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Parks and Gardens

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Parks and Gardens

Live Madrid’s parks and gardens. They come in all shapes and forms: historical, modern, secluded, immense, some that are good for picnics, some that are good for sports…

El Buen Retiro Park
EL RETIRO PARK
Watch a puppet show, receive a soothing massage using millenary techniques from the Far East, listen to live music, practise some sport, row a boat or, simply, relax under a tree reading your favourite book. Everything is possible in the centre of Madrid, in El Retiro park, a favourite of Madrid's citizens and tourists.
Parques y jardines
ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS
Designed 250 years ago, this garden invites visitors to enjoy a pleasant stroll surrounded by thousands of live plant species. Among its collections there is a herbarium with over one million specimens, a library and an archive with almost 10,000 drawings, as well as an exhibition of 5,000 live plant species.
El Capricho 
EL CAPRICHO PARK
With a romantic air and a slight French flavour, the El Capricho gardens were, in past times, owned by the Duchess of Osuna. There are lilacs, cypresses, oaks... and monuments ordered expressly by the owner. The perfect place for a walk on weekends and public holidays, the only days it opens
 
SECRET GARDENS
Peaceful and serene, hidden within the four walls of a cloister, these gardens are the city's best kept secret. Rarely visited by locals, their clandestine doors can be found on the streets of the areas of La Latina, Huertas and Lavapiés in old convents, stately palaces and hospitals that have witnessed the passing of the centuries.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS

Green Madrid

These are indeed the best spots to take a walk, to rest or breath some fresh air in the city.

Monte del Pardo

Located just 8 kilometres from the Puerta del Sol, Monte del Pardo is one of the best preserved Mediterranean forests in Europe.

Bikes around the Juan Carlos I Park

An unprecedented initiative that invites the people who visit the park to pedal their way around its nooks and crannies.

A green city commited to the environment

Madrid, with its streets populated with trees, breathes better than any other European capital.

A virtual tour

Take a walk through the various parks and gardens waiting for you in Madrid. Watch video (20 mins).

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