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Airport THE UNDERGROUND TO MADRID AND TO PRINCIPE PIO STOP
Train station THE AVE TRAIN (BULLET TRAIN) TAKES HALF AN HOUR FR 100.00 km
Car Car not necessary

How to get there

THE WAY TO COME TO LA GRANJA BY CAR IS DOUBLE . ON THE ONE HAND YOU CAN COME BY CAR THRU THE NO A-1 FROM MADRID. THEN AT VILLALBA YOU CAN DO TWO THINGS A) DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO GO THRU THE NAVACERRADA PARK WHICH IS DIFFICULT DRIVING BUT BEAUTIFUL AND EVEN IF I DO NOTRECOMMEND YOU GET HERE SO LATE YOU WILL GET OFF THE MOUNTAIN AT THE ENTRANCE OF LA GRANJA. ON THE OTHER HAND IF YOU WANT TO GO FOR A VISIT TO EL ESCORIAL (THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD ) A MONASTERY, CHURCH, PALACE AND MORTUARY FUNEREAL PLACE FOR THE BORBON KINGS. THIS CAN BE SEEN ON YOUR WAY HERE AND THE VALLEY OF THE FALLEN A MONASTERY ,CHURCH AND TOUMB OF THE DICTATOR FRANCISCO FRANCO, FOR 45 YRS. IT IS VERY MUCH A FEAT OF ENGEENERING AS IT WAS BUILT INSIDE A GRANITE MOUNTAIN AND A HUGE CROSS IS BUILT ON TOP WITH FOUR GIGANTIC STATUES OFTHE EVANGELISTS. THE THING IS THAT IF YOU STOP TO SEE BOTH YOU WILL BE TOO LATE FOR SEEING MUCH OF THE PLACE OF LA GRANJA AND LATER FOR THE TOUR OF SEGOVIA BY NIGHT WHICH ALTHOUGH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE OTHER TOURS THIS TOUR WILL EXPLAIN TO YOUWHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE DAYLIGHT AS TO WHAT YOU SHOULD SEE AND WHAT NOT TO SEE. THE NEXT DAY AFTER BREAKFAST YOU CAN GET TO SEGOVIA BY BUS OR BY YOUR OWN CAR. THEN YOU CAN GET TO THE MONUMENTS AND THE WHOLE CITY CAN BE SEEN AFTER LUNCH BY THE TAKING THE TOURIST BUS AND REVIEWING YOUR VISITS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE DAY. WHEN YOU RETURN TO LA GRANJA YOU CAN HAVE MERIENDA AT HOME AND BE READY FOR DINNER A HALF AN HOUR OR LATER AND YOU WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THERECOMMENDATION AS TO WHERE YOU CAN HAVE DINNER.

Activities near La Granja de San Ildefonso

Sports Golf course on site or within 15 min walk, Water sports, Horse riding, Fishing
Great for Walking trips, Rural or countryside trips, Cycling trips