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Retiro Park
Madrid's great park, with a boating lake, rose gardens and a glass palace, part of a UNESCO site.
- Open
- Every day, from early morning to late evening
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Plaza de la Independencia 7, 28001 MadridDirections
- Getting There
- Retiro or Ibiza station.
Why Go
Once a royal retreat, the park opened to the public in 1868. Rent a rowing boat on the lake below the Alfonso XII monument, and find the Crystal Palace, an iron-and-glass pavilion of 1887.
With the Paseo del Prado, it was made a World Heritage Site in 2021.
Nearby in Madrid
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