Velilla Hotel in San Antonio, Madrid.
 
 

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Velilla HOTEL****
C/Infantas, 29 (Chueca)
28004 Madrid SPAIN
Tel.91 521 28 28 / Fax: 91 521 66 88 hotelvelilla@hotelvelilla.com

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   ACTIVITIES
   CULTURE AND RELAX
SPA
Circuito Spa

- Baño de burbujas
-Terma Romana
- Ducha Escocesa
- Ducha de Aceites Esenciales
- Servicio de Te o Zumo
- Patucos de Látex y Albornoz

Tratamiento Spa
- Peeling Sales del Mar Muerto
- Barros
- Algas de Bretaña
- Ducha Vichy y Masaje con Agua
- Masaje Relajante
- Masaje Drenaje Linfático

C.C Los Madroños Local 7 y 8
Los Girasoles 27
28891 Velilla de San Antonio
Tlf: 91 660 91 20

ALCALÁ DE HENARES

Alcalá de Henares has countless monuments throughout its streets and squares.

Discover Hyppolitus’s house, one of the most important Roman archaeological remains of Alcalá de Henares, the headquarters and class venue of the Universidad Cisneriana and the Rectorate of the modern ‘complutense’ university.

The city’s name means «castle over the river Henares». That’s why a Castle on water waves, simulating the Henares river, appears on the emblem. It was established during the Celt-Iberian period (Ikesankom Kombouto or Iplacea) but it was the Romans who created the outstanding city called Complutum.

There have been several cultures in the city. Three coexisted in the city at one time.

Unesco declared it a World Heritage Site in 1998. This city is one of the new Spanish cities the UNESCO has classified as unique due to the University’s Rectorate and historic precinct.

The city is famous for its university, constructed because of Cardinal Cisneros, who made it a University Campus.

It is also a candidate for the 2016 European Capital of Culture.

JUSTO CATHEDRAL

Mejorada del Campo is a town made famous for the cathedral that someone by the name of Justo Gallego built from scratch with his own hands.

Apparently, there is a countless disarray of iron, brick, pipes, wires and concrete, giving the impression that it’s going to fall apart by just stepping or touching it. Everything is arranged haphazardly, but you slowly realize the perfection it reaches as you analyze it.

Although, at first sight, it seems like a succession of unconnected ideas, it is influenced by the traditional Gothic cathedrals (its height, glasswork and rose window), Romanesque (façade with undecorated archivolts), as well as Nordic elements (the towers) and Renaissance Baroque (the grand dome on scallops).

The cathedral appeared in an Aquarius ad last year.

WINE ROUTE
Visit the most prestigious wineries of the area with us:

Chinchón
Bodegas Vela Entrena:
C/ Alamillo Alto, 59
Tel: 91 893 55 59 - Fax: 91 893 55 59
Cooperativa Vinícola San Roque:
Ronda de Mediodía, 10
Tel: 91 894 02 30

Valdelaguna
Bodegas Pablo Morate:
C/ Generalísimo, 30
Tel: 91 893 71 72 - Fax: 91 893 71 72

Villarejo de Salvanés
Bodega Cooperativa San Andrés:
C / Valdelaguna, s/n
Tel: 91 874 45 97 - Fax: 91 874 45 79
Vinos Jeromín:
C/ San José, 8
Tel: 91 874 20 30/31 - Fax: 91 874 41 39
Cooperativa Comendador de Castilla:
Carretera N-III, km. 50,200 - Tel: 91 874 44 80

Valdilecha
Bodegas Orusco, S.A:
C/ Alcalá, 54
Tel: 91 873 80 06 - Fax: 91 873 83 36
Cooperativa Vinícola San Isidro:
C/ Alcalá, 55
Tel: 91 873 84 02 - Fax: 91 873 84 02

Arganda del Rey
Bodegas Castejón:
Rª de Watres, 29 - Tel: 91 871 02 64
Cooperativa Vinícola de Arganda del Rey:
C / Avd del Ejercito, 17 - Tel: 91 871 02 01

MUSEUMS AND PLACES OF INTEREST

Chinchón
" La Posada” with its Country Houses and its Ethnological Museum.
Titulcia
Exotic animal exhibit at Exotarium Titulcia.
Villarejo de Salvanes
Great movie museum.
Fuentidueña del Tajo
The Caves, the Castle of Doña Uraca and “La Atalaya” Restaurant, a picturesque restaurant at the bank of the Tajo River.
Valdelaguna
Wine Museum of Bodegas Pablo Morate. The Museum is located in the old “BODEGAS DE D. MANUEL de GODOY”.
Perales de Tajuña
"Cuevas de Perales” Beside the railroad track and the road between Perales and Thelmes, you can see many caves–about fifty- carved in a marl cliff by Neolithic Man.
Thelmes
”Museo Casa del Maestro”: The museum is located in an old building constructed in the nineteenth century. Until 1945, it was a primary school and subsequently the residence of the teacher.
Nuevo Baztán
Madrid’s Ethnographic Museum and Interpretation Centre. The Nuevo Baztán Interpretation Centre conveys the importance of Juan de Goyeneche’s industrial project, which created this municipality.
Olmeda de las Fuentes
”Iglesia de San Pedro” The church has an important art gallery with artwork from painters such as José Frau, Álvaro Delgado and Alberto Moreno, among others.
Arganda del Rey
”Museo del Tren de Arganda”. Travel a section of the old Tajuña railway in a steam engine. Become familiar with the history of the Arganda train.

LA LAGUNA

The lagoon is the starting point of an excursion to the wetlands of Velilla, following the Jarama downriver. In spite of its modest size, it may be part of an important wetland in the future along with the nearby lagoons of "Picón de los Conejos" and "El Soto".

"El Raso" is a recreational area created to make the most of a municipal lagoon. It has some facilities: a garden area, kiosk (closed), lookout point, walking area, reforestation with appropriate trees (some from the restoration of the Velilla de San Antonio square).

CHINCHÓN

The town is on a small hill forming a horseshoe-shaped (“chinchón”) street plan. The Plaza Mayor is in its centre, in the lowest section. There is vibrant commercial activity around its colonnade under galleries supported by stone. In 1502, the first bullfight was held in honour of Philip I. Philip V gave it the title of Royal Bullring.

Francisco de Goya’s painting of the Virgin’s Assumption is venerated in the ‘Asunción’ parochial church (XVI – XVII century). The cuisine in several places in town gives you a reason to stop for a few hours.

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