamos, Ajusco and Desierto de los Leones National Parks are also very attractive parks.
Ajusco
This 3,986-meter volcano closes the valley of Mexico on the south side. Now a National Park, the mountain has pine and oak forests and little alpine valleys that are popular among walkers, hikers, and climbers.
Desierto de los Leones
Rodeado por un bosque de pinos se encuentra un monasterio carmelita, construido en el siglo XVII, que junto con las montañas que lo rodean es muy visitado por quienes gustan de caminar y correr, además de ser un lugar ideal para realizar días de campo.
La Marquesa
This wide valley surrounded by mountains covered with forests and pastureland was declared the Miguel Hidalgo y Castillo National Park in 1936. The park is ideal for picnics, walks, horseback riding and motorcycling.
Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl
These two volcanoes, both more than 5,000 meters high, rise majestically on the eastern side of the capital city. Popo National Park offers visitors beautiful forests and spaces high up in the mountains, however access to the area nearest to Popocatépetl is controlled due to recent volcanic activity.
Hiking & Climbing
The peaks that most attract mountain climbers are the Iztacchihuatl and Popocatepetl volcanoes (5,230 and 5,465 meters high respectively), located about 70 km east of the city. Climbers are not allowed on Popocatepetl due to the volcanic activity of that volcano. But there are lower mountains, also of great beauty, on the outskirts of Mexico City like Ajusco, (3,930 meters), with its Pico de Águila (Eagle’s Peak) sheer vertical rock face, as well as Los Dinamos, a big canyon with vertical rock faces surrounded by forests.
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