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El Retiro Park: Madrid’s Green Oasis Full of History and Life. This 118-hectare park dates back to the time of the Catholic Monarchs, who ordered the construction of the Monastery of the ...

The Retiro’s foundations lie in the gardens of a monastery, which served as a royal retreat for King Philip II in the 16th century. When he moved the Spanish court from Toledo to Madrid in 1561 ...

An Urban Oasis: Retiro Park. One may flee the city’s hectic pace in Retiro Park, Madrid’s version of New York City’s Central Park. The urban haven offers an ideal atmosphere for an afternoon ...

Originally the gardens of a royal palace, the Retiro is now Madrid’s main park, with cafés and exhibition venues as well as the large lake at its centre. Back in the 17th century, it was used ...

When I moved to Madrid last spring, I thought El Parque Retiro would merely be my running route. Since then, the nearly 400-year-old park has become so much more: a refuge, a playground, a people ...

With spacious rooms and views of Madrid's lush Buen Retiro Park, the Hotel Palacio del Retiro may make guests forget they're staying in the center of a busy European metropolis. A renovated 20th ...

MADRID, Dec 20 (Reuters) - On a cold winter morning, Madrid's Retiro park is filled with joggers and dog walkers enjoying the fresh air and manicured flowerbeds of one of the city's most visited ...

When I was living in Madrid in my early twenties, warm Sunday afternoons were for El Retiro park. My flatmate and I, normally a bit worse for wear from partying the night before, would walk from ...