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Madrid
Sur Occidental
Aldea Del Fresno

Picadas Reservoir – Embalse de Picadas loop from Aldea del Fresno

Routes
Spain
Madrid
Sur Occidental
Aldea Del Fresno

Picadas Reservoir – Embalse de Picadas loop from Aldea del Fresno

Hard

6

riders

Picadas Reservoir – Embalse de Picadas loop from Aldea del Fresno

04:27

57.6km

920m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 20, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 49.6 km for 83 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1

7.14 km

View of the Picadas dam

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2

8.11 km

Picadas Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

The Picadas reservoir is located between the municipalities of Pelayos de la Presa and Aldea del Fresno, about 60 km from Madrid, in the Sierra de Gredos. This reservoir collects …

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3

11.0 km

Tunnel on the Alberche Greenway

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A tunnel carved into the rock that is part of a railway that never worked.

Today it is a hiking and biking route that takes you through bridges and tunnels …

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4

11.0 km

Embalse de Picadas

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very nice and comfortable

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5

15.4 km

Río Alberche

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There is a beach located in a place surrounded by vegetation where the Alberche river and the Perales river converge. In this place a sufficient amount of water is collected …

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6

35.4 km

NASA Antennas

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Spectacular NASA antennas and next to it a small space museum.
There is free parking to leave the car and unload the bikes to start the route from there.

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35.4 km

Incredible place full of antennas and radio telescopes to listen to space. The antennas impress, for their size and for the work they do. Check their official website to see if the museum is open or not.

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42.8 km

Colmenar del Arroyo

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“Live, travel, know, experience, only then will you advance,” is one of the phrases written on the streets of Colmenar del Arroyo, a town in the Sierra Oeste region of …

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57.6 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

37.5 km

11.8 km

3.89 km

3.53 km

961 m

Surfaces

34.1 km

15.5 km

7.20 km

692 m

117 m

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Highest point (970 m)

Lowest point (460 m)

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Wednesday 20 May

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