
Day two leaves the city: La Granja de San Ildefonso, with twenty-six fountains that only run a few days a year, the Riofrío palace among holm oaks and deer, and the Vera Cruz, a twelve-sided Templar church from the thirteenth century.
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13 min on foot hasta la siguiente
9 min on foot hasta la siguiente
13 km · by transport hasta la siguiente
14 km · by transport hasta la siguiente
💡The La Granja fountains only run a few days a year
They do not work daily: there is a calendar of specific dates, almost all between late spring and summer, and only then do you see what they were built for. Check it before fixing your travel dates, because it is the difference between pretty gardens and an 18th-century hydraulic spectacle.
💡Suckling pig and lamb need booking
In Segovia and Pedraza the roast houses fill Sundays and holidays weeks ahead, and several wood-fired ovens only cook the roasts that were ordered. Ringing on the day is usually too late. And eat at midday, not at night: here a roast is lunch, and many ovens do not even open for dinner.
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