The First-Timer · Elena · Madrid
El Retiro
When people ask what to do that isn't a museum, this is my first answer. Free, central, and impossible to get wrong.
The big central park, and the easiest, loveliest free thing you'll do — boats, a glass palace, rose gardens. The Madrid equivalent of a deep breath.
— Elena, The First-Timer
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