The best MTB trails around Pozuelo Del Rey

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

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The Valmores watering hole was restored in 2022, recovering an essential piece in the ethnographic heritage of Pezuela de las Torres. The first references to the fountain appear in the Topographic Relations of 1578. In 1735, reforms and improvements were made to the original spring, making it essential in the daily life of the countryside. The construction has a functional design to water livestock at a crossroads of the Alcarreño moor with trees and benches to take a break.

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.

The current fountain was restored in 2015 and has a fresh water spout and a large trough. The area is equipped with benches and a recreational area. Until recently, the spring was the main source of drinking water for the town of Valverde de Alcalá.

Limestone quarries were a very common industrial resource in the towns of Las Vegas and Alcarria in Madrid from the mid-18th century. The good quality pieces were used for the construction of walls, lintels and ashlar facades, and the gravel was used for masonry fillings, road paving and lime production.