The splendid garden on the edge of a nature reserve was laid out in the mid-19C. The son of a shipowner from Málagar got his father's boats to bring back tropical and subtropical species that he then introduced to the region. A century and a half later, this has resulted in an enchanting tropical forest dotted with pools and waterfalls. Perhaps it was in the superb wrought-iron arbour with its wisteria, ivy and bougainvillaea that Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, who often used to come here, drew up the 1876 Constitution.