The parks and gardens of Seville occupy an area of about 700 hectares. In this post we are going to highlight some of the most important ones.
The María luisa Park
Essential visit of the parks and gardens of seville and accessible on foot from the monumental area. Not only interesting for its botanical wealth, but also historical and architectural. It belonged to the Palacio de San Telmo, a 17th century building. The palace was acquired by the Dukes of Montpensier in 1849. Immediately afterwards they purchase the surrounding land to convert it into a recreational garden. In 1893 it was ceded by the duchess widow to the city. Years later, the French gardener Forrestier will be in charge of the reform to turn it into the site of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, together with the works of this exhibition, which will add to its premises the Plazas of Spain and America, the visit of this park was turns into an essential route
The Murillo garden
These gardens have their origin in the Huerta del Retiro del Alcázar. Already in 1862 a part was ceded to expand the Fair. Alfonso XIII gave up another part in 1911 to connect the Barrio de Santa Cruz with that of San Bernardo. It will not be until 1918 that it will obtain the current name, coming from the painter of the same name, buried in the nearby Plaza de Santa Cruz. Great protagonists of these gardens are the huge ficus. Of course we also find bitter orange trees. An ideal place to rest in one of its gazebos with the typical ceramic benches.
The Alcazar gardens
The gardens of the Alcázar occupy almost 7 hectares of land. After the obligatory visit for its history and architecture, a walk through these gardens will be a delight for our senses. We can find a great diversity and botanical and landscape richness. In the English garden, trees from all corners of the planet, shade a green area that takes us away from human hands. Hispanic-Muslims remind us of the legacy of a period of artistic and cultural boom. In the French we can find the influence of the great gardens of the neighboring country … in short, in any of its corners we will find a place to relax.
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