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portico and fine capitals. Behind designs by Goya (see p310).
the town, bor dering the foothills Today the palace hosts visiting
of the Sierra de Guadarrama, is heads of state and royal guests.
La Pedriza, a mass of granite Surrounding the palace and the
screes and ravines, very popular 18th-century village of El Pardo
with climbers. It now forms part is a vast forest of holm oak. The
of an attractive nature reserve. area is popular for picnicking,
and game animals still run free.
Environs
Colmenar Viejo, 12 km (7.5 miles)
southeast of Manzanares, has a
Gothic-Mudéjar church.

8 Palacio de
El Pardo
Climber resting on a rock face of La Pedriza, El Pardo, northwest of Madrid off the
near Manzanares el Real A6. Tel 91 376 15 00. @ 601 from
Moncloa. Open Oct–Mar: 10am–6pm
7 Manzanares daily; Apr–Sep: 10am–8pm daily
el Real Closed for royal visits & public hols.
& (free from 3pm Wed & Thu for EU
Madrid. * 7,200. @ n Calle del residents; from 5pm Apr–Sep).
Cura, 918 53 00 09. ( Tue & Fri. ∑ patrimonionacional.es Façade of Colegio de San Ildefonso in
_ Fiesta de Verano (early Aug),
Cristo de la Nave (14 Sep). Alcalá de Henares
∑ manzanareselreal.org This royal hunting lodge and 9 Alcalá de Henares
palace, set in parkland just
The skyline of Manzanares el outside Madrid’s city limits, Madrid. * 204,000. £ @ n Plaza
Real is dominated by its restored lists General Franco among its de los Santos Niños s/n, 918 81 06 34.
15th-century castle. Although former residents. A tour takes ( Mon, Wed. _ Feria de Alcalá
the castle has some traditionally visitors round the moated (late Aug). 8 weekend city tours.
military features, such as double palace’s Habsburg wing and the ∑ turismoalcala.es
machicolations and turrets, it identical 18th-century extension,
was used mainly as a residence designed by Francesco Sabatini. At the heart of a modern
by the Dukes of Infantado. The Bourbon interior is heavy industrial town is one of Spain’s
Below the castle is a 16th- with frescoes, gilt mouldings most renowned univer sity
century church, a Renaissance and tapestries, many made to quarters. Founded in 1499 by

Lavish 18th-century tapestry inside the Palacio de El Pardo
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p569 and pp593–4

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