Metro Juanacatlán is the main station for the San Miguel Chapultepec neighborhood. As such, it’s important for international visitors taking to the gallery scene, and the many restaurant and nightlife destinations in the area. It’s also convenient to much of the west side of La Condesa.
The station is named for the former Juanacatlán street. That street is today Alfonso Reyes Street, named for Reyes (1889–1959) who was a celebrated writer, philosopher and diplomat. The street had been called calle Juanacatlán, named for a municipality in the center of the state of Jalisco. The Nahuatl word is Xonacatlán, which translates literally as « place of onions. » But a few versions put it more poetically as « place of butterflies. » Hence, the station logo.
The station is about a 15-minute walk from the Mercado el Chorrito, but of course, San Miguel Chapultepec is loaded with attractions and eateries. It’s also just a few blocks south Chapultepec’s Sección II, a massive destination all on its own.
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What just may be the greatest kids' museum ever, the Papalote is welcoming kids from all over the world.
A fountain for the Prince of Flowers makes any Chapultepec afternoon that much brighter.
On Line 7, the first stop for Chapultepec's "other half" and for San Miguel Chapultepec.
A tour-de-force of engineering, education and the worlds' only underwater murals, and all in Chapultepec Park.
An enormous graveyard of incalculable historic value, the cemetery is a beautiful way to learn a place's heart.