Beyond the asphalt, Madrid also has parks, gardens, places to play sports and places to gaze at the stars.
Every spring, when the cold finally retreats from the northern mountains, the area around Robledillo de la Jara is blanketed in white. It’s not late snow, but a massive bloom of rockroses and other white-flowered shrubs...
Every spring, while half the world gazes at pink-blooming cherry trees or fields of tulips, a less famous but equally mesmerizing phenomenon unfolds in the heart of Spain: the Sierra de Gredos slowly vanishes beneath a...
Do you feel like the asphalt is suffocating you every summer? It’s not your imagination; in fact, it’s a very specific effect with an equally specific name: it’s called the heat island effect.Madrid ha...
Spring continues to transform Madrid, and this time it’s not about cherry blossoms or tulips reminiscent of Holland. Throughout April and May, the flowering of the common rockrose covers the…...
Spring in Madrid has a Japanese name and a must-see stop in Barajas. The so-called “sakura route” in Juan Carlos I Park has become one of the city’s most special botanical walks: a free tour that winds through hundreds...
The Royal Botanical Garden-CSIC (Plaza de Murillo, 2) once again takes center stage this spring with the fleeting spectacle of tulip blooms, transforming, as it does every year, into a sort of “little Holland” in Madrid...
The month when the almond trees blossomis beginning, and National Geographic has no doubt about which is the most beautiful village for a getaway. Located in the province of Burgos, Poza de la Sal…...
The Community of Madrid has just taken a key step towards literally multiplying its large green lung. The regional government has approved a request to expand the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park by 1,601 hectares, br...
Thermas de Griñón has become the most suitable XXL spa to escape from the hustle and bustle of Madrid without going too far away. Only half an hour from downtown, it has the largest thermal circuit in the Community, wit...
Madrid could be divided into a northwest and southeast axis, not only from a socioeconomic perspective (rich north versus poor south) but also because of its biodiversity. While the northernmost part of the capital is s...
