You should always stop and smell the roses. You can do just that in Retiro Park in Madrid. But that is just the beginning of the magic at the Parque del Buen Retiro. While the park is only 300 acres, not massive for a park, that space is well used to display sculptures and monuments. A number of events for the holidays call the area around the parks lake home, and this small space has grown from a place just to take a stroll into a not-to-miss attraction in the city.
Once upon a time this park was the part of a royal palace belonging to Phillip IV. You can see some of that history in the Casn Del Buen Retiro as well as the Museo del Ejrcito. Unfortunately, the other buildings that would have shown this history were destroyed early in the 19th century during the Napoleonic wars.
No longer a building for war, the Casn instead is the home of great works of art, 19th and 20th century paintings. Among the items in the collection are pieces from the Spanish painter Sorolla.
To learn about the warfare history of Spain, you should plan a trip to the Ejrcito. It is now the most prominent of Spains Army museums. Among their claims to fame, a sword called La Tizona...
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