El Prado

El Prado is a neighborhood in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,241 metres. El Prado is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sinatel, as well as near Colonia Banjidal.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Colonia El Prado”
Postal code: 09480

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos and Ermita metro station.

Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos

Museum

Photo: France N. Roseau, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos is a museum.

Ermita metro station

Metro station

Photo: GAED, CC0.

Ermita is a station on Line 2 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro system. According to the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, Ermita serves as a transfer station of Line 12.

Estudios Churubusco

Recording studio

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Estudios Churubusco is one of the oldest and largest movie studios in Mexico. It is located in the Churubusco neighborhood of Mexico City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Churubusco and Coyoacán.

Churubusco

Quarter

Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.

Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the Spanish invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli".

Coyoacán

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

This relatively large area in the southwest of Mexico City has always been a counterculture hotbed. This is where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived, a few blocks away from Leon Trotsky, and the tranquil residential area, with parks, squares, and cobblestone streets, is now a favourite spot for the bohemia set.