Name: La Hiruela
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Location: La Hiruela, Lozoya Somosierra, Madrid, Spain

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1. Molino de La Hiruela – La Hiruela Village loop from La Hiruela

4.45km

01:18

100m

Intermediate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. La Hiruela Village – Molino de La Hiruela loop from La Hiruela

11.5km

03:19

250m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Molino de La Hiruela – La Hiruela Village loop from La Hiruela

17.1km

05:00

470m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

November 22, 2022

La Hiruela is not just any place, it is a unique town. A privileged enclave of the Sierra del Rincón. Its houses made of stone, adobe and oak wood from the dehesa, have hardly undergone changes in their structure since their construction, which gives La Hiruela its own architectural identity that places it as one of the best preserved towns in the Community of Madrid. .

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Agustín Felipe Farelo

November 5, 2020

One of the most beautiful towns in the misnamed "Sierra Pobre". And I say bad name because it is not poor, but rich in landscape, nature, gastronomy. In La Hiruela, for example, we can enjoy, among others, the route of occupations or professions, the mill next to Jarama and spectacular oak forests

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Juanjo Alonso Kapi

February 8, 2023

La Hiruela is a mountain town that suffered a dramatic population abandonment in the first decades of the 20th century. The isolation and remoteness of the main communication routes, together with the scarcity of resources in a thankless mountain range, caused a constant emigration of the population towards the big cities to leave a territory where rural life was difficult. The region of the black towns of Madrid and Guadalajara was known as the “sierra pobre”, in comparison with the “sierra rica” of upper Lozoya and the upper basin of the Manzanares and Guadarrama rivers. The rise of active tourism and recreational activities in the environment have caused a resurgence of a new lifestyle dedicated to active leisure and rural tourism products. Crafts, gastronomy, ethnography, hiking, mountain biking, landscape interpretation or nature photography, among many other things, make up an interesting range of attractions that inevitably seduce travelers who visit La Hiruela and the rest of the towns and natural landscapes of Sierra del Rincón, declared a Biosphere Reserve in 2005 by UNESCO.

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Location: La Hiruela, Lozoya Somosierra, Madrid, Spain

La Hiruela

1. Molino de La Hiruela – La Hiruela Village loop from La Hiruela

2. La Hiruela Village – Molino de La Hiruela loop from La Hiruela

3. Molino de La Hiruela – La Hiruela Village loop from La Hiruela

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