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.

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. Concession prices are a bit steep and there were a few shady characthers mixed in with the families and tourists at this time of year. Reasonable caution is called for, as in any large city. Even so, a trip to Madrid would not be complete without a visit to this lovely park.

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!

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

This is a really relaxing place.. I wish I live in madrid so that I'd be able to go here always.. We went there as a last stop.. I wanna go back.. All we were able to go to was the monument of alfonso xiii... There are a number of attractions that shouldn't be missed..

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.

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.

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.

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.

The park's facilities are extremely far apart, there are no bike rentals, there are no exit signs. The good things are that you can rent a boat to go around in th lake and its quiet and as the name suggets there aren't alot of hooligans and vandals.