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The frequent Madrid-Toledo trains run via Aranjuez , a little oasis in the beginnings of New Castile, where the eighteenth-century Bourbon rulers set up a spring and autumn retreat. Their palaces and luxuriant gardens, which inspired the composer Joaquin Rodrigo to write the famous Concierto de Aranjuez , and the summer strawberries (served with cream - fresas con nata - at roadside stalls), combine to make it an enjoyable stop. In summer (Sat & Sun end of April to July & Sept to mid-Oct), an old wooden steam train , the Tren de la Fresa, makes runs between Madrid and Aranjuez; it leaves Atocha station at 10.05am and returns from Aranjuez at 6.13pm, arriving back at Atocha at 7pm. Train enthusiasts won't begrudge the extra cost (?20.40), which includes a guided bus tour in Aranjuez, entry to the

monuments and fresas con nata on the train. The less romantic, but highly efficient, standard trains leave every 15-30 minutes from Atocha, with the last train returning from Aranjuez at about 11.30pm.

Nearby, too, connected by sporadic buses from Aranjuez at c/Almibar 138 (Mon-Fri 4 daily, Sat 2 daily) and hourly services from Madrid, is Chinchon , a picturesque village that is home to Spain's best-known anis - a mainstay of breakfast drinkers across Spain.

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