Navacerrada Barranca Valley hiking route

The Madrid city can sometimes be suffocating and if you are here it is clear that you need some nature. Well, you won't have to look any further because you've stumbled upon a perfect hiking trail. A hiking route, with inexplicable beauty, so leafy and exuberant, that you will not believe that such an Eden of pine trees, hills and colors, is so close to the city, just one hour from the center . We are talking about trekking through the La Barranca valley, in the Sierra de Guadarrama, with a route that will last 3 hours.

The beauty of a hiking route is that you completely disconnect from everything, all worries will fade away during the excursion and for this you don't have to plan absolutely anything. All you have to do is come with comfortable sports clothing and footwear (although mountain boots are better) and enjoy the landscapes that await us in La Barranca. No materials, no previous experiences, no courses, nothing at all. Just walk and admire. Of course, we provide the guide for this trekking route .

Our hiking route through La Barranca is an authentic Madrid gem, a very well-guarded secret that seems unreal, as unreal as those cell phone wallpapers, and now you will see why. The Barranca Valley could not be better located, at the foot of the Bola del Mundo and Malicious, and immersed in the Sierra de Guadarrama, immersed in dense pine forests that seem to never end, acquiring orange tones during spring, coloring the entire forest in its path, and crisscrossed by streams, rivers and reservoirs.

This hiking route through La Barranca is located in the town of Navacerrada, and we will begin it by walking along an ecological path with a slight ascent. We will then be trekking along the slope of Canto Gordo and in these surroundings we will come across the old Royal Sanatorium of Guadarrama, an iconic corner of this area due to the large number of films that have been rolled. We will continue as we do, without rushing and at our own pace until we reach a spectacular place, a rock outcropping from where we can easily and in an overwhelming way see the Navacerrada Reservoir. You will be speechless when you glimpse it standing out timidly among these hills completely covered in the most absolute greenery.

Throughout our walk we will discover that La Barranca stands out for its scenic value and its rich nature. This is due, among other things, to the fact that it is crossed by theSamburiel River, which gives more life to its surroundings, creating beautiful banks and streams, so during our hiking route in certain sections we will have the relaxing splash of water as a melody . By the way, near its birth, by La Maliciosa, rock art has been found dating back more than 5 thousand years.

To finish this hiking trip through the Barranca Valley, we will go to a true haven of peace, the Ejercito del Aire Reservoir. We will go along its bridge and surrounded by silence and with these turquoise waters under our feet, we will be able to see La Maliciosa and the Bola del Mundo, an unbeatable sight to end our day of hiking. Teaare you aiming?