El Retiro Park and Jardines de Sabatini
Madrid has some of the prettiest manicured parks and gardens. El Retiro Park is the largest park in Madrid with secluded walking paths, a crystal palace, and, if the notion strikes, a place to go row a boat. Not to be outdone, Jardines de Sabatini, while much smaller, is a fun maze of green hedges and burbling fountains set against the backdrop of the massive royal palace.
Pathways in El Retiro.
Looking up.
Sitting under a tree contemplating life, the universe, everything.
The crystal palace currently holds a modern art exhibition with a giant stuffed Titanic and an upside down Empire State Building that slowly dribbles black sand onto the floor.
Row, row, row your boat, right before it rains...
Close up of a lion on the Monument to Alfonso XII.
Jimmy and the trees.
Enter the Jardines de Sabatini
Wandering through the hedges.
Jimmy finding the end of a maze.