Tourist attractions Segovia

Segovia has its water delivered by a famous aqueduct which was built at the time of the Emperor Trajan. The Romans built it to bring water from the river Acebeda in the Fuenfria Sierra to the highest part of the town. It is 728m long and 28m high and..

Made from attractive golden stone, it has a high tower, and a staged chevet that gives it a certain graceful air. It was built under the reign of Charles V and remains an example of the survival of the Gothic style. The interior is light and elegant ..

The alcázar dominates the valley at the far end of the town. Many of its rooms have preserved their magnificent ceilings, weapons, paintings and furniture from the medieval era. From the terrace, enjoy a fine panorama of the lush Eresma valley; the..

It was Philip V, grandson of Louis XIV, who wanted to make La Granja into a «little Versailles» at an altitude of 1,192m. In the Palace , a Tapestry Museum exhibits 16C Flemish hangings and a 15C Gothic tapestry. The gardens of 145 ha were inspi..

The grandson of Louis XIV, Felipe V wanted a garden which reminded him of his childhood. The layout of the 358-acre parkland was entrusted to landscape gardeners Carlier and Boutelou, who were naturally enough inspired by Versailles but nonetheless l..

This square in the heart of the town’s old aristocratic district evokes Segovia’s past history. It is lined by an impressive number of monuments: the 15C house , with a gallery beneath its roof; the tower of the Casa de los Lozoya ; and the Casa d..

Alone in the middle of a vast square, it allows you to see the pure Romanesque yet still primitive shapes and the two doorways with attractive capitals and sculpted modillions. The apse is underlined with blind arcades and above you will see an elega..

Dominated by the cathedral apse, Plaza Mayor is the meeting place for Segovians, sitting at cafe terraces, chatting in shaded arcades or strolling around the bandstand. Among the municipal buildings are the Town Hall and the Juan Bravo Theatre . P..

The Segovia Museum has an interesting collection of archaeology (Roman section, Visigothic period), ethnology and fine arts, brought to life using visual media. Note the fine 15C alabaster Pietà from the Monastery of El Parral, engravings and dra..

Henry IV founded the monastery in 1445. The Church preserves, behind an unfinished façade, a Gothic nave decorated with splendid sculpted doors, a 16C retable and, on each side of the chancel, the plateresque tombs of the Marquis of Villena and his w..

Although its construction was the work of the Templars, today it belongs to the order of Malta. It is structured according to a strange polygonal plan. A ring shaped corridor runs round a small kiosk made up of two rooms, one over the other, where th..

At the foot of the Mujer Muerta that marks the last foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, the 18C Riofrío Palace emerges from a wood of holm oak where deer run free. It houses a museum of hunting.

Known under the name of The Hospice, only the attractive chapel of this building remains with its ceiling of Mudejar boxes. The works of the painter Esteban Vicente, the only Spanish representative in the New York School, are on show there.

With its facade covered in «Diamond points» this is the most original of the Segovia 15C houses.

This is remarkable both for its age (11C) and for its doorway where modillions are sculpted as heads, as leaves and as animals. Today it contains the Zuloaga Museum with drawings by Daniel and paintings by his nephew, the painter Ignacio Zuloaga.

Note the pinnacles and the fine Isabelline doorway decorated with a cross, a pietà and the emblems of the Catholic Monarchs.

A Church from the end of the 13C, St Stephen's is one of the most attractive Romanesque monuments in Segovia. On two sides, the doorways are decorated with finely sculpted capitals. The interior is in the Renaissance style. Finally notice the elevate..

This Romanesque church with a brick steeple is surrounded by a picturesque square with half-timbered and overhanging houses.

Founded in the reign of Philip V (although the current building dates from 1770, Charles III’s time), this rare example of Spanish industrial architecture today houses the National Glass Centre and a Glass museum, displaying pieces made in situ and..