Casita del Teléfono

Casita del Teléfono is a tower in El Escorial, Madrid, Community of Madrid. Casita del Teléfono is situated near the mountain saddle Portacho, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Mirador de la Barranquilla.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Mount Abantos and Ice house.

Mount Abantos

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Mount Abantos is a mountain in the Sierra de Guadarrama range in the Sistema Central of Spain, a chain that runs from east to west. For the most part, the mountain is located in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial in the Community of Madrid, with part of its west side in the province of Ávila.

Ice house

Building

Photo: Codyhof, CC BY-SA 4.0.

An ice house or icehouse is a building used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator. Some were underground chambers, usually man-made, located near natural sources of winter ice, such as freshwater lakes, but many were buildings with various types of insulation. Ice house is situated 1¼ km north of Casita del Teléfono.

Puerto de Malagón

Mountain saddle

Photo: Totemkin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Puerto de Malagón is a mountain saddle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Escorial and Peguerinos.

El Escorial

Town

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El Escorial is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, located 45 km northwest of the Spanish capital Madrid. It belongs to the comarca of Cuenca del Guadarrama. El Escorial is situated 3½ km southeast of Casita del Teléfono.

Peguerinos

Village

Photo: Totemkin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Peguerinos is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. Peguerinos is situated 7 km west of Casita del Teléfono.

Zarzalejo

Village

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Zarzalejo is a village in the Community of Madrid in Sierra Oeste, near El Escorial. It had 1,773 inhabitants in 2022. An ancient farmstead dating from Roman times was found here. It was occupied in the second and third centuries AD. Zarzalejo is situated 7 km south of Casita del Teléfono.

Casita del Teléfono

Type: Tower
Categories: forestry, building, and office
Location: El Escorial, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

40.60931° or 40° 36′ 34″ north

Longitude

-4.15616° or 4° 9′ 22″ west

Open location code

8CGQJR5V+PG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 56019039

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

OpenStreetMap feature

office=forestry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Portacho and Mirador de la Barranquilla.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Cruz del Abantos and Cruz del Niño Pedrín.

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