엘 에스코리알 주변 최고의 교통량 없는 자전거 라이딩 코스

Apeadero de Zarzalejo에서 가파른 오르막 후, 마을에 도착하기 전에 우리는 잠시 숨을 돌릴 수 있는 휴식 공간의 평온함을 느낄 수 있습니다. 이쪽에서 Cruz Verde 고개를 오르기 전인데, 매우 완만하지만 존재합니다. 적극 추천합니다

Quiet village with a fountain, all of these routes are highly recommended.

This church began to be built in the year of the discovery of America, in 1492, and was officially completed in 1619, although it was restored in the following centuries.

The bramble, the granite, the Segovia Aqueduct and the peaks of Las Machotas are the symbols of the shield of Zarzalejo, a beautiful mountain town in the Sierra Oeste of Madrid in a strategic passage of ancient Roman roads, mesteña ravines and mountain passes. In the streets of the town there is an abundance of berroqueña stone, pure and hard granite, extracted in the local quarries that supplied Philip II's workers with the construction material for the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, considered one of the architectural wonders. from the modern era, and also to many other monuments and buildings in the municipalities of the Sierra de Guadarrama and the province of Madrid. At the Fuente del Caño Viejo there is a monument dedicated to the local stonemasons. The picturesque hamlet of Zarzalejo is on the slopes of Las Machotas, two twin peaks of large blocks of granite piled up that have created curious shapes of knightly rocks and monoliths sculpted by the weather of the mountains. The mountainous nature of the excursion is evident, most of the itinerary can be considered mountainous. The route begins in the square and continues to the back of the church, where there is a stone milestone in a corner with the inscription k 0 of Fuente del Rey street. And precisely you have to follow Fuente del Rey street to the outskirts of Zarzalejo and continue the pastoral alley that goes up through the oak and chestnut forest. The path is part of the Ruta de la Silla de Felipe II and has markings from a variant of the GR-10 long-distance trail.

Town located at the foot of Las Machotas and the Cruz Verde port, in the vicinity of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. From the quarry located there, the granite used to build the monastery of the town located on the other side of Pico del Fraile was extracted.

The Cruz Verde pass is a mountain pass in the Guadarrama mountain range (Central system), located at 1256 m altitude, between the municipalities of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Robledo de Chavela (Community of Madrid, Spain). It is flanked by the elevations of Las Machotas (1466 m a.s.l.), which extend in its eastern part, and Cerro de San Benito (1626 m a.s.l.), which rises to the west.

With its 125 meters, the Cruz Verde port is one of the best known by cyclists in Madrid. You can climb three totally different slopes, both in length and difficulty. From Zarzalejo, San Lorenzo de El Escorial or Robledo de Chavela. On weekends there are many motorcycles on the course.

One of the most important tourist areas of Madrid due to the archaeological architecture that it preserves and its nature.