Pozuelo, Majadahonda, Las Rozas and Boadilla del Monte are home to many international-school families, and the parks out here are bigger than most in the city. Oak woods, giant wooden animals to climb, lakes and an indoor play park for rainy days. Here's what we checked, from Pozuelo's forest park to Boadilla's palace gardens.
A forest-themed indoor play park of more than 1,100 m². Kids climb giant flower stalks and slide back down, find the Secret World behind a big wall, with mazes, mats, giant slides and a football pitch, and leave the volcano down a lava slide. Trained monitors supervise the play area, and parents can sit in the café or head out for a while.
An indoor family park split by height. Kids 108 cm and up get the Zona Game: trampolines, a climbing area, high ropes, slides, archery, baseball, golf, a bowling lane and PS5 and Switch games, all on one ticket. Smaller kids have Zona Circus, with soft circuits, slides and obstacles sized for them. Kids' karts, a neon laser tag arena and an arcade are paid separately.
A spacious park in Boadilla del Monte, remodeled in June 2024. Colorful fenced play areas sit on rubber flooring, with one zone for ages 3 to 12 and a separate zone for teens. Beyond the playgrounds there is a drinking fountain, a walking promenade, LED lighting for evenings and a fenced dog area with its own water fountain.
Two man-made lakes crossed by several bridges anchor this park in north Pozuelo, with a spurting geyser and children's playgrounds beside the water. Paths wind around the lakes, with benches for parents to watch from.
A 150-hectare forest park on Pozuelo's edge, replanted in the early 1990s with oaks, pines and riverside trees. Two 7,000 square meter lakes sit beside four marked paths, including a 2 km oak trail and two sensory trails. An environmental education center runs programs through the year.
Majadahonda's biggest park covers 37,000 square meters, with a fenced play area of rope-net climbing frames, slides and a tall timber tower. There is also a dog area with agility equipment, exercise stations for adults and seniors, and wide paths across lawns and a planted hillside.
The palace gardens step down in three terraces with fountains, sculptures and a labyrinth, plus a lake with a working water wheel and a 16-sided bird house. Ventura Rodríguez designed the neoclassical palace in the 1760s. Kids can roam the terraces and orchards on their own time while adults take in the views.
Cerro del Aire is a pine-wooded park whose 2023 makeover added four play areas built around giant robinia-wood animals. Kids climb a 4.6-meter lion with three platforms and slides, explore a 5-meter sparrow reached by an accessible ramp, and scale the nets of a hollow owl to a 360-degree lookout at the top. There is also a long slide set into the hillside and a skating rink.
Pozuelo, Majadahonda, Las Rozas and Boadilla del Monte are home to many international-school families, and the parks out here are bigger than most in the city. Oak woods, giant wooden animals to climb, lakes and an indoor play park for rainy days. Here's what we checked, from Pozuelo's forest park to Boadilla's palace gardens.
A forest-themed indoor play park of more than 1,100 m². Kids climb giant flower stalks and slide back down, find the Secret World behind a big wall, with mazes, mats, giant slides and a football pitch, and leave the volcano down a lava slide. Trained monitors supervise the play area, and parents can sit in the café or head out for a while.
An indoor family park split by height. Kids 108 cm and up get the Zona Game: trampolines, a climbing area, high ropes, slides, archery, baseball, golf, a bowling lane and PS5 and Switch games, all on one ticket. Smaller kids have Zona Circus, with soft circuits, slides and obstacles sized for them. Kids' karts, a neon laser tag arena and an arcade are paid separately.
A spacious park in Boadilla del Monte, remodeled in June 2024. Colorful fenced play areas sit on rubber flooring, with one zone for ages 3 to 12 and a separate zone for teens. Beyond the playgrounds there is a drinking fountain, a walking promenade, LED lighting for evenings and a fenced dog area with its own water fountain.
Two man-made lakes crossed by several bridges anchor this park in north Pozuelo, with a spurting geyser and children's playgrounds beside the water. Paths wind around the lakes, with benches for parents to watch from.
A 150-hectare forest park on Pozuelo's edge, replanted in the early 1990s with oaks, pines and riverside trees. Two 7,000 square meter lakes sit beside four marked paths, including a 2 km oak trail and two sensory trails. An environmental education center runs programs through the year.
Majadahonda's biggest park covers 37,000 square meters, with a fenced play area of rope-net climbing frames, slides and a tall timber tower. There is also a dog area with agility equipment, exercise stations for adults and seniors, and wide paths across lawns and a planted hillside.
The palace gardens step down in three terraces with fountains, sculptures and a labyrinth, plus a lake with a working water wheel and a 16-sided bird house. Ventura Rodríguez designed the neoclassical palace in the 1760s. Kids can roam the terraces and orchards on their own time while adults take in the views.
Cerro del Aire is a pine-wooded park whose 2023 makeover added four play areas built around giant robinia-wood animals. Kids climb a 4.6-meter lion with three platforms and slides, explore a 5-meter sparrow reached by an accessible ramp, and scale the nets of a hollow owl to a 360-degree lookout at the top. There is also a long slide set into the hillside and a skating rink.
