Tree Walks in Madrid
Madrid has 2 walks that string its ancient trees together on foot, from 1.03 km to 1.59 km, past 11 trees in all. Each one is an afternoon rather than a hike, and every tree on it has a story worth the stop.
The order is ours, worked out from where the trees actually stand; the walking distance is the real one along streets and paths where we have been able to route it, and a straight line between trunks where we have not. Nothing here is a signposted trail.
Retiro
6 trees · about 1.59 km · 21 min on foot
Begins at The Three-Trunked Yew of the Velazquez Palace (European Yew (Taxus baccata)) and ends at The Blue Gum North of the Estanque.
Paseo del Prado
5 trees · about 1.03 km · 14 min on foot
Begins at The Himalayan Spruce of the Plaza de Murillo (Morinda Spruce (Picea smithiana)) and ends at The Ahuehuete of the Parterre.
All of these stand in Madrid, where we map 17 remarkable trees in total. Or walk somewhere else: Alicante · Alkmaar · Amersfoort · Amsterdam · Arnhem · Assen