Colmenar Viejo

Colmenar Viejo is a town north of Madrid, terminus of the C4 train line that passes by Tres Cantos.

It boasts a splendid city center with a pretty Gothic basilica, Nuestra Señora de la Asunción where "Ciconias" perch in a very picturesque way. Sadly, however, Spanish madness with modern urban constructions defaced what used to be a lovely village nestled at the foot of the mountains. Most of what is now a small city is quite ugly. Surroundings remain, however, of stupendous natural beauty and wilderness.

Visits

• I went there on 10 February (2007) for the first time.
• On 23 March (2007), Inma and her choir gave a concert in the church.
• Inma also held various expositions of her artwork in Colmenar.

Pictures

• 
  Elena and the basilica, with a cigüeña (left) and her nest (right) on February (2007).
• 
  Inma and her choir singing in Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, March (2007).