San Francisco Dhalia Plantation

There aren’t just rose gardens in Madrid. Take some time during your stay to stroll through this exuberant dahlia garden.

The Dahlia Garden of San Francisco is a recently constructed garden that was opened in 2007. It’s located next to the Basílica de San Francisco el Grande, close to the La Latina neighborhood. I happened to discover this garden by chance, after visiting the Basílica de San Francisco. I didn’t even know it existed beforehand.

With an area of 4,000 square meters, you’ll see that the dahlia gardens are really part of a complex landscape surrounding the basilica and that the lower section is known as Cornisa park.