The Best Sight in Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City's principal sights fall into three areas. Allow a full day to cover each thoroughly, although you could race through them in four or five hours apiece. You can generally cover the first area—the Zócalo and Alameda Central—on foot. Getting around Zona Rosa, Bosque de Chapultepec, and Colonia Condesa may require a taxi ride or two (though the Chapultepec metro stop is conveniently close to the park and museums), as will Coyoacán and San Angel in southern Mexico City.
Constructed over the course of four years and completed in 1942 by Mexican sculptor Juan Fernando Olaguíbel Rosenzweig, this celebrated fountain of Diana the Huntress stands nine feet tall. The one-ton bronze homage to the Roman goddess was originally designed nude, then was covered for more than two decades due to public and political outcry until she was liberated into her natural form again in 1967. She had originally been unveiled at Bosque de Chapultepec and then moved to an obscure location, from which she was rescued and moved to the city’s bustling Paseo de la Reforma in 1992.