The Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid is located in the very heart of Madrid, on the Morillo Square in front of the Prado Museum, and its total area is approximately 8 hectares, and it is one of the most beautiful tourist places in Madrid
The Royal Garden was created in 1755 CE by King Fernando III on both banks of the Manzares River. King Charles III ordered the relocation of it to its present location on Moreau Square in the year 1774 AD.
The only purpose of the park was not only to display plants, but also to explain Botany (botany) and provide samples for the work of botanical research and the division of plant species, and in 1942 the garden was considered one of the most important artistic features of tourism in Spain
The garden consists of 3 stepped outdoor sections, and 2 greenhouses, with groups totaling over thirty thousand plants and flowers, and more than one thousand five hundred trees.
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Activities to do in the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid
• You should visit the first of the three grades that the garden is divided into, which is called “Terrace of the paintings”.
It is a collection of medicinal, ornamental, aromatic and endemic plants collected around a small water fountain that will smell fresh.
Walk around the park and relax in the ponds in the second step called “Terrace of the Botanical Schools”
It includes a number of plant classifications arranged according to plant genetics.
Spend a special time and a quiet romantic atmosphere in the third step called “Terrace of the Flower Plane”
It includes a group of beautifully colored trees and plants.
Visiting the agricultural nurseries, which were divided into four rooms, the old nursery belongs to the nineteenth century and displays a number of tropical plants and cacti.
As for the new nursery, it supports the tropical, desert and temperate climates. You can see a large number of plants that live in these areas inside.
• You can visit the beautifully designed library in the heart of the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid
The archive includes more than two thousand research works on botany, natural history and chemistry.
• The park is surrounded by a number of tourist places in Spain, Madrid, such as the Prado Museum, it is nearby, as well as cafes where you can visit and complete your enjoyment and spend the most wonderful times in Madrid.
work hours
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Entry price
2 euros per person
For more information about the park, you can visit its official website ..Here
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The site of the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid
