The First-Timer · Elena · Madrid
Plaza de España
The 2021 redesign turned a traffic island back into a real park. It's now the easiest green link in the centre.
A recently rebuilt square with gardens, the Don Quixote monument and two landmark 1950s towers.
— Elena, The First-Timer
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