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Aranjuez
Aranjuez
This great green escape south of Madrid is nothing less than the perfect excuse to get outside and gaze upon manicured perfection until well after the sun has set. For a string of Spanish monarchs the town was a royal playground where queens often rowed in its rivers and kings crept through the verdant woods hunting deer and rabbit. Each successor appreciated and harnessed the natural fertility surrounding Aranjuez in unique ways; monuments were constructed and then improved upon and the town bloomed in beautiful ways. With its famously maintained gardens and an abundance of lively, gurgling fountains, Aranjuez is an oasis in an otherwise dry, rocky land. Butterflies flitter through the Jardínes del Principe that were Carlos IV’s contribution; at once expansive and aesthetically stunning along the Tagus River, the park is among Spain’s most enjoyable for leisure.
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