🏨 2 Hours Secrets of Madrid Retiro Park Tour Activity

2 Hours Secrets of Madrid Retiro Park Tour

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 2 hours

Departs: Madrid, Madrid

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

The Buen Retiro Park is one of the most famous urban garden in Madrid, a place that you will discover with our 2 hours guided walking tour, that will reveal to you all its history and incredible corners.

Inside this park you will see architectural and sculptural works such as the Alfonso XII statue, the Crystal Palace, the Great Pond, the Parterre or the Royal Astronomical Observatory.

While you will discover its architectural works, our guide will tell you how it started to be used as an urban park and then began one of the tourist attraction of the city.

What's Included

Professional guide

What's Not Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meals and drinks

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 3
CHILD: Age: 4 - 17
ADULT: Age: 18 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers

What To Expect

Parque del Retiro

Meet the guide at Puerta de España in order to organize the group and provide devices to hear the guide clearly.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Monumento a Alfonso XII

Our first stop will be the impressive monument to Alfonso XII, an imposing statue dedicated to the monarch that overlooks the Great Pond, which is the heart of the park.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Palacio De Cristal

Than you will continue to see the Crystal Palace, a giant greenhouse for tropical plants originally built on the occasion of the Flora Exhibition of the Philippine Islands of 1887.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Parterre del Retiro

Than you will visit the Parterre, a beautiful vegetation area which is inspired by French gardens. Here is located the oldest tree in Madrid, the "ahuehuete", an exotic tree that loses its leaves in cold climates but not in hot climates.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Puerta de Felipe IV

Then you will see the Puerta de Felipe IV, a monumental baroque style gate which is the oldest entrance to the Retiro park.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Observatorio Astronomico de Madrid

You will also explore the Royal Astronomical Observatory, where is stored a collection of ancient instruments such as the Foucault pendulum and the Repsold meridian circle.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Fuente de la Alcachofa Madrid

You will know the the Artichoke fountain, a baroque architectural work made of stone and granite.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ermita de San Pelayo y San Isidoro

Finally you will see the San Pelayo and San Isidoro hermitage, belonging to the Romanesque period.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

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