PALACIO DE LA GRANJA

After spending some time and eating lunch while staring at one of the oldest aqueducts in the world, we headed to the last part of the trip. We ended up leaving Segovia and heading about 30 minutes closer to Madrid to see the Palacio de la Granja. I was excited to see the difference between the first Cinderella castle from the beginning of the day and an actual luxurious palace that had been been after the 15th century.

While inside we got to see some of the tapestries owned by the kings and queens of Spain, and most of them all weaved in gold. They were enormous and used to help with insulation of the walls like in the castle we had seen earlier. What caught me of guard about the castle was not really what we saw inside. The inside was super luxurious and had beautiful lamps that had been imported from France and many famous paintings, it was the 140 acres of gardens that surrounded the palace.

This palace was HUGE just like all of the others that I have seen while in Europe, but it was meant to be a summer palace. A place to hang out in the country only during the couple of months where they could enjoy the outdoors. The gardens were surrounded by hundreds and I mean hundreds of fountains all made out of copper, gold, and silver. They had french style cut bushes and garden architecture and walk ways that would lead up to the mountains. They say that some of the best parties had been thrown at the gardens of this castle way back in the day, and I would have loved to have been there to see it all lit up!

We had a blast walking through and enjoying all of the beautiful scenery. It was an awesome way to end the trip and I know we all enjoyed seeing the town of Segovia and the Palace very much.