Here are the top 10 small towns near Madrid, where rural beauty and history come alive. San Lorenzo de El Escorial is ...

The magnificent structure was a symbol of Spain hewn in stone ... Infobox : El Escorial GETTING THERE: Take the number 3 metro line in Madrid to the bus station next to Moncloa station and ...

IN MADRID – An imposing royal palace ... and open places which have been closed until now.” El Escorial was built at the height of Spain’s Golden Age, a period from 1492 to 1659 during ...

Seclusion was the plan when we travelled to El Escorial, Spain, with a mission to hike ... those who seek an easy escape from the oven that Madrid, only 50 kilometres away, becomes in the summer ...