The gardens are in the heart of Pontevedra in the old area next to the Plaza de la Herrería. They are in front of the convent and church of San Francisco.
This military battery has such a strategic location that in the 1950s, in the midst of the Cold War, the United States recognized that it was one of the most effective defense systems in the world.
The Cotorredondo Natural Park is structured around the lake and the streams that feed it, creating a unique space where native species coexist with trees of very different origins.