CASA CAMPO-COLMENAR VIEJO LAKE

📅 Day : Sunday, August 2

⏰ Meeting time : 7:30 am

📍 Meeting point : El Urogallo Restaurant, Casa de Campo Lake.

📍 Alternative meeting points: Possibility of joining during the tour. To coordinate joining, contact the participants.

🚴 Bicycles : road · gravel · MTB · e-bike

📏 Distance: Approx. 80 km

⛰️ Positive elevation gain: approx. 600 m.

🔄 Route: Round trip

🛣️ Surface: paved cycle paths

💪 Physical difficulty : Medium

🛤️ Technical difficulty : Low

📍 Route description

We'll begin our route in the Casa de Campo Lake area, where we'll join the Madrid Green Ring Cycle Path and then connect with the Colmenar Viejo Cycle Route. The route passes through Cantoblanco, Tres Cantos, and Colmenar Viejo, all of which have commuter rail stations, allowing you to adapt the route, shorten it, or return by train if needed.

Colmenar Viejo, with a great livestock tradition and an interesting historic center, is one of the most representative municipalities of the Sierra de Madrid.

We will visit the Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, one of Colmenar Viejo's most emblematic monuments. Built between the 15th and 16th centuries with granite from the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains, it harmoniously combines elements of late Gothic and Renaissance architecture. Its imposing tower and, especially, the elegant portico that provides access to the church and protects the magnificent main entrance are particularly noteworthy. The church is a listed Building of Cultural Interest.

A place with great historical and artistic value where we will take a short break to recharge our batteries before starting our return journey.

The return journey will follow the same route back to Casa de Campo.

🚴‍♀️ Come and enjoy a great morning cycling, disconnecting and sharing the route! 🌿💪

Group dynamics

😊 Pace adapted to the group so that everyone can enjoy the route.

🤝 Although the route is not difficult and is well-traveled, we ask that you do not leave the last person in your group alone. If necessary, another person will bring up the rear.

⚡ Anyone who wants to go faster can do so, by agreeing on regrouping points beforehand.

👥 It is recommended to travel in pairs or small groups

Safety and recommendations

🪖 Helmet required.

💧 Bring enough water and food.

🔧 Puncture repair kit and basic tools.

📱 GPS or mobile phone with the track downloaded.

🤝 Make sure no one is left alone

Individual responsibility

👤 Each participant is responsible for their own safety and compliance with traffic regulations.

💪 It is the responsibility of each person to assess beforehand whether the route is suitable for their physical and technical level.

🚴 The person proposing the outing acts solely as the organizer of the event, without professional status or assumption of responsibility for accidents, incidents, or any other circumstances that may occur during the activity.

🔄 Participation in the route is voluntary and each person freely decides to participate, continue, modify or abandon the route according to their circumstances.

Track

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