Hortaleza and Valdebebas sit in Madrid's northeast, where newer neighborhoods meet big open green space. Expect a forest park, slides built into the hillside and indoor options for rainy or cold days. Good for families nearby who want somewhere new within a short drive.
Circo Alegría's first Madrid production turns a big top into an underwater world. International acrobats perform around synchronized dancing fountains, with 3D effects, mermaids, pirates, sharks and storms. Giant kinetic whales float over the audience. A story about caring for the oceans runs through it, with plenty of humor and music.
On a hillside in Parque Forestal de Valdebebas, three long metal slides zigzag down between planted slopes. Kids climb back up by a red rope net, ropes and a row of wooden stumps, then go again. A 50 m double zip line faces the slides, and nearby water play has Archimedes screws, water wheels and gated channels to redirect, with sand for smaller kids.
Parque Forestal de Valdebebas covers 470 hectares of young forest planted to recreate five landscapes of central Spain. Families follow 32 km of paths and 5 km of bike lanes past two lagoons and an artificial river, climb the Laberinto, a wooden spiral that doubles as a lookout, and end up at the hillside metal slides on the east side.
One of only five Olympic-size ice rinks in Spain, 60 by 30 meters, inside the Palacio de Hielo mall. Public sessions are open skating on rental or your own skates, and walker bears and igloos give wobbly beginners something to push. A Zamboni resurfaces the ice partway through long sessions. In the same mall, City Play has bowling, mini golf and arcade games, plus a kids' play center.
Lúcuma Family Club is a play café with two play zones split by age, one for babies and crawlers and one for preschoolers. Kids go down slides, jump into ball pits, climb and crawl on play structures, play pretend in a role-play mini city, and build with loose parts, with storytime through the day.
Parents can sit at the specialty coffee bar, where high counters look onto the play area.
Hortaleza and Valdebebas sit in Madrid's northeast, where newer neighborhoods meet big open green space. Expect a forest park, slides built into the hillside and indoor options for rainy or cold days. Good for families nearby who want somewhere new within a short drive.
Circo Alegría's first Madrid production turns a big top into an underwater world. International acrobats perform around synchronized dancing fountains, with 3D effects, mermaids, pirates, sharks and storms. Giant kinetic whales float over the audience. A story about caring for the oceans runs through it, with plenty of humor and music.
On a hillside in Parque Forestal de Valdebebas, three long metal slides zigzag down between planted slopes. Kids climb back up by a red rope net, ropes and a row of wooden stumps, then go again. A 50 m double zip line faces the slides, and nearby water play has Archimedes screws, water wheels and gated channels to redirect, with sand for smaller kids.
Parque Forestal de Valdebebas covers 470 hectares of young forest planted to recreate five landscapes of central Spain. Families follow 32 km of paths and 5 km of bike lanes past two lagoons and an artificial river, climb the Laberinto, a wooden spiral that doubles as a lookout, and end up at the hillside metal slides on the east side.
One of only five Olympic-size ice rinks in Spain, 60 by 30 meters, inside the Palacio de Hielo mall. Public sessions are open skating on rental or your own skates, and walker bears and igloos give wobbly beginners something to push. A Zamboni resurfaces the ice partway through long sessions. In the same mall, City Play has bowling, mini golf and arcade games, plus a kids' play center.
Lúcuma Family Club is a play café with two play zones split by age, one for babies and crawlers and one for preschoolers. Kids go down slides, jump into ball pits, climb and crawl on play structures, play pretend in a role-play mini city, and build with loose parts, with storytime through the day.
Parents can sit at the specialty coffee bar, where high counters look onto the play area.