La Granja de San Ildefonso Vacation b&b accomodation with jacuzzi/hot tub, internet access, balcony/terrace and golf

THE SUITE IS COMPRISED OF THE WHOLE SECOND FLOOR OF MY DUPLEX APT WITH ONE BEDROOM DECORATED IN ORIENTAL DECOR WITH A DOUBLE BED. THE OTHER BEDROOM IN THE SUITE IS LIKE A DAY ROOM WITH A HOMEMADE, WOOD, DESK/TABLE , 2 LACQUERED CONTAINERS OF CDS AND VCRS, THE LARGEST ENCYCLOPEDIA IN SPANISH A 100 VOL SET, COCKTAIL BLACK GLASS TABLE WHICH HAS MY FAVORITE CERAMIC: A DUCK SERVER IN MULTICOLORS AND 2 TWIN BEDS WITH 2 BED NIGHT TABLES IN BAMBOO AND PAINTED BRIGHT GREEN WITH WHITE PLANTERS AND FLOWER PLANTS. THERE IS A LARGE MIRROR WITH A VENETIAN SIENNA AND GOLD FRAME OVER A HOMEMADE TABLE. THERE IS ALSO OVER THE BOOKCASE, A WALL ACID TREATED LAMP WITH WHIMSICAL IRON HOLDERS. ALSO ON THE TOP SHELVE OF THE BOOKSTAND IS A TABLE LAMP COVERED IN STRAW AND OTHER BOOKS AND BRIC A BRAC. ON THE TOP SHELVE. NEXT TO THE LEFT BED ARE TWO WOOD SHELVES THAT HOLD THE REST OF MY ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST AND VERANDA COLLECTION AND UNDER THE LOWER SHELVE ARE MY VYNIL DISC RECORDINGS.. ON THE TOP SHELVE IS A CD PLAYER, RADIO AND AUDIO TAPE RECORDER AND REPRODUCER WITH TWO LOUDSPEAKERS. THE AUDIO TAPES ARE AT THE END OF THE BOOKSTAND IN SIX TAPE CONTAINERS IN WOOD. THERE IS A TV WITH A VCR PLAYER ON IT´S SIDE AND IT SITS ON A BAGGAGE TABLE. ON THE RIGHT OF THE ROOM ON TOP OF THE TWO RED AND WHITE LACQUERED LONG CONTAINERS IS A POSTER OF CATHERINE OF ARAGON (LATER TO BE QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND FIRST WIFE OF HENRY VIII) BY JUAN DE FLANDES WHEN SHE WAS A 9 YRS OLD GIRL. ON TOP OF THE TOP CONTAINER IS A GREEN PLANTER AND A SMOKED VASE FROM VICEROY AND BOCH ALL HOLDING MY GRAND COLLECTION OF ORCHID PLANTS OF WHICH THERE ARE 10 DISTRIBUTED OVER THE ROOM, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLANTERS. THE TOP OF THE LOWER SHELVE HAS A HEXAGONAL BLACK PLANTER WITH AN ORCHID PLANT IN IT. NEXT TO THE CONTAINERS IS A BLACK LACQUERED SCREEN THAT COVERS THE OPEN CLOSET FOR CLOTHES AND SHOES AND THE LARGE REFRIGERATOR. IT CAN BE HEARD INTERMITENTLY AT NIGHT. THE LIGHT SWITCH THAT LIGHTS THE STAIR´S CHANDELIER IS BY THE ENTRANCE TO THE ROOM INSIDE THE ROOM. WHILE THE LIGHTS FOR THE STAIRCASE ARE BY THE DOOR TO THE ROOM. THERE IS A CRYSTAL CHANDELIER THAT HANGS FROM THE CEILING OF THE ROOM. OUTSIDE THE ROOM. THERE ARE TWO OVERSIZE SITTING CUSHIONS THATARE IN RED AND IN GREEN COLORS RESPECTIVELY. THERE ARE READING LAMPS IN ACID TREATED WHITE THAT SIT ON THE BAMBOO NIGHT TABLES WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE PLANTERS WITH FLOWER PLANTS. THERE IS A BIG BATHROOM WITH DOUBLE SINKS AND A SHOWER SPRINKLER IN A VERY WIDE TUB. THE OTHER ROOM HAS A WALL WITH WOOD SHELVES FULL OF CERAMICS AND A TEA & COFFEE SETS AS WELL AS A COLLECTION OF HUNDREDS OF ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST A DECOR MAGAZINE EVERYWHERE THERE ARE PLANTS AND ART WORKS OF DIFFERENT ARTISTS. THERE IS A LITTLE TABLE DRESSED WITH CLOTH WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE CURTAINS IN THE ROOM.,WITH A SMALL MIRROR AND A POSTCARD FROM JAPAN IN A BRONZE FRAME IN ART NOUVEAU STYLE AS WELL AS A SMALL TABLE LAMP IN BRONZE WITH A CRYSTAL TULIP IN THE FORM OF A ROSE.. IN FRONT OF THE BED THERE IS AN EILEEN GRAY TABLE,WHICH IS A MODERN CLASSIC, IN CROME AND CLEAR GLASS TOP . THERE IS A RED VASE ON IT AND THERE ARE SOME NICE ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS WHICH HAVE TO BE OF SUPERB QUALITY AND THERE IS ALSO IN FRONT OF THE WALL WITH CERAMICS, A LARGE ITALIAN PLANTER WITH AFRICAN VIOLETS PLANTED IN IT. THIS VERY BEAUTIFUL PLANTER HAS YELLOW FLOWERS ON A BLUE BACKGROUND PAINTED ON IT... THERE ARE TWO PHOTOS OF SCENES OR OBJECTS FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN TOKYO.IN TWO GOLD PAINTED FRAMES.. THERE IS A POSTER OF A PAINTING EXHIBIT OF A JAPANESE STYLE PAINTING TECHNIQUE AND A CHAIR IN JAPANESE BAMBOO STYLE WITH MANY CUSHIONS THAT MAKE IT A VERY COMFORTABLE CHAIR. ON TOP ON THE WALL IS A READING LAMP IN ART NOUVEAU STYLE WITH A GREEN SHADE AND A PAINTING /DRAWING OF ME AS A MANDARIN CHARACTER , A FRAMED JAPANESE CARD SENT TO ME BY A FRIEND WHO VISITED JAPAN LAST YEAR. ALSO THERE ARE FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART IN TOKYO IN FOUR BLACK LACQUERED FRAMES. THERE IS A PAPIER MACHE OVERSIZE DISH WITH A SORT OF SCROLL IN BLACK OVER A RED BACKGROUND THAT IS IMPRESSIVE AND HAS A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON THE VIEWER. UNDRE IT AND THE TWO GOLD FRAMES THERE IS AN INDIAN WOOD AND METAL CONTAINER USED AS A NIGHT TABLE WITH AN ACID TREATED TECHNIQUE AND THUS WHITE AND A SMALL JAPANESE PLANTER IN SOFT GREEN COLOR WITH A PLANT IN IT. THERE IS A TV WITH CANAL + CABLE CHANNEL WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN ENGLISH AND WITH NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. THERE IS A REPRODUCER OFCD´S AND VCR´S UNDER THE TV., WHICH SITS ON ANOTHER INDIAN CONTAINER LIKE THE ONE NEXT TO THE DOUBLE BED. THE DOUBLE BED HAS A HEADBOARD WITH A JAPANESE MATERIAL WITH ILLUSTRATION OF MANY JAPANESE WOMEN IN KIMONOS.APART FROM THE GARDEN STAIRCASE THAT LEADS FROM THE MAIN FLOOR OF THE APT WHICH HAS A SKYLIGHT, AN OVERSIZE IRON AND CRYSTAL CHANDELIER., 2 OIL AND ACRYLIC GIGANTIC PAINTINGS OF PLANTS OF THE COSTA RICAN RAIN FOREST. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS RESIDENTIAL VERY SAFE AS THE CIVIL GUARD WORKS AND LIVE IN THE BUIDING IN FRONT AND THE GARDENS COULD BE SAID TO BE THE BACKYARD OF THE APT. AND THERE ARE PLACES NEARBY TO PRACTICE HORSERIDING, THERE IS A NEARBY POOL THAT HAS BEEN NEWLY BUILT AND IT IS HEATED IN WINTER. ALSO THERE IS THE CRYSTAL FACTORY ESTABLISHED BY THE QUEEN TO SAVE MONIES FROM TAXES AND CUSTOMS., THE SITE IS COMPLEMENTED BY THE ROYAL TAPESTRIES FACTORY IN MADRID FOR THE SAME REASONS. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW STEPS TO THE PALACE AND THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE BUT IT WILL BE INVALUABLE TO VISIT THE GARDENS SPECIALLY FOR THE ONES THAT ARE IN LOVE, SEGOVIA CAN BE REACHED BY A BUS EVERY HALF HOUR AND THERE PARTICIPATE FROM THE ACQUEDUCT BUILT BY THE ROMANS THROUGH HISTORY FOLLOWING THE DECAYING STONES THROUGH MEDIEVAL SPAIN TO THE ART OF VICENTE ESTEBAN GLORY OF SPAIN TO THE WORLD AND WALK BY THE STREETS THAT SAW ISABEL I ON THE WAY TO THE ALCAZAR TO BE CROWNED QUEEN AND BE IN THE SAME BUILDING SHE DEVELOPED THE CENTRAL STATE IDEA AND ITS BASIS. THE ELEGANT GOTHIC CATHEDRAL IS AMONGST THE FEW ELEGANT ONES THAT DUE TO CERTAIN ARCHITECTURAL DEVISE LIKE CIRCULAR BUTTRESSES AND THE SEPARATE BELLFRY THUS MAKE IT UNIQUE AS THE BELLFRY WAS USUALLY BUILT ON THE TWO OR ONE TOWER IN THE FRONT PART OF BUILDING. A FEW BLOCKS AWAY THERE ARE RESTAURANTS, CAFE´S OFFERING TAPAS AND DRINKING WHILE THE CHURCH IS WHERE THE RELIGIOUSLY INCLINED INDIVIDUALS WENT TO.AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TODAY. CONVERTED JEWS HAD THEIR OWN ENTRANCE TO THE CATHEDRAL. THE ALCAZAR, THE MOST HISTORICAL OF ALL MEDIEVAL CASTLES IN SPAIN IS NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL BUT IT´S HISTORY FILLS PAGES OF BOOKS. THE CITY OF SEGOVIA IS FULL OF MEDIEVAL CHURCHES THAT GIVE THE CITY A CERTAIN CHARACTER AND BEAUTY. THERE ARE MANY SQUARES FULL OF PRIVATE MEDIEVAL RESIDENCES THAT WILL AMAZE YOU FOR IT´S LONGEVITY AND FOR THE ARCHITECTURE WHICH AFFORD THE HOMMAGE TOWERS THAT ALL SUCH NOBILITY RESIDENCES HAD. THE SKYLIGHT OF SEGOVIA IS FULL OF THEM. THERE ARE ALSO INCREDIBLE GARDENS SOME PRIVATE BUT WHICH CAN BE VISITED AND SOME PUBLIC LIKE LA FUENCISLA . THERE ARE MANY STYLES OF CHURCHES THAT WERE BUILT AFTER THE CRUSADES SUCH AS AN HEXAGONAL CHURCH WHICH WAS BUILT BY THE TEMPLARS WHEN THEY RETURNED FROM THE HOLY LAND. THERE ARE CISTERCIAN STYLE CHURCHES OF WHICH EL PARRAL IN THE FUNCISLA IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WITH A MONASTERY NEXT TO IT. IT IS ALSO TIED TO LA GRANJA BUT MORE ON THIS LATER. FOR THE RELIGIOUSLY INCLINED THERE IS THE SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ CHURCH,,A POET, AND SINGULAR FOUNDER OF THE CATHOLIC COUNTERREFORM,. INTIMATE FRIEND OF SANTA TERESA DE AVILA, ALSO A POETESS AND FELLOW COUNTERREFORMER AND THEOLOGIAN DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH AND HIS WHOS UNCORRUPT BODY LIES IN SPLENDOR,IN A GOLD AND SILVER SARCOPHAGOUS, WHICH IS CONTRADICTORY TO HIS LOVE OF SIMPLICITY AND VOTES OF POVERTY. HOWEVER, THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE SPANISH RENAISSIANCE AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE REST.... FURTHERMORE, FROM SEGOVIA YOU CAN VISIT EASILY SEGOVIA´S .ENVIRONS: IT´S TOWNS OF ARTISTIC INTERESTS SUCH AS VILLACASTIN , AVILA AND SALAMANCA. ALL CAN BE EASILY VISITED FROM LA GRANJA. BUT THE BEST IS THAT THE PALACE AND GARDENS OF LA GRANJA ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN SPAIN FOR IT´S ELEGANCE AND IT´S EXTRORDINARY SKYLINE THAT SEEMS LIKE IF IT WAS A FAIRIE STORYBOOK PICTURE FOR CHILDREN. NOTHING BEATS SEEING THE PALACE FROM AFAR, WHEN YOU RETURN FROM SEGOVIA , NESTLED AMONG TREES. THE CUPOLA OF THE COLEGIATA, THE CHURCH WHICH IS PART OF THE PALACE COMPLEX. CAN BE SEEN FIRST AND THEN THE REST OF THE PALACE COMPLEX. THE VIEW WILL REMAIN IN YOUR MIND FOREVER AND RETURN