Madrid Retiro Park Self-Guided Audio Walk: Puerta de Alcalá, Lake and Fallen Angel

About this experience

Madrid's Retiro was a royal pleasure garden for more than two centuries. In 1868 a revolutionary government handed the whole estate to the city, and Madrid has been filling it ever since. Start outside the Puerta de Alcalá, Carlos III's granite gate, and walk in past a drinking fountain moved from the city streets and an avenue of stone kings carved for the Royal Palace roof. Meet the Ahuehuete, a Mexican cypress whose age nobody agrees on, and Philip IV's great lake facing the Alfonso XII colonnade. Then the 1880s: the brick and tile Palacio de Velázquez and the Palacio de Cristal, built for an 1887 colonial exhibition, with swamp cypresses in its pond. Finish by the rose garden, the Fallen Angel and the memorial grove for 11 March 2004. Eleven stops, about 2.8 km and 70 minutes, on gentle paths, at your own pace, in English, on your phone. The park is free; the Palacio de Cristal is closed for restoration until 2027.

What's included

Walk the Retiro from the Puerta de Alcalá past an avenue of stone kings, a Mexican cypress and Philip IV's lake to the 1880s exhibition palaces, the rose garden, the Fallen Angel and the 11 March memorial grove.

Good to know

Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.