The best walks and hikes around Loeches

Loeches has been the residence of nobles and influential houses of the Spanish bourgeoisie for the last five hundred years. In the 16th century it was named a town by order of Charles I and in 1633 it became the domain of the Count-Duke of Olivares, favourite of Philip IV, providing the town with an important historical, cultural and monumental heritage also linked to the House of Alba. The Monastery of the Immaculate Conception, known as the “Convento Grande”, houses the Pantheon of the House of Alba, built in Carrara marble. In the same square is the Monastery of San Ignacio Mártir, the “Convento Chico”, a 17th-century Carmelite convent of Baroque architecture famous for the artisanal jams made by the nuns. A good example of a Renaissance construction is the 16th-century church of the Assumption. The Plaza de la Villa is the meeting point and social centre of Loeches. Surrounding it is the historic centre, declared a Site of Cultural Interest, with cobbled streets and traditional houses. The Tourist Office is located in the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception, which offers a guide service, tourist information and is the starting point for hiking routes.

This monastery, a historical-artistic jewel of Madrid's baroque, was founded in 1640 by the valid of King Philip IV, that is, the count-duke of Olivares. Its location in a country setting, on the outskirts of Alcobendas, north of Madrid, makes it even more special, with the Sierra de Guadarrama as a backdrop.

Replica of the Eiffel Tower surrounded by flowers and trees.

The Monastery of the Immaculate Conception.

It is located in Berlin and was made between 1788 and 1791, being one of the doors that allowed access through the old wall that surrounded Berlin in 1860. After the events of 1989, it recovered its original prominence and became the symbol of the reunification of Germany. The replica is built at a 1:2.5 scale with great fidelity and presides over the entrance to the park.

The Trevi Fountain is the largest baroque fountain in Rome. It was completed in 1762 and built due to the Italian tradition of building a beautiful fountain at the end of the aqueducts that brought water to the city. This monument measures 25.9 meters high and 19.8 meters wide. In the central part of the fountain is Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. The replica of Parque Europa is made at half the actual size of the original.

This replica measures 30 meters, which is a tenth of the original built by the architect Gustav Eiffel.

The original of this model is located in the German capital, Berlin. The Brandenburg Gate was built at the end of the 18th century under Prussian rule. After the end of World War II, it formed the border between the eastern and western sectors of the city, becoming a symbol of the division of Germany and the so-called "Iron Curtain" between the two systems for many decades. Since reunification in 1991, visitors to Berlin can once again walk through the gate with its famous quadriga (a chariot drawn by four horses). The original can be found as a hiking highlight in Berlin at the following link =>> https://www.komoot.com/de-de/highlight/124359