El Prado & Rosedal
Rosedal del Prado
A century-old park in the Prado district north of the city. Its 1912 rose garden features wrought-iron pergolas and over a thousand rose bushes, and it sits next to a botanical garden.
Prado was a retreat for wealthy 19th-century families, and many of its old villas survive today. The rose garden in Prado Park was built in 1912. It combines a French-style geometric flowerbed, four wrought-iron gazebos and a long pergola, with more than a thousand rose bushes. It looks its best from October to December, when spring turns to early summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Next door, the Atilio Lombardo Botanical Garden is free to enter, and the Blanes Museum and the Japanese Garden are also nearby. Every September the park hosts Expo Prado, the national agricultural and livestock fair. Admission is free, and it's about a 20-minute taxi ride from the city center.
Opening hours
Open all day (botanical garden approx. 07:00–18:00)
Nearby sights
- Museo Blanes & Jardín Japonés
- Telecommunications Tower (Torre Antel)
- Mercado Agrícola de Montevideo
- Legislative Palace of Uruguay
- Museo Andes 1972
- Mercado del Puerto
- Museo del Carnaval
- Museo Torres García