San Martín De Valdeiglesias – Holiday apartments between castle, wine and nature

In the center of San Martín de Valdeiglesias stands the Castillo de la Coracera. The building has been largely restored and can be visited.

It was built in the 15th century by Don Álvaro de Luna, the favorite of King Juan II. During the tour, audiovisual information is projected onto the walls; it provides information about the history of the region, the fortress and its architectural features.

Those planning different daily rhythms can treat historical sightseeing, the garden, wine and trails as separate areas of focus alongside one another.

Nature

El Bosque Encantado is a botanical garden with living plant sculptures. The garden contains more than 300 living sculptures, while more than 500 plant species from around the world also grow there.

The natural surroundings of San Martín de Valdeiglesias are irrigated by the Alberche River. When planning independently, a clearly defined destination and a landscape perspective can be considered as different ways of engaging with nature.

Wine and trails

San Martín de Valdeiglesias is one of four subzones of the D.O. Vinos de Madrid. Bodega Las Moradas de San Martín offers guided tours of the vineyards and cellars, as well as wine tastings.

The Mirador del Romanticismo is a 12.94-kilometer circular hike of moderate difficulty. The “San Martín de Valdeiglesias Imprescindible” route is a walk that leads to the most significant buildings in San Martín de Valdeiglesias.

Route type, length and difficulty provide different points of orientation; a walk to see buildings and a circular hike represent different ways of organizing a day.

The offerings can be distinguished by type of activity and focus: a circular hike represents different daily planning from a walk to see buildings. The cultural sites also offer different highlights, ranging from the fortress and sacred spaces to exhibitions and the reconstructed theater. The garden, river landscape and wine complement this spectrum with nature- and enjoyment-related experiences, without having to be combined into a single program.

When choosing a holiday apartment in San Martín de Valdeiglesias, the travel period, room category and cancellation conditions can be considered as separate decision points. The town’s cultural, landscape, wine-related and hiking-related themes offer different approaches for further travel planning.

Other places

For comparison with other places, you can also visit the pages for Villanueva De La Cañada, Moralzarzal, Villalbilla, La Cabrera, El Escorial, Ribatejada, Algete and San Martín De La Vega.

Culture and townscape

The Iglesia de San Martín Obispo has a seven-meter-high central dome above the crossing. Centro Cultural La Estación is housed in the former station building of the San Martín de Valdeiglesias railway station.

Centro Cultural La Estación hosts numerous exhibitions and also carries out important sociocultural work for the population of San Martín de Valdeiglesias.

Café Teatro was restored and reconstructed in 2000 to accommodate a theater auditorium with 200 seats, two exhibition halls and a cafeteria.

For the higher-level travel overview: Madrid.