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Parque del RetirovsMuseo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Retiro Park and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum are both rated very highly by professionals. Overall, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum scores significantly higher than Retiro Park. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has a TripExpert Score of 98 with accolades from 10 publications including Michelin Guide, Lonely Planet and Travel + Leisure.
Parque del Retiro
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Between C. Alfonso XII and Avenida de Menendez Pelayo, Madrid
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Fodor's "Madrid's crowning park is a vast expanse of green encompassing formal gardens, fountains, lakes, exhibition halls, children's play areas, outdoor cafés, and a Puppet Theater." Full review
Frommer's "Originally a playground for the Spanish monarchs and their guests, this park extends over 140 hectares (350 acres)." Full review
Lonely Planet "One of the few vestiges of the 17th-century Palacio del Buen Retiro, this somewhat austere building overlooking the Parque del Buen Retiro is run as an academic library." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Madrid’s answer to New York’s Central Park is a warren of paths carved in green with a large, central man-made lake and plenty of space (330 acres) for lolling about." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"A green space where... you can row on the (artificial) lake under the indifferent gaze of King Alfonso XI, or join the locals running along the pathways." Full review
The Telegraph "Originally the gardens of a royal palace, the Retiro is now Madrid’s main park, with a boating lake, cafés and exhibition venues." Full review
Afar Magazine "The biggest park in the Spanish capital, Retiro is a great destination where you could spend the better part of your day." Full review
Independent "Madrid’s sprawling, elegantly faded green space, Parque de El Retiro, hugs the main avenue that leads to the city’s two biggest art museums as well as the main city station, Atocha."
Frommer's "It covers 140 hectares of lawns, lakes, and woodland...the park offers gentle recreational activities for everyone" Full review
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Fodor's Lonely Planet Travel + Leisure
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Paseo del Prado, 8, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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Fodor's "Opened in 1992, the Thyssen occupies spacious galleries filled with natural light in the late-18th-century Villahermosa Palace (itself finished in 1771)." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"One of the most extraordinary private collections of predominantly European art in the world, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is a worthy member of Madrid’s ‘Golden Triangle’ of art." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Thyssen’s pieces, purchased by the Spanish state from a private collector in 1992, represent a tremendous breadth of European painters from the 14th to 21st centuries." Full review
Time Out "The private collection of the late Baron Hans-Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza is widely considered the most important in the world." Full review
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Condé Nast Traveler "The third leg in Madrid's "golden triangle of art"... one of the world's great private collections, and includes everything from Old Masters to 20th-century Cubists." Full review
Let's Go "The museum is housed in the 19th-century Palacio de Villahermosa and contains the donated collection of the late Baron Henrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. " Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"The collection is an opportunity to explore Western art from the late 12C to the present day." Full review
goop "The collection of works housed in this 18th-century palace represent the lifetime pastime of Swiss collector Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and his Spanish wife Carmen." Full review
The Telegraph "Superlative collections of Western art from the 13th century to the present day, built up by the Thyssen-Bornemisza family and housed in a neo-classical palace." Full review
Afar Magazine "Admire great works of art by Spanish and European Masters like El Greco, Gauguin, Renoir, Matisse and Rusiñol." Full review
