The best MTB trails around Valverde De Alcalá

A spring surrounded by olive trees, which in past centuries supplied the Convent of the Angels and later the town. A natural setting steeped in history. Fresh, drinkable water.

Idyllic place with absolute silence to relax your mind for a while

Torres to Loeches trail. In good condition.

It is advisable to follow the route and finish in Torres de la Alameda

The Cañada Real de la Galiana is an important livestock route that was used extensively during the centuries of Mesta rule, until its abolition in 1836. The main route runs between the Cebollera mountain range in the Cameros riojanos and the summer pastures in the Alcudia valley in Ciudad Real. In the Community of Madrid it is 93 kilometres long but in few places it maintains the original width of 74 metres of public domain corresponding to the royal cattle trails, due to illegal occupation, urban pressure and agricultural crops.

The unique urban style of Nuevo Baztán maintains the original Baroque model from the beginning of the 18th century, designed by José de Churriguera by order of Juan de Goyeneche, who had permission from Charles II to build glass, paper and textile factories on Spanish territory. The Navarrese businessman was originally from Arizkun, in the Baztán Valley, but spent time in Madrid because he had other properties and professional relations with the Court. He chose the site of Madrid's Alcarria to found an industrial and rural centre in honour of his homeland and commissioned the Madrid architect to build a glass factory, a farming village of half a thousand inhabitants, a palace, a monumental church and gardens with centuries-old pines and elms. The town preserves cobbled streets, stone squares, rural buildings from the time of its foundation, between 1709 and 1713, and palace gardens, a beautiful heritage complex declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1941 and a Site of Cultural Interest in 2000.

Although you cannot always walk past it, the views of the surrounding estate are interesting. It seems that the land is still being used and you can also see vestiges of ancient uses that make you imagine what it would be like when it was fully operational.

The fields of Cerro de la Cruz are dedicated to the cultivation of cereals, the diversity of tones of the land is striking, a mixture of whitish gypsum with marls and clays of grey, ochre and reddish tones, an attractive chromatic setting but with few interesting nutrients for cultivation.