Explore More Madrid: Gardens and Landscape
Discover the wonders of Barcelona, Spain with this unforgettable experience. The tour can be extended up to eight hours by including more stops at some of Madrid’s most charming scenic and historical green spaces. Among them is the Vistillas Garden, a 1.74-hectare area designed in the 1930s and 1940s by Fernando García Mercadal and Manuel Herrero Palacios, named for its magnificent views over Casa de Campo and the Manzanares River. Behind the Royal Palace lies the Campo del Moro, a garden of more than 20 hectares created during the reign of Philip II and named after the attempted reconquest of Madrid in 1109, when the army of Ali Ben Yusuf camped on these grounds. Nearby is the Temple of Debod, an Egyptian temple dating from the 2nd century BCE and inaugurated in Madrid in 1972 as a gift from Egypt for Spain’s assistance in saving the temples of Nubia. We then reach the Parque del Oeste, almost 100 hectares of parkland commissioned in 1906 by Mayor Alberto Aguilera and designed by agronomist and city gardens director Celedonio Rodrigáñez. Highlights of your tour include: Arganzuela Footbridge designed by Dominique Perrault (2011)Glass Palace Greenhouse of Arganzuela in the former slaughterhouse (rehabilitated in 1992)Royal Botanical Garden founded in 1755 and CSIC research center since 1939Paseo del Prado with major museums such as Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza, and Cai. The tour can be extended up to eight hours by including more stops at some of Madrid’s most charming scenic and historical green spaces. Among them is the Vistillas Garden, a 1.74-hectare area designed in the 1930s and 1940s by Fernando García Mercadal and Manuel Herrero Palacios,...