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Retiro Park

by Jim Kerr
Jim Kerr
Jim Kerr has lived in Madrid since 2004 and loves the life here. Jim is in Sales
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Sunday, 04 September 2011 Category Uncategorized 0 Comments
Madrid's main park, El Parque de Retiro, is certainly one of the city's main tourist attractions and the main entrance to the park is situated right next to the Puerta de Alcalá, (The door of Alcalà), Retiro Park is the perfect place for a stroll. Very pleasing to the eye, you will see many sculptures, monuments, and a boating lake, it also presents an annual book fair, and there are free concerts Tags: retiro park, park retiro, palacio del retiro, el retiro park, park del retiro, El Parque de Retiro, crystal palace, palacio de cristal, Puerta de Alcalá, King Alfonso XII, Isabella I, King Philip II, Gaspar de Guzmán, Duke of Olivares, Velázquez Palace
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