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Colmenar Viejo works well as a base: 15 minutes from Tres Cantos, 22km from Sierra de Guadarrama National Park.
Colmenar Viejo is in Madrid, Spain, with about 44,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tres Cantos, about 8 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Colmenar Viejo: Circuito del Jarama (16 km), Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (22 km), Royal Palace of Madrid (27 km), Plaza Mayor (28 km).
The nearest famous roads are Puerto del Pico.
Colmenar Viejo is in Madrid, Spain, about 8 km from Tres Cantos.
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Essential numbers in Spain
Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
Full driving guide for Spain8 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
A tight, twisting 3.4km circuit north of Madrid designed by John Hugenholtz that hosted nine Spanish Grands Prix. Still active for club racing and track days, largely unchanged since the 1970s.
16 km · about 20 min drive
national park
Granite peaks and pine forests north of Madrid, with the Puerto de Navacerrada pass beloved by drivers and skiers.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Largest functioning royal palace in Europe with over 3,400 rooms, the official residence of the Spanish royal family.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Grand 17th-century rectangular plaza in central Madrid surrounded by three-storey residential buildings with 237 balconies.
28 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Spain's premier art museum with an unrivaled collection of European art, including masterworks by Velázquez, Goya, and El Greco.
28 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Spain's national museum of 20th-century art, home to Picasso's monumental anti-war painting Guernica.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
A vast granite royal monastery and palace at the foot of the Guadarrama mountains, burial place of Spanish kings.
33 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
A stupendous Roman aqueduct with 167 arches of unmortared granite blocks, standing perfectly after nearly 2,000 years.
44 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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