• Cerro de los Locos lookout, a grassy hilltop with views over the city and the mountains, busiest at sunset
• Free nature activities at the park's environmental center on Calle Francos Rodríguez, from storytelling to a kids' vegetable patch and a bike school, booked ahead by email or phone
• A real forest: the city advises against walking inside on weather-alert days, so check the forecast when it's stormy or windy

A pine forest inside the city, planted from the time of Isabel II with stone and Aleppo pines and home to more than 70 bird species. Kids follow woodland trails and a botanical path, picnic under the trees, and climb the Cerro de los Locos hill for a sunset view across the city. A few small play areas sit along the park's edges.