PLEASE NOTE: El Retiro and eight of the city’s other parks (El Capricho, Sabatini Gardens, the Rose Garden in Oeste Park, Juan Carlos I, Juan Pablo II, Fuente del Berro, Quinta de los Molinos and Quinta Torre Arias) may close if weather conditions are severe. On these occasions you are also advised not to visit Dehesa de la Villa and Oeste Park which have no gates and cannot be closed to the public.

The Quinta de la Fuente del Berro Park, located in the Salamanca district, is located on land that was known as Quinta de Miraflores, ordered by Felipe IV as a new Royal Residence.

After having various owners and all kinds of refurbishments, including operating as a theme park in 1900, the current park occupies a  space of more than 13 hectares. It offers a landscaped garden with various levels and formed by meadows crossed by winding paths and rustic stone stairs. It also has a rich variety of trees.  Among the elements that we can find are the monument to Becquer, the statue dedicated to the poet Pushkin, fountains, waterfalls and a couple of small ponds, as well as a smaller palace which remains its palatial past.