This is the best time of the year to visit the Rose Garden Ramón Ortiz, when all roses bloom and exhale best perfumes and fragrances.
In fact, it is in May when the International Competition of New Roses of the Villa de Madrid is organized every year. Similar competitions are held in some European cities such as Paris, Rome, Geneva, Belfast. There is also another popular contest “Rosa de Madrid” in which anyone can vote for the most beautiful rose. A plant of rose will be given to the winner, who has voted for the rose most voted by all participants.
The Rose Garden is located in Parque del Oeste, near the Temple of Debod and the cableway which takes you from Moncloa to Casa de Campo: so it’s a perfect plan for a trip this weekend, so you can enjoy all the charms of spring.
Ramón Ortiz was the main gardener of the City of Madrid in 1955, and created the Rose Garden (La Rosaleda), just after the reconstruction of the Parque del Oeste. The Rose Garden presents over 600 varieties of roses on an extension of 32.000m2. You will be allowed to smell then all, but of course, not to pick them.
The Rose Garden is open daily from 10AM to 9PM, and the entrance is free. Enjoy it!!
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