Dalieda de San Francisco, Madrid, Botanical gardens near San Francisco El Grande Basilica in Madrid, Spain.

Dalieda de San Francisco is a terraced garden located beside the large basilica in this Madrid neighborhood. The site features multiple levels with rose bushes, seasonal flowers, and a sculpture of Saint Isidro created by artist Santiago Costa.

The garden was created on the site of a Franciscan convent that stood until 1961. Its transformation into a public garden was part of the urban renewal projects that shaped Madrid during the post-war period.

The garden's name comes from the Franciscan convent that once stood here, said by legend to be founded where Saint Francis stayed around 1213. The dahlias recall Mexico: indigenous people called the flower "Acocoxochit", and Madrid's botanist Antonio José Cavanilles named the genus Dahlia after Andreas Dahl.

The garden lies on the upper slope of Las Vistillas, beside the wall of the Basílica de San Francisco el Grande, at the end of the Gran Vía de San Francisco. It opens Tuesday to Friday from 9 to 15 and weekends and holidays from 10 to 14, with free entry. The dahlias bloom best in early June and again from late September.

The garden offers an unusual perspective of Madrid's western side and allows views of the basilica's lateral profile. This advantageous location makes it an overlooked vantage point that many tourists miss.