Madrid: Retiro park Secrets, Legends & Palaces Small Group Tour

One of the original gates of the gardens, dating back to the 1600s. It has been relocated as the park evolved and its size has changed. Provides access to the French style gardens of El Retiro.

Home to one of the park’s most famous trees, the “Ahuehuete” or bald cypress, considered one of the oldest trees in the park and possibly in Madrid.

Dates back to the 1700s and was part of Madrid’s urban renovation under Charles III, designed by renowned architect Ventura Rodríguez.

Created to commemorate the birth of Queen Isabella II. Has been in El Retiro since the mid-1800s.

Considered the main entrance to the park as it leads directly to the iconic Puerta de Alcalá, the most famous of Madrid’s original gates.

Dating from the 1800s, it combines the three Greco-Roman graces with a fourth.

Originally the center for milking cows, as underground water fountains are nearby.

Built in 1900, providing access to Paseo de O'Donnell.

Now serves as a photography center and lookout point towards the Casita del Pescador.

Part of the private collection of buildings built by Ferdinand VII in the 1800s.

Statue of a key 19th-century Spanish military figure.

Erected in 1885 in honor of the premature death of King Alfonso XII.

Located where the “Casa de las Fieras” once stood, including the original enclosure.

Features the “long ponds”: four rectangular water basins in a geometric style with fountains and boxwood hedges along a central axis.

Awarded the First-Class Medal at the National Fine Arts Exhibition in Madrid in 1878.

A small park within the park, dedicated to the victims of the March 11, 2004, Madrid attacks.

Built in 1887 for the Philippine Islands Exhibition, originally serving as a monumental greenhouse, inspired by London’s Crystal Palace.