María Luisa Park
María Luisa Park is Seville's great historic garden: 40 hectares of palms, orange trees, tiled fountains and pavilions beside the Guadalquivir, reshaped for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition and framed by the Plaza de España.
About María Luisa Park
Most of the grounds were once the gardens of the Palace of San Telmo, which the Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, gave to the city in 1893. From 1911 the French landscape architect Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier redesigned them, and the architect Aníbal González then built the pavilions of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, held partly within the park. It was protected as a historic garden in 1983.
Paths wind between palms, pines and orange trees to fountains such as the Fuente de los Leones and the Estanque de los Lotos, and to tiled monuments to writers including Bécquer and Cervantes. At the southern end, the Plaza de América is known for its doves and is framed by exhibition pavilions that now house the Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Popular Arts and Customs.
The park is free and open every day. Explore it on foot, by bicycle or by horse-drawn carriage, and in summer come early or late in the day, when the shade is most welcome.
María Luisa Park in pictures
Nearby places to visit
The Plaza de España borders the park to the east, and the Torre del Oro, the Royal Alcázar and the cathedral are about a 15-minute walk north.
María Luisa Park at a glance
Location
Metropolitana de Sevilla, Seville
Town
Seville
Address
Parque de María Luisa, Seville, Spain
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