Parque del Buen Retiro
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About four days into our stay in Madrid, we decided to have a picnic in the Parque del Buen Retiro. It was perfect! We stopped by Museo del Jamon and picked up sandwiches, fruit and beer, and headed to the park. It was the perfect way to relax. We took a nap on blankets under the trees near the boating lake. The peace and calm was sooo relaxing after four days of the great hustle and bustle of the rest of Madrid.
Reviewed by: Willis from on Feb 17 2008
The park is attractive and had some festive elements that my grandchildren really enjoyed, including some unique spinning awings, an elf riding a Christmas snail, and a huge cone of helium balloons.
Reviewed by: doris from on Dec 29 2007
This an awesome place to just unwind for the day! It is very peacful place to take a walk or take your family! You sholud really go here it is really nice!
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Nov 15 2007
i just loved it month of may is ideal for visit buses and metro is useful to visit madrid . Churros and chocolate for breakfast is just yummmy yummy ;just be aware of their closing time at midday some shops closed for the siesta a spanish attitude
Reviewed by: bethia from on Sep 10 2007
This is a really relaxing place.. I wish I live in madrid so that I'd be able to go here always..
Reviewed by: thirdy l from on Jul 19 2007
formal gardens place of tranquility in Madrid especially during the week. On weekends crowded with Madrid inhabitants but exciting with activities like puppet shows and boat rides. Has a little of everything. Clean and a great place when tired from touring and museums.
Reviewed by: Donald from on Jun 05 2007
This is the perfect place to have a relaxing day without to go out of the city. You can rent a boat or visit the Chrystal Palace which remember a special cage of birds but now is an exhibition room for modern art. In the beginning of June the park becomes glamorous and welcome the Feria del libro where you can buy any book or meet a famous writer. Each season make it looks different but there is something that never change: its beauty. There are many kinds of trees and plants that become the place the lung of Madrid for that is one of the most visited places in the city.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Oct 17 2006
El Parque el Retiro is the best place for a Romantic walk, to sit down and think, to have a drink and tapa in any of the little bars inside,etc etc...It's a wonderful and beautiful place, don't miss it.
Reviewed by: Myrna from on Oct 15 2006
It is a very clean and neat park. Espacially with the lake in the middle of the park, where you can rent a boat. The trees are all cut in a very nice shape.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 28 2006
The park's facilities are extremely far apart, there are no bike rentals, there are no exit signs.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jul 03 2006
Madrid's Playground
Back to Parque del Buen Retiro
About four days into our stay in Madrid, we decided to have a picnic in the Parque del Buen Retiro. It was perfect! We stopped by Museo del Jamon and picked up sandwiches, fruit and beer, and headed to the park. It was the perfect way to relax. We took a nap on blankets under the trees near the boating lake. The peace and calm was sooo relaxing after four days of the great hustle and bustle of the rest of Madrid.
Reviewed by: Willis from on Feb 17 2008
The park is attractive and had some festive elements that my grandchildren really enjoyed, including some unique spinning awings, an elf riding a Christmas snail, and a huge cone of helium balloons.
Reviewed by: doris from on Dec 29 2007
This an awesome place to just unwind for the day! It is very peacful place to take a walk or take your family! You sholud really go here it is really nice!
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Nov 15 2007
i just loved it month of may is ideal for visit buses and metro is useful to visit madrid . Churros and chocolate for breakfast is just yummmy yummy ;just be aware of their closing time at midday some shops closed for the siesta a spanish attitude
Reviewed by: bethia from on Sep 10 2007
This is a really relaxing place.. I wish I live in madrid so that I'd be able to go here always..
Reviewed by: thirdy l from on Jul 19 2007
formal gardens place of tranquility in Madrid especially during the week. On weekends crowded with Madrid inhabitants but exciting with activities like puppet shows and boat rides. Has a little of everything. Clean and a great place when tired from touring and museums.
Reviewed by: Donald from on Jun 05 2007
This is the perfect place to have a relaxing day without to go out of the city. You can rent a boat or visit the Chrystal Palace which remember a special cage of birds but now is an exhibition room for modern art. In the beginning of June the park becomes glamorous and welcome the Feria del libro where you can buy any book or meet a famous writer. Each season make it looks different but there is something that never change: its beauty. There are many kinds of trees and plants that become the place the lung of Madrid for that is one of the most visited places in the city.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Oct 17 2006
El Parque el Retiro is the best place for a Romantic walk, to sit down and think, to have a drink and tapa in any of the little bars inside,etc etc...It's a wonderful and beautiful place, don't miss it.
Reviewed by: Myrna from on Oct 15 2006
It is a very clean and neat park. Espacially with the lake in the middle of the park, where you can rent a boat. The trees are all cut in a very nice shape.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 28 2006
The park's facilities are extremely far apart, there are no bike rentals, there are no exit signs.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jul 03 2006
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