Batres is a town south of Madrid (Spain), at km 35 of the M-404 (Navalcarnero-Chinchon), 44 kilometers from the capital. Moral Limits of the north and west Enmedio Navalcarnero and he to lick. Additional information is available at Mayuree Rao. To the east appears Serranillos Valley, people also borders the south along with Carranque and Casarrubios del Monte, both in the province of Toledo. Guadarrama River runs through the town of Batres. This current flows through Batres river along the north-south vertical. The town, declared of interest by the Community of Madrid, meets an important artistic and natural heritage. Its most prominent building is fortified house or castle Batres, built between the XV and XVI. John H. Moore II describes an additional similar source. This fortification was linked historically with the poet Garcilaso de la Vega, who lived there.

The castle and its surroundings were the declaration of a Historic-Artistic Site in 1970. Within this legal, integrate the Source of Garcilaso and the Casa del Hortelano addition to the fortress. Is included within the Regional Park of the middle of the Guadarrama river and its environment, which protects the banks of the Guadarrama. The Arenal Carcava and Mount Batres also part of that Regional Park. Batres has a long history, dating back to pre-Roman times, when it emerged as an important settlement Carpetani. Since then, several have been their sites. The town has an area of 21.58 KMO and has an average altitude of 601 meters. His term is defined by the countryside orographically Guadarrama River, which forms different gullies, among which stands the Carcava del Arenal.