“High autumn Quinones 1“, Image courtesy of the city of Madarcos

To the question of what to do in this municipality of the Sierra Norte de Madrid, We must make reference to the splendid architecture of the villa, whose urban nucleus survives without major modifications since medieval times. At every step we find elements that speak of traditional economic activity par excellence in these places: livestock. You can see several traditional buildings, in general a single plant, gable and cover with masonry walls made of granite and schist rocks. Buildings include orchards and pens with stone walls.

Speaking of religious heritage of Madarcos, It goes without saying the parish church of Santa Ana, built in the 17TH century and singular by its belfry. We also find the Colt Horseshoe, Sun clock, and the architectural ensemble of the City Council (together with the Office, they have received an award from the CAM quality). As for festivities, We find "Madarcos yesterday and today" (4 October), a celebration of recovery of traditional activities that are elaborated doughnuts and pestiños and exposed traditional tooling, us back in time to the past.

“Belfry in Madarcos” e “Church in Madarcos“, images of the General Directorate of tourism. Ministry of economy and technological innovation. Comunidad de Madrid. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IS

Colt branding, Watch Sun & holiday “Madarcos yesterday and today”, images provided by the city of Madarcos

Hiking trails designed by the city depart from the urban core. One of them is the blacksmith, with its Manoliche Variant (shorter), of almost 7 km and workable in approximately 2 hours. According to the locals, It corresponds to the way that made the resident blacksmith in Horcajuelo, which moved to the blacksmith's shop located in the current La forge Bar.

Hiking trails by the municipality of Madarcos, by Rafael Madarcos

“Path of blacksmith“, Image courtesy of the city of Madarcos

Another important route is the South Circular, of 9,5 km and a 3 hours of duration. Both are natural places of great ecological value of the municipality, works like the old bridge reservoir, and its route can be consulted here.

“South Circular Road“, Image courtesy of the city of Madarcos

Madarcos is also an example of coexistence and innovation for all neighbouring municipalities. Proof of this is the example of Jorge Durán, who has set up the already famous Smokehouse salmon of the town, which in addition to creating jobs in the village and rejuvenate the population, is already a known location by restaurants of the area and tourists travelling to the place to buy smoked salmon and other Delicatessen products made in the purest mountain style.

“The Smokehouse: Mario and Jorge“, shared image of your Web

Despite its size, Madarcos has with rural accommodation, Maybe five cottages have infrastructure to accommodate up to groups of 30 people.

If you want to feel the essence of a traditional community, Madarcos is your site.