Parque Juan Carlos

Frommer's Review

This new park sprawls beside a golf course at the far western end of the city between Barajas airport and the Feria de Madrid buildings. A vast conglomeration of waterways, gardens, and cycling and walking paths, with views north to the distant Guadarrama mountains, it's still finding its way as a leisure area, and in summer the present lack of full-size trees means there is little shade. The abundant olive groves were there long before the park was conceived, but the newly planted pines, oaks, and eucalyptus will need many years of growth before the park can achieve a much-needed sense of completeness.

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