My tip“Busiest on Sunday mornings; look for old travel and Orientalist books at low prices.”
A tree-lined slope beside the botanical garden, where around thirty wooden kiosks have sold old and second-hand books since 1925. A Madrid cultural institution, visited by seekers of rare editions.
What to see
Stalls of second-hand and rare books · the statue of the writer Pío Baroja · Parque de El Retiro above the slope · the Real Jardín Botánico · the tropical garden of Atocha station
Address
C. Claudio Moyano, Retiro