Madrid Rio Park

Every major city in the world is there probably because of one thing: a body of water, aka a river. Some are more impressive than others, and most probably have very beautiful bridges that are worthy of a few photos.
New York: Hudson
Amsterdam: Amstel
Cairo: Nile
Baghdad: Tigris
London: Thames
Montreal: St Lawrence
Paris: Seine 


Some rivers dried up and were converted into Parks (Valencia) and others built parks around their rivers....
Welcome to Parque Madrid Rio, incorporated around the Manzanares river.

This park runs about 10 km in length. For those of you familiar with Madrid, it begins around Principe Pio and ends near Legazpi. In the park you can find typical rio type things such as a river and bridges, but you can also find bike lanes (byob.. bicycle), cafes, children's playgrounds, a plethora of trees native to Spain and even places to do some exercises so you can save your 30 euros a month and opt out of a gym membership, if working out in public while people have picnics and botellón is your thing.
There is even something called an "Urban Beach" to go swimming in the middle of the city under a very futuristic time warp type bridge. 

I like bridges

Near Principe Pio you can catch a gorgeous view of the Palace and Cathedral de la Almudena

This park is a great place to dar un paseo, or rent a bicycle and take a ride. However, Two points goes to Valencia in beauty and bike accessibility. But this park is fairly new, Madrid has a chance to pull through!

walking the park is hard work! stop here for a well deserved rest!

For more info on the Madrid Rio, check out their website here