Las Rozas is in Community of Madrid.
Las Rozas was, in the 1970s a small rural village of some 6000 inhabitants. Today it is a thriving feeder town for the capital city, and home to about 100,000 relatively wealthy, middle-class souls. It is still formally a comarca or rural district policed by Guardia Civil rather than national police - but it has a municipal police force, and a well-equipped Regional fire department with helicopters and landing pads to fight bush-fires.
It has excellent modern cultural, shopping and leisure facilities, but is not really a visitor centre, so you can see how ordinary Spaniards live the good life, and enjoy prices without paying a tourist premium.
- Town center, pedestrian Calle Real & town hall square with several cafés
- El Jamoncito, situaded in the Burgo Centro II Shopping Center (C/ Comunidad Castilla la Mancha). It is a typical restaurant and gourmet shop trade. Specializing in Iberian ham and Spanish gourmet products. Don't forget to ask for the "Huevos estrellados con Jamón Ibérico" (fried eggs with ham)
- Los Amigos
- El Largo (central restaurant)
- La Trucha III
- Tu Casa (restaurant)
- Parque Paris - landscaped ornamental lake, children's zones two cafés
- La Caña
- El Largo (not same business as town centre café of same name)
- Visit Fiesta del patron del pueblo: San Miguel - One week around 29th September - funfair, concerts street parades etc.
- in mid November
- A great base to explore Madrid (Cercanias: Pinar station is near Campanile hotel)
- A stop-over en route to El Escorial
- Trek or cycle in nature parks near Football City, around the sports stadium (A-6 Km 23) or along Rio Guardarama (car park off roundabout M-505 at Km 7)
- Stylish shopping at reasonable prices
- Visit Railway Museum at Las Matas (A-4 Km 27)
- Visit Real Federación Espaañola de Fútbal national football team ground and museum at Cuidad de Fútbal (Parque Empresarial)
- Madrid Fly, Avda Nuestra Señora del Retamar, 16. Madrid's first indoor skydiving facility. Perfect fun adventure for the entire family.
Madrid Fly, Avda Nuestra Señora del Retamar, 16. Madrid's first indoor skydiving facility. Perfect fun adventure for the entire family.
- Las Rozas Village, C/ Juan Ramón Jiménez, 3, +34 916 404 900. Su-F 10:00-21:00, Sa 10:00-22:00. Fantastic outlet in the suburbs of Madrid with villa-like shops, part of a large Europe-wide chain. It offers up to 60% off in over 100 luxury brands, ans also has some coffee places like Starbucks and a few bars.
- Factory is also a retail outlet bargain basement for major retailers, not far from Las Rozas Village
- Plaza II is newly built on the M50 at Km 80 and a truly huge commercial centre par excellence based around El Campo (Auchun in France) Under-ground parking, and possibly creche facilities
Las Rozas Village, C/ Juan Ramón Jiménez, 3, +34 916 404 900. Su-F 10:00-21:00, Sa 10:00-22:00. Fantastic outlet in the suburbs of Madrid with villa-like shops, part of a large Europe-wide chain. It offers up to 60% off in over 100 luxury brands, ans also has some coffee places like Starbucks and a few bars.
Factory is also a retail outlet bargain basement for major retailers, not far from Las Rozas Village
Plaza II is newly built on the M50 at Km 80 and a truly huge commercial centre par excellence based around El Campo (Auchun in France) Under-ground parking, and possibly creche facilities
- Breakfast Cala Melor bakery in Avda. Camilo José Cela, Nr. 9 (Parque Empresarial) has a truly yukky site but yummy bread, cakes, pies and chocolates to die for!
- Steak La Vaca Argentina - near Las Rozas rail station - A-4 to La Coruna at Km.18
- Lunch NH Hotel complex main restaurant or family fast good unit M505 about Km 5
- Parque Paris - landscaped ornamental lake, children's zones two cafés
- La Caña (beer)
- El Largo (not same business as town centre café of same name)
- Parque Empresarial
- La Puerta (traditional)
- La Buen Gamba (sea-food & shell-fish)