El Escorial, Spain: tourism, information and visitor reviews
El Escorial is situated in Spain, in the Comunidad de Madrid region where it is within Madrid and the local Escorial (El) area.
Geographical information
Place name: El Escorial
Local Region: Escorial (El)
Sub-region: Madrid
Main Region: Comunidad de Madrid
Country: Spain
Latitude: 40.58254 South (40°34'57"N)
Longitude: -4.12846 West (4°7'42"W)
Altitude: 917 metres above sea-level
Population: 14979 (most recent estimate only)
Distance from El Escorial to other selected towns in Spain
Distances are 'as the crow flies' not driving distances!
- distance from Madrid: 40 km
- distance from Barcelona: 535 km
- distance from Valencia: 342 km
- distance from Sevilla: 390 km
- distance from Zaragoza: 297 km
- distance from Malaga: 430 km
- distance from Murcia: 387 km
- distance from Palma: 587 km
- distance from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: 1729 km
- distance from Bilbao: 314 km
Find driving distances to El Escorial from all destinations in Spain at Europe driving distances
More places in the same region
We have located 7 other place(s) listed nearby (within 10 kilometres of El Escorial):
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Tourism and sports
...with places to visit and transport
Attractions
La Silla de Felipe II (Observation point) (3 km)Monuments
Selected monuments in or near El Escorial (not a comprehensive list,
we are always adding additional monuments).
Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caidos (Monument) (7 km)
Natural highlights
Natural highlights such as lakes, forests and mountains close to El Escorial.
Embalse Tobar (Reservoir) (6 km)Embalse de Los Arroyos (Reservoir) (7 km)
Cuelgamuros (Valley) (7 km)
Embalse de Valmayor (Reservoir) (8 km)
Embalse de la Acena (Reservoir) (9 km)
La Jarosa (Reservoir) (10 km)
Cueva Valiente (Mountain) (13 km)
Puerto de Guadarrama (Pass) (14 km)
Alto de los Leones de Castilla (Hill) (15 km)
Embalse de Navacerrada (Reservoir) (18 km)
Sierra del Hoyo (Mountains) (19 km)
Sierra de Malagon (Mountains) (20 km)
Roca - La Foca (Hill) (26 km)
Sports
Golf courses and race tracks in the vicinity of El Escorial.
La Herreria Club de Golf (Golf course) (2 km)Nuevo Club de Golf de Madrid (Golf course) (18 km)
Nuevo Club de Golf de Madrid? (Golf course) (19 km)
Club de Golf La Dehesa (Golf course) (19 km)
Transport
Railway stations identified as being in or close to El Escorial.
Bahnstation de Legazpi (8 km)railway station de Legazpi (8 km)
Estacion Villalba (11 km)
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Long term El Escorial weather forecast
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