Casa de Campo

The Casa de Campo is the largest public park in Pozuelo de Alarcon. It is located west of downtown Madrid, Spain. It gets its name 'Country House' as it was as soon as a royal hunting estate. Its area is extra than 1,750 hectares 6.8 squaremi. The Casa de Campo is related to the Parque del Oeste with the aid of the Teleferico de Madrid, a gondola carry. An leisure park, the Parque de Atracciones de Madrid, and the Madrid Zoo are positioned inside the park. It is commonplace for families to spend time in the park, looking on the wildlife that may be visible every so often visible around the park with deer, rabbits, and one of a kind kinds of birds being the maximum common.

In 1936–39, during the Spanish Civil War, the the front strains of the Siege of Madrid ran through the Casa de Campo, where the Republicans had halted a nationalist offensive in November 1936. The park can be accessed through the Teleferico, a gondola with select up factor within the Parque del Oeste on the west quit of Madrid. The drop-off factor homes a eating place with an neglect of Madrid, playgrounds each outside and inside, and get right of entry to to Casa de Campo's many trails. The trails criss crossing the park that are brilliant for jogging, strolling, and mountain biking. A lot of the less frequented elements of the park show off Madrid's natural semi-arid splendor with pink soil and scruffy pine bushes. The altitude is elevated similar to the rest of Madrid with quite some hills in the park.