A bikeride through the new green belt: Madrid Río

CASA DEL LECTOR, MATADERO MADRID, ENSAMBLE ESTUDIO, 2012

Duration: 4,5 hours
Transport: Rental bikes
Services: Experienced local architect as guide, reservation for bike-rental and coffee break
Languages: Spanish, English, French, German
Group size: Max. 25 / guide
Price: 525 Euros + VAT
Not included: Bike rental, beverage at coffee break,

Image credits

Image 1: MADRID RIO , WEST 8, 2011, BRIDGE DOMINIQUE PERRAULT, 2011, Image 3: CASA DEL LECTOR, MATADERO MADRID, ENSAMBLE ESTUDIO, 2012

A bikeride through the new green belt: Madrid Río

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Madrid’s foundation and urban development have been conditioned by its small river named Manzanares. Not big enough to be shippable, and situated too low to be suitable for the water supply, it was used during a long time as a part of the defensive system, for the irrigation of the vegetable gardens and for washing the cloths. Later an artificial riverbed and dams made the Manzanares seem a real 30 meters wide river! Then in the sixties of the twentieth century a ring highway, M30, was built all along its riverbank. Now in the last ten years the Municipality has covered up the highway converting its rooftop into a brand new and very popular 7 km long Park: Madrid Rio

Start of the tour at the fountain of Plaza de España, meet and greet with the guide.

From the city-edge to the Manzanares river: Short introduction on Plaza España about city development, then we start the bike-ride: Tempel Debod, West Park, old Northern Railways Station, Manzanares river, Casa de Campo

Coffee-break close to the lake of Casa de Campo.

Along the Madrid Rio Park: The new recreational area in Madrid’s South, Bridge Arganzuela, the beach of Madrid.

The new Cultural Center Matadero: Form an old industrial building-complex to the most important new cultural institution for creation and exhibition of art in Madrid.

End of the tour at Matadero, Legazpi

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