Manzanares Park Manzanares Park Manzanares Park (in Spanish: Parque del Manzanares) is a large, 650 Ha. park in the south of Madrid, Spain. It follows the Manzanares River, backbone of the park, for fifteen km between the Casa de Campo and the town of Getafe The first part (Primer Tramo) of the park was inaugurated on April 29, 2003. The rest of the Park is under construction. The most significant areas of the finished part are: The first stage of the project “the Linear Park on the River Manzanares” by Spanish Catalan Architect Ricardo Bofill was completed in 2003. The geographical location
Soto del Real it is protected inside the Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares. It borders with Manzanares el Real on the West, Miraflores de la Sierra on the East, Colmenar Viejo on the South, and Rascafría on the North. Soto del Real encompasses a variety of terrains: mountain tops, slopes, and the Manzanares-Guadalix tectonic pit. The urban nucleus is inside the pit, going through the Mediano, Chozas and Matarrubias streams, which flow into the Santillana reservoir, so they are tributaries of the Manzanares river. Geologically speaking, it is divided into the Mountain range, where there is a predominance of Gneiss