The park has an area of approximately 23,000 m². It is bounded by the large buildings of
Gran Vía de Montero Ríos to the north, by Avenida
Reina Victoria-Eugenia to the west, by the
provincial branch of the Ministry of Defence to the south and by
Marquis of Riestra street to the east, where the Villa Pilar mansion is located. The Palm Trees Park includes a
central alley flanked by
palm trees, the
Vincenti Gardens and the
Columbus Gardens. In the central area there is an alley flanked by tall
Canary Island palms that runs in a straight line from
General Gutiérrez Mellado Street to
Reina Victoria-Eugenia avenue. Around this central alley are the Vincenti Gardens and, a little further north, the
Columbus Gardens, which surround three large 19th-century buildings whose facades face the Gran Vía de
Montero Ríos: the
Valle-Inclán High School, inaugurated in 1927, the
Palace of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, inaugurated in 1890, and the building of the Escuela Normal de Artes y Oficios (now the Provincial Council's administrative building), inaugurated in 1899. The gardens of Vincenti have two axes that divide them into four quarters: the palm alley (west-east) and the alley that was originally flanked by magnolias, which connects the Palace of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra to the old school (now the Provincial Defence Office) (north-south). The gardens, lined with small paths, are occupied by various species of flowering trees such as magnolia and camellia. Other notable trees are the cedars of Lebanon, the Himalayan cedar, the
holly and the
Umbrian
Yews. The gardens of Columbus have small marble pools with bronze statues of cherubs inside. The white marble statue of
Christopher Columbus, which gives the gardens their name, was made by Juan Sanmartín y Senra in 1892 for the Lourizán palace and installed in the gardens in 1959. At the eastern end of the central alley of the Palms is a granite pool called
El Pilón with a round half-rock with irregular holes and water jets inside. Near the
Reina Victoria Eugenie avenue is a pond popularly known as the
Duck pond. It houses miniature houses and was renovated in 2016. To the north of the Palm Trees alley is a '''children's playground''' with slides, swings, and other games. At the western end of the park, behind the administrative building of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, is the
monument to the Navigators, inaugurated in 1959. The slope towards Queen Victoria Eugenie Avenue is separated from the park by a balustrade from which the sea and the Ria de Pontevedra can be seen. To the south, closing off the garden area, the building that currently houses the
provincial office of the Ministry of Defence (former primary school) was built between 1889 and 1892. At the south-eastern end of the park is the emblematic
Café Blanco y Negro (which replaced the
Café Las Navas at the time), one of the oldest in Pontevedra, founded in 1944, and which obtained the concession to build its famous terrace attached to the park in 1950. At the south-western end of the park there is a
circular dovecote decorated with a fresco, renovated in 2017. == Gallery ==