The Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid is located in the heart of Madrid, on Murillo Square, in front of the Prado Museum. With a total area of approximately 8 hectares, it is one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in Madrid.
The Royal Garden was created in 1755 by King Fernando III on both banks of the Manzares River. In 1774, King Charles III ordered him to be transferred to his present place, Place Moreau.
The park was not only intended to show plants, but also to explain botany and provide samples for scientific research on plants and the division of plant species. In 1942, the park was considered one of the most important artistic symbols of tourism in Spain.
The park consists of 3 graduated outdoor sections, 2 greenhouses and collections totaling more than thirty thousand plants and flowers and more than one thousand five hundred trees.
Things to do in the Royal Botanic Garden in Madrid
• Visit the first of three gradients to which the park is divided and called "Terrace of Paints"
It is a collection of medicinal, ornamental, aromatic and endemic plants gathered around a small fountain of water that will feel you.
• Take a stroll in the garden and relax between the pools in the second stage entitled "Botanical School Terrace".
It includes a number of plant classifications classified by plant genetic genetics.
• Spend a special moment and a romantic and peaceful atmosphere in the third stage entitled "The Flower Plan Deck".
Which includes a collection of trees and flowering plants of beautiful colors.
• Visit the two nurseries divided into four rooms, the old nursery dating from the nineteenth century and having a number of tropical plants and cactus.
The new nursery supports tropical, desert and temperate atmospheres. You can see a lot of plants living in these areas.
• Visit the beautifully designed library in the heart of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
The archive includes more than 2,000 works on botany, natural history and chemistry.
• The park is surrounded by many tourist attractions in Spain. For example, the Prado Museum is nearby, as well as cafes where you can visit and complete your pleasure and spend the most beautiful moments of Madrid
