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Paracuellos de Jarama works well as a base: 10 minutes from Aeropuerto, 48km from Sierra de Guadarrama National Park.
Paracuellos de Jarama is in Madrid, Spain, with about 14,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Aeropuerto, about 4 km away.
Paracuellos del Jarama is a small town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is located northeast from Madrid and very close to Madrid-Barajas Airport. The etymology of the name is unclear. In 1936, it (along with Torrejón de Ardoz) was the site of the Paracuellos massacres.
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Within an hour or so of Paracuellos de Jarama: Circuito del Jarama (14 km), Museo del Prado (17 km), Museo Reina Sofía (18 km), Plaza Mayor (18 km).
The nearest famous roads are Puerto del Pico.
Paracuellos de Jarama is in Madrid, Spain, about 4 km from Aeropuerto.
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Essential numbers in Spain
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 premier art museum with an unrivaled collection of European art, including masterworks by Velázquez, Goya, and El Greco.
17 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Spain's national museum of 20th-century art, home to Picasso's monumental anti-war painting Guernica.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Grand 17th-century rectangular plaza in central Madrid surrounded by three-storey residential buildings with 237 balconies.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Largest functioning royal palace in Europe with over 3,400 rooms, the official residence of the Spanish royal family.
18 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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
A vast granite royal monastery and palace at the foot of the Guadarrama mountains, burial place of Spanish kings.
53 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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