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    • Spain 2023
      Day 12

      Palace of San Ildefonso Farm

      July 15, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Coming into Segovia, we left our luggage at the inn and drove another 20 minutes into San Ildefonso, where one can visit the palace that was used by the royal family as a summer residence. The palace itself wasn't that impressive, with only a few interesting items along the way (in a way, the arrangement of the rooms reminded us of the European furniture collection at the Met).

      What was fun, though, was visiting the gardens, which holds more than forty fountains within its walls. Turns out we arrived at the time that the garden offers a show with the fountains and we had a blast! (literally and figuratively). During the show, guards of the garden led us to four different fountain plazas within the garden. The water reaches a height of almost 30 meters in one of them, and the water reaches to the audience! Nadia was really happy getting wet during the show, but Oliver got scared by the water a couple of times. Napoleon was holding Oliver on his back during the fourth show when the water reached its peak height and washed their back out of the blue! They started running further away from the fountain but couldn't escape from getting fully drenched by it.      Read more

    • Traveler2023 Passport Chronicles
      Day 51

      Madrid reunions: take 1

      September 21, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

      I couldn’t believe I reunited with Erika today after more than 12 years! She took the afternoon off work and offered to pick me up in Madrid’s city centre (so sweet!).

      The first stop was her favourite Italian restaurant for lunch, yum! yum! yum! 🍝

      We were then gonna head out of the city to a beautiful town in the mountains with a Monastery but on the highway she decided we’d go elsewhere. 🤭

      We ended up at the Palacio Real de la Granja de San Ildefonso, the best example in Spain of a formal French-style garden. It was raining a bit but still so beautiful to walk around. Most importantly, we were talking nonstop like 2 parrots and laughing so so much!

      Before heading back with a breathtaking sunset, we went to Segovia and I got to see the aqueduct, a monumental civil engineering feat and one of the best-preserved Roman works.

      And, naturally, we couldn’t say adiós without sharing one final drink! It was a beautiful day spent with one of the most incredible people I know! 🤍      Read more

    • TravelerEurope 2023
      1
      Day 26

      La Granja de San Ildefonso

      October 9, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

      After we completed our walk we got back on the bus and started the drive towards Segovia. We stopped on the way for a well deserved beer or wine and also to visit the gardens of the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, known as La Granja (the Farm). It is an early 18th-century palace in the small town of San Ildefonso, located in the hills nearest to Segovia and about 80 kilometres north of Madrid. It became the summer residence of the Kings of Spain from the 1720s during the reign of King Felipe V.

      As it was a Monday the Palace was closed but the gardens were open, and entry was free because they weren’t operating the fountains. The gardens are extensive and magnificent. We had about 45 minutes to wander around and enjoy them.      Read more

    • Andalusien
      Day 19

      Pto. Navacerrada, Ildefonso und Osborn

      May 6, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Heute wollten wir Strecke machen und bis nach Borgos durchfahren (~650 Kilometer) aber schon nach 300 Kilometern auf der Autobahn wurde es langweilig und die Wettervorhersage für den Atlantik ist auch bescheiden. So haben wir beschlossen kurz hinter Madrid die Autobahn zu verlassen und eine kleine Touritour durch die Sierra Guardarrama einzulegen, weil hier noch Sommer ist. Dabei sind wir über den 1860 Meter hohen Navacerrada Pass gefahren und haben anschließend den Schlossgarten in Ildefonso besucht. Der heutige Schlafplatz ist ganz in der Nähe von einem typischen spanischen Wahrzeichen, das hier überall rum steht. Jetzt sind es noch ca. 130 Kilometer bis nach Burgos und 2091 bis nach Hause.Read more

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    • Doteyboaty
      Day 231

      Granja

      February 27, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

      With only a half-baked plan, we arrive into the town of Granja at 6pm following our busy day in Segovia. I park right outside the Posh Parador hotel and feeling lucky go in and ask for a room. They have availability but only for 2 people and being so fancy, don’t do camp beds. A suite is all they offer our little party of three and the price is eye-watering. I go back out to the car, take a breath and begin searching for accommodation online and by phone. 40 minutes later the windows are steamed-up, mirroring my stress level. I let the children know we may have to drive back to Madrid for a bed even though we are exhausted.
      Aware that I am red-faced and flustered I figure that now might actually be the perfect time to chance my arm and twist the arm of the Parador Receptionist. I ham up my panicked state petition her to turn a blind eye to the fact that there are three of us. After some whispering to her colleagues in the back she returns with a smile and proceeds to check us in to a double room. Our three delighted souls scurry through the lobby and dive into our fancy room. Everything in it is big and luxurious and we are here to make the most of it. The bath is run, strawberries and chocolate are smuggled in and Netflix is locked and loaded.
      Although we are 3 abreast in the bed, it is still luxurious and we sleep soundly. My children have inherited my love of buffet breakfasts and they can not hide their excitement. They beam happiness every time they arrive back to the table with another leaning tower of assorted goodies. Love is in the air and they thank me so many times. Ruby even gives me her Mother’s Day card and present a whole month early.
      We are in the perfect mood to enjoy the gardens at the Palacio Real de Granja de San Ildefonso. The Versailles inspired fountains have brought us here and they are beautiful and numerous but they are also empty or not running. In fact these wonderful fountains are off more often than on because they use so much water. They are still very impressive and we would love to return sometime to see them in all their glory. There are only 3 days in every year when they are running simultaneously - the tickets must be like gold dust.
      We spend a lovely few hours walking from one fountain to the other, through formal gardens, along avenues and woods. When we get to the large reservoir lake it feels like we are in Killarney. This is the closest we have come to an Irish landscape in Spain.      Read more

    • TravelerIreland, Portugal and Spain
      Day 35

      San Ildefonso, Segovia

      November 6, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

      We were up bright and early so we could have breakfast and be packed up, ready to be picked up at 9.30 am by Jorge from Senderos y Pueblos, the company that is organising our trip around Segovia.

      It was a great relief when Jorge arrived, right on time. He packed us into his station wagon and we headed out to San Ildefonso where we are to be based for the next two days. It is not a busy time here so we were able to check straight in to the Hotel Roma.

      Then it was off for our first walk. Jorge gave us a GPS which makes it easier to follow the track. A map is nice, a written description is nice, but the GPS stops you from wandering far off the intended track. It really makes it foolproof.

      Our first walk was to the village of Valsain. From there we had the option of returning via a different track, giving us a total of about 10 kms, OR we could continue and end up doing 17.3 kms. Naturally we opted for the latter, notwithstanding the rain we encountered. It was raining when we left San Ildefonso but stopped after about 1 km. We thought we might get away with it from then on, but just after halfway it started drizzling again, and it continued most of the way home. Notwithstanding the weather we had a great time, and saw some lovely countryside.

      Dinner was a problem again, finding some place open early enough for us. First up was a drink and some nibblies at the Half Moon, where there was a documentary on northern Australia! It was a bit loud there so we then found the Miami which had a nice menu and there we stayed. It was a lovely place, quiet with a most attentive, and interesting, man behind the counter. The highlight for me was the Russian salad, whilst Robyn really enjoyed her lamb cutlets. All in all, a good day.      Read more

    • TravelerIreland, Portugal and Spain
      Day 36

      El Chorro Waterfalls

      November 7, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 3 °C

      We had been expecting rain today as it had been forecast, but why did it have to rain up until we finished our walk?

      Today’s goal was to do a circular walk up to El Chorro Waterfall, a 10 km trip. There was some pretty hard climbing as we approached the bottom of the falls, and in the rain and mist we took what was a pretty silly decision to press on. After a while, about 350 m into the final 550 m we actually became lost, not a nice situation. Robyn slipped on a huge granite boulder and thought she was going to slide a long way down, and the GPS was not lighting up the screen enough to see clearly. We backtracked, found our place, and headed up again. This time we were successful, but the fog or misty rain was too thick to really see the falls. We did, however, see the remnants of the snow fall from last weekend, so it was pretty cold.

      The trip back was okay, but the mist made it impossible to see the views over the town and the Palace and Gardens. This was a great pity because it was easy to imagine how good the view would have been on a fine day. Part of our track took us along two walls of the Palace estate. We were amazed at just how big the estate was, being approximately 1 square kilometre. That’s a lot of garden and forest to enjoy.

      As Hotel Roma is not opening the restaurant at this time of year, except on weekends, we were once again forced to look elsewhere. However, before that we enjoyed a couple of glasses of wine and a game of Scrabble in the bar of the hotel, where we enjoyed the company and interest of the barman /concierge / owner(?). He was very helpful with advice, we enjoyed discussing such things as speed limits and police cars, cycling and the weather. He suggested three different restaurants for us to consider.

      The first one was closed, the second one was not doing meals that night, the third one was not yet ready for dinner, and we were hungry. Any port in a storm, and it just so happened that there was a pizzeria ready, willing and able to help us. It wasn’t too bad, and it was nice being in a place frequented by the locals.

      To finish the night we had more wine back at the Hotel Roma bar, this time sitting in front of the fire. The barman had nobody else to look after at that time, so we talked a little more. He is in the middle of reading a book by Catherine McCulloch, and was quite knowledgeable about her writing. You just never know where a little bit of Australia is going to pop up.      Read more

    • DiePaubers2021 Spanien-Roadtrip
      Day 6

      Schloss La Granja de San Ildefonso

      November 9, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

      Das Schloss La Granja de San Ildefonso ist die ehemalige Sommerresidenz der spanischen Königsfamilie. Es entstand ab 1720 und wurde stets erweitert. Seine Lage in über 1200 m Höhe war die Sommer sehr angenehm.
      Heute dient der Palast als Museum für die umfangreichen Kunstschätze der Königsfamilie.      Read more

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    • TravelerSpain 2017
      Day 22

      Snow!!!

      January 28, 2017 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C

      Went to Segovia for the weekend and traveled through Puerto Navacerrada. There was lots of snow and I thought we were going to die in what I would term a blizzard but the rest of Europe would probably call a light breeze with a little bit of sleet.

      On the way up to Navacerrada people were parking everywhere along the road but due to the mist/crazy blizzard there didn't seem to be much sense in getting out the car and dying of exposure less than 50km from Madrid. As such we pushed on through and went down the other side of the mountain. Well the snow was whiter, quieter and overall a lot more pleasant.

      We found a nice little car park and headed into a restricted permit only area (this being Europe everyone else followed the rules and we were quite alone). Had great fun and even made a semblance of a snow man. It was however freezing cold and we made our way back to the warmth of the car quite happily.      Read more

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