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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Manzanares El Real

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Manzanares el Real, Spain

Updated December 5, 2018

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A majestic Gredos Ibex.

Manzanares el Real, Spain

The Ibex of La Pedriza

This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.
The castle with backdrop of the Guadarrama countryside.

Manzanares el Real, Spain

Manzanares el Real Castle

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.
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Circo lake in the park.

Rascafría, Spain

Peñalara National Park

A breathtaking and biodiverse wilderness in the mountain setting of Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
8 miles from Manzanares el Real
The sign.

Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain

Welcome to Fabulous Las Matas Sign

An ode to the famous Las Vegas signage.
12 miles from Manzanares el Real
Presa El Gasco

Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain

Presa El Gasco

This 18th-century project to build the world's tallest gravity dam was never completed.
12 miles from Manzanares el Real
Bunkers at Alto del León, Guadarrama.

Guadarrama, Spain

Civil War Bunkers of Alto del León

These Bullet-scarred bunkers are haunting reminders of the Spanish Civil War.
14 miles from Manzanares el Real
Valley of the Fallen

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Valley of the Fallen

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.
16 miles from Manzanares el Real
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