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Daganzo de Arriba works well as a base: 10 minutes from Cobeña, 51km from Sierra de Guadarrama National Park.
Daganzo de Arriba is in Madrid, Spain, with about 7,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Cobeña, about 5 km away.
Daganzo de Arriba (Spanish: [daˈɣanθo ðe aˈriβa] ) is a Spanish municipality in the Comarca de Alcalá, located in the north-east of Autonomous Community of Madrid. It has a population of about 9,000 (including the residents of the permanent camping that is in the town), of which are mostly young families, in moreRead more
recent times people have been purchasing homes in the new housing subdivisions that are being built and residing within those new neighborhoods.
It is 27 km to the east-northeast of Madrid and 11 km to the north of Alcalá de Henares. It has an altitude of 673 meters above sea level and has a municipal area of 4,325 hectares.
The village is surrounded by small hills. From north to south, the river Torote runs through the village, in whose margins was located the first settlement of this town, in the same place where the church of Nuestra Señora del Espino is, and stream Valseco.
There are two industrial parks which collectively employ about 1,800 workers, of which 800 are residents of the town. The rest come from other nearby municipalities.
It has an important agriculture according to the area of the municipality, which is quite extensive and of acceptable quality.
The climate that dominates the area is characterized by very high summer temperatures and low winter temperatures. Rainfall in summer is almost zero and medium in periods of autumn and winter, therefore is unevenly distributed throughout the year. The average annual temperature is 14.5 °C with temperatures ranging from 27 °C in summer to 5 °C in winter.
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Within an hour or so of Daganzo de Arriba: Circuito del Jarama (14 km), Museo Reina Sofía (25 km), Museo del Prado (25 km), Plaza Mayor (26 km).
The nearest famous roads are Puerto del Pico.
Daganzo de Arriba is in Madrid, Spain, about 5 km from Cobeña.
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Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
Full driving guide for Spain7 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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Spain's national museum of 20th-century art, home to Picasso's monumental anti-war painting Guernica.
25 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Grand 17th-century rectangular plaza in central Madrid surrounded by three-storey residential buildings with 237 balconies.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Largest functioning royal palace in Europe with over 3,400 rooms, the official residence of the Spanish royal family.
26 km · about 30 min drive
national park
Granite peaks and pine forests north of Madrid, with the Puerto de Navacerrada pass beloved by drivers and skiers.
51 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A vast granite royal monastery and palace at the foot of the Guadarrama mountains, burial place of Spanish kings.
59 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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