Brunete: Plaza Mayor, Nature and Fortins

The Regional Park of the Middle Course of the Guadarrama River and its Surroundings is a protected natural area of the Autonomous Community of Madrid and extends across 19 municipalities, including Brunete.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Brunete, it is worth checking the travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions on the respective offer page. The selected stay in Brunete combines buildings, events and routes with different thematic focuses.

Culture and History

Brunete's Plaza Mayor is designed in the Escorial style. Its arcades include more than 60 granite columns. Together with Brunete Church, the square forms an architectural ensemble. Brunete Church was built in the 16th century, restored in 1772 and restored again after the devastating fire of 1836; this restoration began in 1850 and was completed in 1863. The chapel dedicated to Cristo del Patrocinio commemorates Brunete's patron saint, who has been regarded as the town's patron saint there since the 18th century. Most of the town's events take place in Plaza Mayor, including concerts, festivals, fairs and tournaments.

Brunete's Plaza Mayor is part of the architectural ensemble and the setting for the town's events. The square is both the space of the architectural ensemble and the setting where the town's events take place. The chapel adds a distinctive accent to this townscape, while the restoration of the church extends from its construction in the 16th century to its completion in 1863.

Other Places

Other town pages in this selection: Lozoya, Manjirón, Villanueva De La Cañada, La Cabrera, El Molar, El Gasco, Madrid and Villavieja Del Lozoya.

Nature and Routes

The route to the fortins designed by Brunete Town Council begins at the intersection of the M-600 and M-501 roads. Brunete's fortins are connected by underground passages and trenches. A circular route from Brunete to the Guadarrama River begins and ends at Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church, is flat and passes through cultivated land and holm oak groves. The circular route in Brunete consists of three colour-coded loops—green, blue and red—with different levels of difficulty.

The circular route in Brunete is 26.60 kilometres long. The different starting points and route features give the trails their own structure: the fortins route leads to interconnected historic sites, while the Guadarrama loop combines landscapes, a fixed circular route and colour-coded difficulty levels. Both descriptions thus complement the town views with distinct route themes.

The route options therefore extend from the interconnected fortins to a long circular trail along the Guadarrama. Their descriptions range from underground passages and trenches to cultivated land and holm oak groves, as well as colour-coded loops. Historic sites and routes of varying difficulty thus coexist within the town area, without the trails describing the same landscape or the same site.

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