Museo Ampelográfico de El Encín

Circular ampelographic garden at the El Encín experimental estate, with more than two hundred grapevine varieties of Spanish origin.

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About the museum

The Museo Ampelográfico is on the El Encín estate in Alcalá de Henares, an experimental farm of the Madrid Institute for Rural, Agricultural and Food Research and Development (IMIDRA). It opened in 2003 as a botanical garden specialising in vines of Spanish origin.

It has a circular layout with a central pergola and four concentric rings of vines, and displays more than two hundred varieties, including those used in the Vinos de Madrid designation of origin, rootstocks, hybrids and foreign varieties, mainly French.

The museum is part of the El Encín Grapevine Variety Collection, one of the largest in Europe. Its origins go back to the late 19th century, when genetic material that phylloxera was destroying began to be conserved, and in 1950 it was moved to the present estate.

Highlights

Circular garden with four rings of vines
More than 200 grapevine varieties of Spanish origin
Part of the El Encín Grapevine Variety Collection
Guided visits with advance booking

Permanent exhibition

Jardín ampelográfico – Circular area with more than 200 grapevine varieties of Spanish origin, arranged in concentric rings around a pergola.

Founded: 2003
Operated by: IMIDRA (Comunidad de Madrid)

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Getting there & parking

By public transit

Apeadero de Meco

Bus on weekdays at 07:40 from the Avenida de América interchange (bay 2, level -2), stopping at Plaza de Canillejas, and from Vía Complutense 44 in Alcalá de Henares; return at 15:00. Outside these times, take Cercanías line C-2 or C-8 towards Guadalajara to the Meco halt, then walk for about 15 minutes.

By car, take exit 38 of the A-2 towards Los Santos de la Humosa; at the roundabout, take the first exit on the right, where a small IMIDRA sign is posted. Within the estate, caution is needed around cyclists.

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