Medieval Castile: Through the lands of Burgos and Segovia
Duration
2 Days
Physical rate
Moderate
Start city
Madrid
Available
April 2024 / March 2025
Detailed day by day description
Introduction
Dear Traveler: thank you for choosing us to perform this Tour! We hope you enjoy your trip.
Here we give you a guidance on their tour with the information that we believe may be of your interest. The information is indicative, may exist variations on designated hours.
TRANSFER from the airport, if you have it included or purchasing. Our transfer will be waiting for you with a poster on behalf of Europamundo or its name to the output of the custom (after collecting your luggage)..
Remember to inform us by phone if you lost your connection flight or expected delay of their arrival, in your VOUCHER figure the phone of the transfer.
IMPORTANT: If you had additional nights upon arrival the hotel will have your reservation, but his travel guide normally will not be until the night before the start of the tour.
We leave Madrid around 8.30, today part of the route is made through small roads that will allow us to get to know the interior of Castile with its small charming villages and medieval castles. We recommend wearing comfortable shoes.
Our first stop will be at the Yecla’s Gorge, an impressive walkway-shaped passageway inside a canyon created by the natural erosion of a stream between the rocks. We walk along the path enjoying nature. We continue to the Monastery of SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS, we include a visit to the monastery and the Romanesque cloister. During religious acts – on Sundays and holidays – its monks still sing the exciting "Gregorian chants" that transports us centuries back.
We continue our journey through Castilian lands, until we reach COVARRUBIAS, considered one of the most beautiful villages in Spain and one of the best examples of conservation of rural and vernacular architecture. It’s a highlight the Tower of Fernán González, a defensive tower of the tenth century, with vestiges of Mozarabic architecture.
We continue to BURGOS, free time for lunch. This city has been declared by UNESCO "creative city of gastronomy" enjoy your food!. Then, with our guide we visit the historic center, crowned with the Cathedral of Burgos (entrance included), considered the most representative Gothic cathedral of Spain World Heritage of UNESCO, we also go to the Monastery of Las Huelgas (entrance included), with its royal burials and visit Museum of Human Evolution (entrance included), which tells us about the evolution of the human species and the findings of neighboring Atapuerca (where the oldest human presence in Europe has been located).
We continue to PEDRAZA, a powerfully walled medieval town, with our guide we walk through its cobbled streets, its historic buildings, its Plaza Mayor and the Castle of Pedraza, a fortress dating from the thirteenth century, we include entrance and visit to the Castle. Numerous films and tv shows have been shot in Pedraza.
We continue to SEGOVIA, before entering the city, we surround it, arriving at the Mirador de la Pradera de San Marcos, from where we will have the best views of the Alcázar of Segovia (which inspired Walt Disney for the castle of the witch of Sleeping Beauty) and its walls. Later, in the old city, we cross the old Jewish quarter and arrive at the Plaza Mayor, where our guide will recommend places to have lunch and taste the specialty of the area: roasted pig. In the afternoon we will walk accompanied by our guide to visit the cathedral, the Alcázar and the imposing Roman Aqueduct of Segovia, composed of 167 arches, built in the first century and which was in use until 1973, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
At the end of the afternoon, we leave in the direction of MADRID. Arrival around 19.30.
End of our services.