Anillo Verde Ciclista

Si estuviera totalmente cerrado desde luego que sería para darle 5 estrellas. Es un lujo poder rodear Madrid en bicicleta y tienes partes del recorrido muy chulas, sobre todo la zona de Casa de Campo.
No hay que entenderlo como una zona útil para moverse por la ciudad sino como un espacio de ocio donde disfrutar de la bici o bien salir a correr. Eso sí, los que vayáis con el carrito del niño o el perro, por favor hay lugares más adecuados para ello.
En bici a un ritmo normal de un corredor aficionado de mountain bike tardas casi tres horas en recorrer los cerca de 60 kilómetros. Pero lo puedes hacer tranquilamente, buscar (en Unilocal?Jajaja) bares donde hacer tus paradas y pasarte, por ejemplo, una buena mañana de sábado. La última vez que lo hice tuve que refrescarme con un cubo de botellines en una conocida franquicia ;p (creo que en mi perfil hay documento gráfico)
Lo peor es que hay zonas que es fácil perderse, así que aconsejable ir con alguien que conozca el recorrido.

The Anillo Verde is a great way to see Madrid — you can ride the whole way around the city if you like, a total of about 60 km. I think once a month or so there’s a group ride of around 200 – 300 people that do the ride in the middle of the night, and all are welcome (
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I really enjoy the Anillo, using it both for my morning commute and for weekend workouts. Some suggestions, though, if you want to put in some training miles. Once you get to Casa de Campo, the big park to the west of Palacio Real, you can peel off onto some tracks within the park. There’s a goo one for riding interval that goes in kind of a big loop around the lake, climbing up then descending behind it. I’d say that’s around 5 miles. But all of this gets pretty busy, and the cyclists become increasingly erratic (basically recreational/​families, which is fine, but not good if you’re going into a bend at 30+mph), as the day proceeds. As a result, I prefer to get out there early, say 8am, when you’ll only see a handful of others. You can also follow the Anillo out to the north of the city and pick up another protected bike route alongside the M607, heading towards the Autonomous University. I’m reliably told (though have not *yet* attempted) that this will take you out towards Tres Campos, where you can hop off the path and head up into the mountains for some serious riding.
Oh, and there are some useful maps here:

This is a great path around the outskirts of Madrid. The path itself is 64 km in a loop that follows roughly the M-​40 and M-​30. It also connects many of the parks, which are very beautiful. You can obviously go only part way, and it’s rather easy to cut back into the city at different points along the way.
The path is marked by orange posts, and red pavement (for the most part), and is for the most part very well maintained, and for the most post is easy to find. There are parts where the cement has not been well maintained, and parts where you get lost. It would be advisable to bring your mobile phone and Strava app the first time to ensure you can find your way back on the path.
It’s not easy if you go for the whole ride, expect 4 – 5 hours, 64 km, 700m elevation gain. But thankfully Madrid is nice and dry and sunny most days.
Highly recommended way to experience some of the Madrid never seen by even locals.

Ya era hora que Madrid tuviera una conexión completa y cerrada de los tramos de carril bici que andaban desperdigados alrededor de los barrios periféricos con pocas o ninguna opciones de poder pasar de uno a otro sin jugártela por la carretera.
He de decir que el tramo que pasa por mi barrio está en muy buen estado y lo único que se echa más en falta son más mapas de ubicación y alguna que otra fuente adicional, pero por lo demás un 10!