Condesa's landscaped park, with playgrounds, leafy walks, pergolas and plenty of shade.
A forest playground in Chapultepec with metal insect-shaped climbing frames, equipment split by age and fenced play areas.
An interactive science museum for kids, with diaper changers in the restrooms, stroller and wheelchair loans and a nursing zone.
A large park with several playgrounds, skate and sports space, picnic room and an orchid collection.
A park in Santa Fe with two play gardens, swings, shade trees and lakes. Play equipment suits ages 4 to 10, and entry is free.
A playground with a rising climbing concourse, slides, climbing walls and solid-back swings, beside reflection pools and aviaries.
UNAM's science museum on the Ciudad Universitaria campus, where kids can touch a piece of moon rock from Apollo 17. Espacio Infantil, for ages 0 to 8, has a crawling zone for babies, a bubble garden, a puppet theater and a maker space. Kids under 2 get in free.
A ludoteca with a climbing wall, a ball pool, a tall tower with a slide, a race track, mini soccer and a baby area.
A children's room on the ground floor of the Vasconcelos library for ages up to twelve, with books to read in the room and storytelling.
A ludoteca with climbing and hanging structures, plus an estancia infantil program with activities for kids through the day.
A children's library where nobody asks for quiet: singing, reading aloud and play, with shelves of books in Spanish and English and plenty of picture books.
A neighborhood ludoteca that Time Out has written up, a play space made for little kids.
A ludoteca with a hanging labyrinth, dexterity games, foosball and air hockey, and a nursing room so parents can sit with a coffee or get some work done.
A city cultural-center ludoteca with toys, play zones and a different workshop each day, for kids who come with a grown-up.
A public-library ludoteca for ages five to twelve and a bebeteca for the littlest, with ride-ons, slide structures and didactic toys.
A free-play ludoteca for ages zero to eight upstairs from a cafe, with staff who run the games and activities.
An aquarium in Plaza Carso whose general ticket also covers a second Interactive Aquarium on the first floor.
An amusement park in Chapultepec with an observation wheel whose cabins hold six, and grounds that are free to enter.
A folk art museum where kid travelers loved the fantastic creatures. Admission is free for anyone under 18.
An archaeological site and museum in the Centro Histórico, where the Templo Mayor ruins sit outdoors beside the galleries.
Frida Kahlo's blue house museum in Coyoacán, with a garden.
The national history museum inside Chapultepec Castle, up on a hill, with historic furnished rooms to walk through.
A free art museum in Plaza Carso, with sculpture that kids like to pose beside.
A playground with baby swings and a ramp-style jungle gym, set among trees near an ornamental lake and bridge and a youth library.
A small, tree-filled plaza in Roma with a replica of the David fountain and a playground for older kids.
A historic garden in the Centro with shade, long promenades and decorative fountains.
A free botanical garden in Chapultepec with cactus beds and tree shade, a calm place for a walk.
A kid-sized city where children from 1 to 14 try out grown-up jobs, earn money and spend it, all in a real-feeling town of shops and workplaces.
A kid-sized city inside the mall where children try out grown-up jobs, earn pretend money and spend it.
A museum of antique toys, set out as a collection to look at and talk about.
Interactive economics museum full of hands-on exhibits, games and workshops for kids.
The national archaeology and anthropology museum in Chapultepec, with a courtyard umbrella fountain and a restaurant on site.
The Chapultepec zoo, with giraffes, lions and rabbits on stroller-friendly paths. Entry is free.
