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The Top 20 Gorges in Madrid

Gorges are incredibly beautiful places, and you’ve got 20

to choose from in Madrid. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure in Madrid.

Last updated: December 4, 2025

Jarama Cliffs

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The plant cover that adorns the steep earthy slopes of the Jarama Valley is an exhibition of ingenious botanical adaptations to survive in the gypsum aljezares characteristic of the fertile …

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Alberche Greenway

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The disturbing descent from the Santa Ana urbanization ends at the Vía Verde del Alberche, built on the old route of a railway that was intended to connect Aldea del …

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Rivas Cliffs

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'Los Cortados de Rivas': a green route for the whole family. This route extends for 13 kilometers and maintains a difficulty considered easy, for the whole family, since the proposed …

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Hervidero Waterfalls

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To get to the hotbed from the El Mesto weir, we began to roll through the channel in the opposite direction to the weir. It is a wide path, although …

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La Raja de La Pedriza

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La Raja de La Pedriza, or Cleft of La Pedriza, is an impressive gorge in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, near Madrid. A former lamprophyll quarry, this rock formation …

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View of the confluence of the Jarama and Manzanares rivers from the Cortados de Rivas

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An immense collapse of the Rivas cliffs has created a wonderful viewpoint at the confluence of the Manzanares and Jarama rivers. It is worth having to push the bike in this section, since it is impossible to ignore the panorama.

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Hervidero Waterfall

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Of great beauty and easy to access (be careful, there are some winding stairs) they are one of these little-known corners of Madrid. In the bed of the Guadalix River …

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Cañada de la Caleriza Trail

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The Cañada de la Caleriza is a winding path that runs along the banks of the Lozoya River. This section coincides with the beginning of the GR 88, which runs …

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Jarama Canyon

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Spectacular and short canyon that flows into the banks of the Jarama River.
It is a natural canyon eroded by the passage of time, totally cyclable and without too many technical demands, rather few.

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Vultures' Viewpoint

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On the Puebla de la Sierra highway you come across this viewpoint over the Puebla river gorge. The landscape is overwhelming. The vertical walls of bare rock stand before the …

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