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seems that lately I have been on the tourist trains, a pity that the budget not for me to jump off the Orient Express
to Siberian and Trans it to, so I have to settle for the modest but charming little trains that make
tour around the outskirts of Madrid
. So if
some time ago I spoke of the Tren de la Fresa today what he plays is that of nature, which is what they call
now that life has been the Cotos train as well, with the lowercase t. is an old railway line (construction began in 1918), that climbs the mountains of Madrid to a significant height, nothing more and nothing less than the 1,830 meters Port preserves and also having spent even a little further up the Puerto de Navacerrada. happy now for 20 was a tourist train, was promoted by a group of hikers, when locals were discovering the wonders that were so close and when to "go bush" was begun to become a regular activity and desirable for weekenders and sports capital. Then, for many years, left his passenger train a stone's throw from the station Valdesquí, so filled with skiers, off its tracks by the ecological requirements ( the area is now part of Natural Park Peñalara ) wagons filled (not much) of hikers who go to this enclave.
The journey is interesting from several points of view: for simple visitors an excellent opportunity to appreciate the stunning scenery of the mountains, the fans of trains, which are not few, will enjoy a line very peculiar With some technical features which appear to be almost unique in our country and with an air
something from another era and charm
very difficult to find.
The journey begins, of course, in Cercedilla station, a town in the Sierra de Madrid rather curious that, in addition, the narrow road crosses into something that starts almost more like a tram ride that train. As the train leaves Cercedilla gets into the dense forest of pines of the Sierra de Guadarrama and increases binding to the mountainside with a curve for which the old cars go slowly and screeching like a real maniac.
The first installment takes us to the rise in Puerto de Navacerrada, leaving the landscape more interesting to the right, under the direction of travel: first the valleys through which the saw is taming and bringing to Madrid, then the mountains covered with pine trees grow, and later even some of the best known high area: Seven Peaks, the Ball of the World ...
Once we overcome the pretty port station Navacerrada a tunnel long enough (although it can be very slowly crossing it) leads us to the other side of the mountain, the most cool shade in the province of Segovia. Then
do well to move, and put us on the left in the direction of travel, which we enjoy, as long as the thick pine forest let us, the no less breathtaking views and huge forests
do well to move, and put us on the left in the direction of travel, which we enjoy, as long as the thick pine forest let us, the no less breathtaking views and huge forests
seem endless. However, pleasure is not just for the scenery, the proximity of the trees, the aroma of the forest, clean air and slow it makes up more than going by train seems that we walk.
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