Sabatini Gardens (Jardines de Sabatini) Tours and Tickets

There are plenty of ways to experience the Sabatini Gardens (Jardines de Sabatini). Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Welcome Tour to Madrid in Private Eco Tuk Tuk
• Tour of Historic Madrid in Private Eco Tuk Tuk
• Expert Tour of Madrid in Private Eco Tuk Tuk
• Expert Plus Tour of Madrid in Private Eco Tuk Tuk
• Segway Ride in the Old City of Madrid

Entry to the Sabatini Gardens is free of charge, but there are many affordable tours that include a stop here during Madrid sightseeing. Private tuk-tuk tours to the gardens start from €27, Segway tours are around €29, electric bike tours are about €35, while photography tours begin at €90.

The highlight of the Sabatini Gardens is the long reflecting pool that leads toward the Royal Palace of Madrid, creating one of the garden’s best-known views. Aside from the pool, the garden’s other main features include the large terrace overlooking the pool and the neatly trimmed hedge gardens that each surround its own small fountain.

Yes, the Sabatini Gardens are accessible for visitors in wheelchairs, even though most routes leading into and around the gardens involve taking stairs. Enter the gardens either by the elevator on Cuesta de San Vicente or down the ramp coming from the Fountain of Heaven. There is a gravel path leading from the elevator down to the reflecting pool.

The most obvious place to visit after seeing the Sabatini Gardens is the neighboring Royal Palace of Madrid (Palacio Real de Madrid), where you can tour its glamorous interior. Other nearby attractions include the Almudena Cathedral, the lavish Cerralbo Museum, and the unexpected Egyptian remains of the Temple of Debod.

While the Sabatini Gardens are worth visiting whenever fits best with your sightseeing plans, sunset to dusk is a particularly lovely time to go. If you’re in the gardens on a day with an especially colorful and impressive sunset sky, it will create an impressive backdrop behind the Royal Palace of Madrid.