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View of El VellónCarlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 3.0

El Vellón

Mountain village

El Vellón is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is known for the Watchtower of El Vellón.

Text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Village information

Coat of arms of El Vellón
Province
Madrid
Population (INE 2025)
2,281
Altitude
894,388 m
Area (IGN)
34.5 km²
Postcode
28722
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What to see

  1. 1Torreta de El Espartal
  2. 2Aldehuela
  3. 3Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción
  4. 4Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
  5. 5Cueva de la Fuente
  6. 6Cueva de la Mora
Data from Wikidata and OpenStreetMapSee more

What to do

  1. 1Hiking: Camino de Santiago Complutense
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Photo gallery

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  • Fred 801 · CC BY 4.0
  • Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 es
  • 1 place to stayIllustrative photo · Valdavia · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Accommodation

    1 place to stay in El Vellón

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  • 6 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Roland PSD · CC BY-SA 3.0 es

    Eat

    6 restaurants in El Vellón

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  • 1 experienceIllustrative photo · Àngela Llop · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    1 experience in El Vellón

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Official website: elvellon.es
    • Email: aytoelvellon@hotmail.com

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes81 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, train station, petrol stations, ATMs, post office, EV chargers, motorhomes, street market, secondary school, pool, care home.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

El Vellón Town Hall

Municipal information, services, procedures and grants.

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Where to sleep in El Vellón

1 registered place to stay

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