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Entrecabezas Spring – El Fraile Rock Formation loop from Zarzalejo (estación)

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Zarzalejo

Entrecabezas Spring – El Fraile Rock Formation loop from Zarzalejo (estación)

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Entrecabezas Spring – El Fraile Rock Formation loop from Zarzalejo (estación)

05:58

14.8km

820m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 4.22 km for 2 m

Waypoints

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Start point

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1.99 km

Entrecabezas Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The name of the fountain must allude to the two "heads" of Las Machotas because it has a stone pingorota on each side. The spring has a fresh water pipe, …

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4.17 km

Entrecabezas Pass

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This hill is located right between the Machota Alta and the Baja, and connects the area of the Silla de Felipe II with Zarzalejo. Once at this point, we can …

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5.09 km

El Fraile Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

The stone wall near the road is the rest of the Fence or Royal Wall, built by order of Felipe II, at the end of the 16th century, to mark …

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10.00 km

Giant Rock

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6

10.0 km

The mythology of the forest

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Within the primordial symbolism of the oak as the sun king of nature, the Pyrenean oaks and gall oaks represent the domestic and humble state of the species, they stay …

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10.4 km

Seat of Philip II

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From this natural observatory the monarch contemplated the development of the works of the Monastery.
Some experts assure that these granite seats, for the king and two companions, are the …

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10.5 km

The Chair of Philip II is a famous granite viewpoint in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, near Madrid. Legend has it that King Philip II used it to view the …

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14.8 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.12 km

4.82 km

2.83 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.33 km

6.10 km

1.87 km

441 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (1,440 m)

Lowest point (980 m)

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Sunday 11 October

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