His Majesty’s Coach House
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" custom_icon="5691" text="Calle del Rey 41"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" custom_icon="5694" text="+34 629 939 581" link="tel:+34629939581"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="5697" text="Official Website" link="https://www.cocherasdelrey.com/"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="7623" text="Prices and Schedules" link="https://www.cocherasdelrey.com/informacion/"][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSUyRm1hcHMlMkZkJTJGZW1iZWQlM0ZtaWQlM0QxTkliN1NvRFpCMmg1bFVzREFSR2R3LUNwbDR3Nl83d28lMjIlMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyMjEwMCUyNSUyMiUyMGhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjQ4MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ensemble known as Cocheras del Rey (King's Coach House) was originally formed by two different buildings. In one was the Coach House of the Marquis of Valdecarzana and in the other the Casa y Cuadras (House and Stables) of Juan Esteban, designed by this architect between 1767 and 1771. The first of them...
Historical gardens
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The man-made terracing that surrounds the southern and eastern façades of the Royal Monastery contained the Friars' Garden and the Gardens of the King and Queen. The viewing platform looks out over the lake, the market gardens of El Bosquecillo and La Herrería, with the peaks of Las Machotas as a backdrop. Gardeners were summoned by Felipe II to plant squares of boxwood hedging with brightly coloured flowers, resembling "fine carpets brought from Damascus" planted within, although these have now been replaced with original hedge designs. The neoclassical gardens of the House...
Insectpark
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Luis Ceballos Arboretum
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Carlos III Royal Coliseum Theatre
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" custom_icon="5691" text="Calle Floridablanca 20"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" custom_icon="5694" text="+34 918 904 411" link="tel:+34918 904 411"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="5697" link="http://www.comunidad.madrid/centros/real-coliseo-carlos-iii-san-lorenzo-escorial" text="Official Website"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="7623" text="Ticket Sales" link="http://www.comunidad.madrid/centros/real-coliseo-carlos-iii-san-lorenzo-escorial#venta-entradas"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="5575" text="Guided visits" link="http://www.comunidad.madrid/centros/real-coliseo-carlos-iii-san-lorenzo-escorial#visitas"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="8600" text="Tur4all Official Website" link="https://www.tur4all.es/resources/real-coliseo-carlos-iii"][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSUyRm1hcHMlMkZkJTJGZW1iZWQlM0ZtaWQlM0QxRV82ZW9LTjBFNi1YX0pQbFZNOWVFQmlPcnVXdWFLTFMlMjIlMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyMjEwMCUyNSUyMiUyMGhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjU4MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The building of the Carlos III Theatre/Coliseum was undertaken by Jaime Marquet, a French architect living in Spain since 1752. Construction began in 1770 and by May 1771 the work had been practically completed. It is laid...
Valley of Cuelgamuros
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" custom_icon="5691" text="Carretera M-600, km."][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" custom_icon="5694" text="+34 918 905 611" link="tel:+34918905411"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="5697" text="Official Website" link="https://www.patrimonionacional.es/en/real-sitio/otros-sitios-abadia-benedictina-de-la-santa-cruz-del-valle-de-los-caidos"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="7623" text="Ticket Sales" link="https://entradas.patrimonionacional.es/en-GB/informacion-recinto/15/valle-de-los-caidos"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" custom_icon="7623" text="Bus schedule" link="https://www.alsa.es/documents/10184/1163771/HORARIOS_660.pdf/41f1964c-481d-4ac4-a251-7e41fe1ed7af"][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSUyRm1hcHMlMkZkJTJGZW1iZWQlM0ZtaWQlM0QxaXFVOHhCZlU1V1k1VE0wNDNhbHdOUHl4ZHNZOUgxaU8lMjIlMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyMjEwMCUyNSUyMiUyMGhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjQ1MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1545241568692{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Valley of Cuelgamuros is a Catholic Basilica, an Abbey and a Monumental Complex. The dictator Francisco Franco ordered it to be built (between 1940 and 1958) at the end of the Spanish Civil War, and it holds the remains of José Antonio Primo de Rivera and 33,833...
Prince’s Cottage or Upper cottage
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" custom_icon="5691" text="Paseo de Carlos III s/n"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" custom_icon="5694" text="+34 918 905 903" link="tel:+34918905903"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="5697" text="Official Website" link="https://www.patrimonionacional.es/en/real-sitio/real-sitio-de-san-lorenzo-de-el-escorial"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][mkdf_icon_with_text icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" target="_blank" custom_icon="8600" text="Tur4all Official Website" link="https://www.tur4all.es/resources/casita-del-infante"][vc_empty_space height="40px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSUyRm1hcHMlMkZkJTJGZW1iZWQlM0ZtaWQlM0QxVjBZRzBwSFVOR210eHFHX1cydG1OeW96NmJLcWY2eFolMjIlMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyMjY0MCUyMiUyMGhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjQ4MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Located in the Dehesa de la Herrería (Herrería Meadows), to the west of the Monastery, Gabriel de Bourbon, son of Carlos III, commissioned the architect Juan de Villanueva in 1771 to carry out the work on the Upper Pavilion. Its purpose was to allow him to enjoy his greatest interests, among which were...
Royal House of Prince
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Royal Monastery
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