Alcorcon is a city of 172,384 people in Madrid, Spain. It sits about 13 km from Madrid. Known for its historic clay and pottery heritage, the nineteenth-century neo-Gothic Valderas castles, and an extensive museum of contemporary glass art located in the Madrid metropolitan belt.
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This field guide to Alcorcon, Madrid turns your own interests — food and seafood, history, architecture, markets, beaches, nature trails, wine and day trips — into a timed itinerary. Choose up to four lenses and the plan is written around them, stop by stop, with the local context behind every recommendation.
One day in Alcorcon works best with one or two lenses: a morning walk through the old centre, a long local lunch, and a single evening stop, planned so you never cross town twice.
Two days in Alcorcon separates the place itself from what surrounds it — a second theme on day two, plus time for a slower meal and one trip beyond the centre.
Three days is where Alcorcon opens up: day trips, coastline or countryside, and the experiences that only work when you are not rushing. Blend up to four interests and the three-day itinerary spreads them so no day repeats itself.