Guadarrama Tunnel

Soto del Real, whose former name was Chozas de la Sierra, is a town and municipality in the northern area of the autonomous Community of Madrid which had 9,188 inhabitants in 2022.43 kilometers away from Madrid, the capital city, it is located between the towns of Manzanares el Real and Miraflores de la Sierra, and close to the Santillana reservoir.

The Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Regional Park, created in 1985, is the natural space protected area with the largest extension in the Community of Madrid (Spain) and one of the most ecologically and scenically valuable. It is located in the northwest of the region and extends around the upper course of the Manzanares River, along 42 583 ha. Its main municipalities of reference are Manzanares el Real and Hoyo de Manzanares. Unesco declared it a Biosphere Reserve in 1992.It is located on the southern slopes of the Sierra de Guadarrama, with the exception of Monte de El Pardo and its eastern appendix, the Soto de Viñuelas, which are located in the detritic plain, characteristic of the Southern Subplateau. It has numerous ecosystems, among which pine forests, holm oak groves, juniper groves, rockrose groves, melojares and wetlands stand out.

Bustarviejo (Spanish pronunciation: [bustaɾˈβjexo]) is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Sierra Norte.

The New Castle of Manzanares el Real, also known as Castle of los Mendoza, is a palace-fortress erected in the 15th century in the town of Manzanares el Real (Community of Madrid, Spain), next to the Santillana reservoir at the foot of Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range. Its construction began in 1475 on a Romanesque-Mudéjar hermitage and today is one of the best preserved castles of the Community of Madrid. It was raised on the river Manzanares, as a residential palace of the House of Mendoza, in the vicinity of an ancient fortress that was abandoned once the new castle was built. The castle now houses a museum of Spanish castles and hosts a collection of tapestries. It was declared a Monumento Histórico-Artístico in 1931. It is owned by the Duchy of the Infantado, but its management is the responsibility of the Community of Madrid.

La Pedriza is a geological feature on the southern slopes of the Guadarrama mountain range of great scenic and leisure interest. Access is from Manzanares el Real, a municipality in the northwest of the Community of Madrid (Spain). Geological forces have created a remarkable boulder field of strangely eroded granitic outcrops, and nearly a thousand rock climbing routes of all difficulties are available to rock climbers, making it an immensely popular locale for rock climbers, especially due to its proximity to Madrid. Hiking is also popular in La Pedriza, especially on weekends. It is formed by two sub-units: La Pedriza posterior (reaching heights up to 2029 metres above sea level on Las Torres) and La Pedriza anterior, topped by El Yelmo (1719 m).It is one of the largest granitic ranges of Europe and holds numerous peaks, rocky cliffs, streams and meadows. The 32 square kilometres occupied by La Pedriza lies within the Regional Park of the high river basin of the Manzanares, the largest park of the Community of Madrid. In this zone, vegetation is sparse, but there are Mediterranean shrubs like the rockrose, and alpine varieties like fabaceaes. The fauna is rich in birds of prey; the breeding colony of over 100 pairs of griffon vultures is the largest in the Madrid area. This natural area has been the scene of some movie shootings such as El Cid, The Fall of the Roman Empire, or Conan the Barbarian.

The Basilica of la Asunción de Nuestra Señora (Spanish: Basílica de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora) is a gothic basilica located in Colmenar Viejo, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1997.

Canencia (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈnenθja]) is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It is located in the comarca of Sierra Norte.

Valdemanco is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain.

El Boalo is a Spanish village of around 8200 inhabitants, 52 km (32 mi) north west of Madrid, in the Community of Madrid.

Garganta de los Montes is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Valle del Lozoya

The Sierra de La Cabrera is a mountain range near Madrid, Spain. It is a subrange of the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Lozoya (Spanish pronunciation: [loˈθoʝa]) is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 57.94 km2. It is located at 1,116 metres above sea level.