The best walks and hikes around Morata De Tajuña

It is a beautiful town, one of those that remain with its essence.

The building is in ruins. It was the loading point for materials produced in the lime and plaster factory opposite. The limestone quarries for the extraction of raw materials are located in the vicinity of the station.

Today it is a retirement home. Over the last three centuries it has been a flour mill, an electricity factory, a cloth mill, a paper factory and a private residence. The route passes along the opposite bank, where you can see the weir that provided water to the old mill.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the dovecotes were owned by the local nobility and bourgeoisie. The Estacada dovecote is one of the few buildings dedicated to pigeon breeding that is still standing. Despite its deterioration, the double interior wall can be seen, with the pigeon cells and the roof closure.

It is located in the Molino de la Huerta de Angulo, there is a pedestrian walkway from the streets of Morata to the entrance of the milling area. The visit is recommended to learn about the milling culture and the old lifestyles associated with the water resources of the Tajuña River. It is open on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, admission is free.

Morata is a village of orchards and plains on the railway line of the old Tren de Arganda, a 19th century project to run a railway from Madrid to the Aragón line through the valleys of the Tajuña and Tajo rivers. Work began in 1886 and in 1921 the last section was inaugurated, between Sacedón and Alocén, in Guadalajara. In the Plaza Mayor is the Casa Consistorial, the seat of the Town Hall and a unique building, an interesting example of 19th century civil architecture in limestone ashlars and elaborate wrought iron work on the first floor balcony. The main historical and artistic monument of Morata is the 17th century church of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, with a superb stone bell tower. Popular culture and part of the local history are condensed in the Ethnographic Museum, the Museum of the Civil War and Postwar and the Museum of Milling, on the banks of the Tajuña river.

A place of interest is the old Cornicabra station, the building is in ruins and one of the loading points for the material that was produced in the lime factory opposite. The place has signs that tell of the old uses of the railway.

The starting point is the Plaza Mayor in Morata de Tajuña, a social centre and meeting point, with bars and restaurants, the Town Hall and a famous bakery with the famous “Palmeritas de Morata”. The route goes up Calle Mayor and turns left onto Calle Poyales. On the corners there are yellow arrows for the Camino de Santiago de Uclés, towards Madrid, and signs for the Camino de Uclés towards the Monastery of Uclés, in Cuenca. At the end of the hill, the urban layout of the Tajuña Green Route appears, precisely on Calle de la Vía, and at the end of the street begins the characteristic red pavement of the green route. The walk is comfortable and pleasant, at weekends you have to watch out for cyclists, it is a route frequented by cycling enthusiasts since it was adapted for recreational leisure uses in the nineties. The climb is constant but hardly bothersome, the road surface outlines the reliefs of the valley and after a couple of kilometres the views of the Tajuña plain are fantastic.