Madrid's Green Escapes
Madrid · Spain
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Step away from the city noise to explore the lush foliage and open spaces of Madrid. You will wander through vast parklands, admire lakeside vistas, and discover hidden floral sanctuaries. This walk is perfect for anyone wanting to breathe fresh air and see the city's most beautiful blooms.
The walk
El Retiro Park
A former royal retreat built for the distractions of the Spanish Court.
Monument to Alfonso XII
A grand semi-circular colonnade and equestrian statue funded by the people of Spain for King Alfonso XII.
Jardines de Cecilio Rodríguez
A classicist escape designed by a man who spent eighty years tending the Retiro's soil.
Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
A royal scientific sanctuary that brought the flora of the Americas and the Pacific to the heart of Madrid.
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
More walks in Madrid
7 walks
How a walk works
The guide starts talking when you arrive.
This page is the map and the itinerary. The app is the guide who walks it with you.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.