Santo Domingo de Silos

We were awake late today at 8:30am and it was a very cold -1°c outside and just 5°c inside.
I lit the fire and we waited for Wanda to warm up before moving.
At 10am we left the air and did a quick shop at Lidl and then hit the road.
Our original plan was to go to the city of Segovia but it was just for a stop and I decided to push further up and go to a little town called Santo Domingo de Silos. This would be the starting point of a big canyon hike.
It took us 3 hours to reach the medieval town of Santo Domingo de Silos and we parked up in the large tourist car park next to a German Motorhome. It was now 2:30pm and we decided to take a little walk around the area today and do the hike tomorrow.
We were surprised how pretty the town was and it really is medieval dating back to the 15th century. There are 3 churches here, a convent and a monastery which is still in use today and the monks do Gregorian chanting.
At 6:45pm all if the bells sounded from all of the religious buildings for 2 minutes. Then at 7pm they did it again. The sound is amazing.Leggi altro