Iconic Retiro Park Segway Tour

About This Experience

This is the Retiro route almost every first-time Segway rider in Madrid ends up on, and the numbers explain why: it has drawn more reviews than any other Segway tour in the city. It starts at the operator's shop on Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo, a few steps from the park's eastern gates, with a briefing and a short practice loop before anyone rides out.

Inside the park the hour is built around eight stops rather than one long ride. You pass the Antigua Casa de Fieras, Madrid's first zoo and now an exhibition space, then the Cecilio Rodríguez gardens where the resident peacocks live. The Fountain of the Fallen Angel comes next — Ricardo Bellver's 1877 bronze of Lucifer, installed here in 1885 and one of very few public monuments anywhere to depict the devil.

The second half is the postcard half: the Rosaleda rose garden, the Palacio de Cristal, a cast-iron and glass pavilion designed by Ricardo Velázquez Bosco for the 1887 Philippines Exposition, then the Estanque Grande with the colonnade of the Alfonso XII monument above it, and the formal Parterre on the way back. The guide takes photographs at each stop and shares them afterwards, which matters more than it sounds — you cannot safely ride a Segway and hold a phone.

Highlights

• Ride Retiro Park's monument loop on a Segway, with eight guided stops
• See the Palacio de Cristal, the glass pavilion built for the 1887 Philippines Exposition
• Stop at the Fountain of the Fallen Angel and the Rosaleda rose garden
• Take in the Estanque Grande beneath the Alfonso XII colonnade
• Learn the machine on flat, car-free park paths before you set off
• Keep the photographs your guide takes at every stop

What's Included

• ✓ Local guide in English, Spanish or French
• ✓ Segway and helmet
• ✓ Training session before the ride
• ✓ Accident insurance
• ✓ Photographs taken by your guide
• ✓ Eight guided photo stops across the park

Not Included

• Tips (optional)
• Transport to the meeting point
• Food and drink
• Retiro Park attractions with their own entry fee

What to Bring

• Comfortable shoes
• Camera
• Water
• Comfortable clothes
• Passport or ID card, copy accepted

Good to Know & Caveats

• Arrive 15 minutes before the tour. If you are delayed, you will have a 10-minute grace period. Otherwise, you will be placed on another tour if possible
• The French tour is only available from Wednesday to Sunday
• Children between 9 and 17 years old must be accompanied by an adult
• Specially designed for groups and families
• Available for corporate events
• Private tours available (birthday parties, bachelor parties, communions)

Meeting Point

Retiro Magic | Actividades al aire libre Madrid Av. de Menéndez Pelayo, 9, Retiro, 28009 Madrid, España