El Escorial: Silla de Felipe II
Sierra de Guadarrama national park
Circular walk, 13 km
You walk through El Escorial to the Colada del Camino del Chicharrón. You follow this path and then you continue on an old Roman road. The walk continues to the Silla de Felipe II, a rock-cut bench where King Felipe II came to watch the construction work of his new residence the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Along the way you pass the ruins of Casa Sordo with a lookout point, where you have a view of the Silla and El Escorial. After you have walked along the Silla de Felipe II you walk back to El Escorial.
- shape
- loop
- length
- 13 km 335
- location
- Madrid, Spain
- start / arrival
- parking area Calle de Santa Rosa, El Escorial
- path
- path:87% road:12% stairs:0%
- elevation
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rise: 270m / fall: -270m
lowest: 892m / highest: 1080m
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Points of interest
- Casa de Los Ermitaños de Arriba
- Casa del Sordo (ruin)
- La Silla de Felipe II
- Call de Santa Rosa, El Escorial
- Station El Escorial
- Machota Baja / Los Tres Ermitaños (1404m)
- Machota Alta / Pico del Fraile (1461m)
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