Best places: Parks in Madrid, Spain

Expansive, 19th-century park with boating lake & rose garden, plus numerous fountains & statues.

Central pond in El Retiro Park with a colonnaded monument, popular for rental rowboats & canoes.

Urban oasis with a lake, olive grove, skating rink, free train rides & many modern sculptures.

Manicured 18th-century landscaped gardens with sculptures, water features & a Civil War bunker.

Sports fields, cycle paths & views across the city in a hillside park popular for sunset walks.

Built in 1922, this monument in Buen Retiro Park features a colonnade with an equestrian statue.

👍👍 Really nice New construction! Great sidewalks and is really good excercise place in the city. Animal friendly! And the slides are awesome, even I am not a kid!

Modern 2-storey, red brick & glass building used for public events set in manicured 1940's gardens.

Man-made 16th century 19.8-acre lake with a boating jetty surrounded by park, bars & restaurants.

Heavily forested green space with cedar, poplar, pine & ash trees, plus bike paths & food kiosks.

Streams, paths & trees in steep, sloping historic gardens on 20 acres with 2 monumental fountains.

Vibrant park with a huge, unique sculpture atop a terraced hillside, plus an amphitheater & views.

Modern linear green space along the Manzanares River, with cultural events & sports fields.

Monoliths & cypresses line orbital paths in a park celebrating Christian, Arab & Jewish cultures.

This elegant, circa-1893 gate is a main entrance to the city's Retiro Gardens.

👍👍 A truly magnificent park in Madrid; one of the smaller and lesser known parks, but it outshine the rest in its own way. The park isn't large like Retiro, but it has its gems. There is a lake with turtles, frogs and fish surrounded by couple of small waterfalls. Additionally nestled in between many t...

Striking river crossing with a helixlike structure & wood-decked lanes for bike & foot traffic.

Expansive park & former royal hunting ground, with small hills, streams & a boating lake.

Expansive, landscaped, 20th-century urban park with paths meandering past conifer & cedar trees.