The Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid is an astonishing place with a rich history. It was created in 1755 by order of King Ferdinand VI, who was known for his great love of collecting plants. In 1781, Carlos III relocated the garden to a new site, where it remains to this day - on the Paseo del Prado.
The scale of this botanical garden remains royal to this day - it covers several hectares and boasts a unique collection of exotic plants numbering more than 30 thousand species. Here you can find flowers, trees, and medicinal herbs brought at different times from five continents.
In 1996, former Spanish President Felipe Gonzalez enriched the garden with a unique collection of bonsai trees, each of which is a work of art in itself. And not so long ago, the park acquired the “Olive Alley” with many bright and unusual specimens. But the garden's true pride is its exhibition greenhouse. Thanks to modern technologies, three climate regimes can be maintained in it at the same time - tropical, desert, and subtropical.
