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Cercedilla
Cercedilla
This small mountain village is home to 5,000 people until the summer comes around and the population swells to 20,000 or more hikers, bikers and Madrid escapees. From here, a charming narrow-gauge train winds up the mountain to Cotos, along the way connecting a number of popular recreational areas. The town itself is quaint, with crisp mountain views and occasionally dotted with remnants of its Roman past, when it served as a layover post for weary travelers along the Roman road to Segovia. It is still possible, in places, to glimpse evidence of this period, as on a hike between Las Deheas and the pass at La Fuenfría, where the ancient road remains relatively intact, or by sighting from the train station the Roman bridge leading into town. During the Spanish Civil War the area was part of the front line for three years of intense fighting and some of the military bunkers have survived around Peña Bercial and Peñota. It is rumored that, once Franco’s victory was assured, the mayor of Cercedilla, fearing certain execution, retreated to his home and there remained hidden until the dictator’s death over 40 years later, whereupon he reemerged.
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