Parque del Buen Retiro

This park is like the Central Park of NYC, it is enormous, filled with over 15,000 trees, and there are other, smaller gardens within it. One of the main attractions here is the lake; you can rent rowboats and go out on the water, but remember that King Alfonso XII is always watching you from his monument. Another gem is the Cristal Palace that was built in 1887 as a winter garden for exotic flowers, and now houses different temporary art exhibitions! There is yet another lake outside this palace where you can feed the ducks. If you want to see the only statue in the world representing the devil, go to Parque del Buen Retiro! It’s technically a monument representing the Fallen Angel being exiled from Paradise. Lastly, the oldest tree in the city lives here-a Mexican cypress that was planted in 1633.