Descansadero de Fuente del Rey

The Descansadero de Fuente del Rey is a rural place in Nuevo Baztán, in the Community of Madrid, associated with the Cañada Real Galiana and located on the border with Pozuelo del Rey. Its traditional function is that of a resting place for livestock and a stopping point for hikers, a place of transit and rest linked to the historical livestock trails of the region. The most characteristic feature of the place is the presence of old pools and a shaded area, features that explain its value as a rest area in a dry land environment. Due to its location, it offers an open and border landscape, typical of the eastern Madrid countryside, where the interest is not in great monumental landmarks but in the reading of the territory, the pastoral infrastructures and the memory of livestock use. Its relevance is above all cultural and territorial: it preserves the trace of the transhumant network and the historical routes that articulated the rural landscape of Nuevo Baztán. In hiking itineraries, it is of great interest as a place to pause and as a testimony of the relationship between water, livestock and traditional mobility in the Alcarria region of Madrid.