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Province of Segovia
La Granja de San Ildefonso
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Palacio Real de La Granja de San Ildefonso

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Palacio Real de La Granja de San Ildefonso
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La Fundicion Restaurante
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Casa Zaca
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El Habito
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La Taberna del Pelon
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Reina XIV
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Restaurante El Europeo
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Bar- Restaurante La Panaderia
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Restaurante Parador de La Granja
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La Golondrina Leña y Sarmientos
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Restaurante-bar Canastillo
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Jardines de la Granja de San Ildefonso
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0.3 ftGardens
Palacio Real de la Granja
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283 ftHistoric Sites • Architectural Buildings
Fuente de Los Baños de Diana
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0.1 miFountains
Fuente de la Cascada nueva
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514 ftFountains
Fuente De Neptuno
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226 ftFountains
Museo de Tapices
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226 ftSpeciality Museums
Iglesia del Rosario
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0.2 miChurches & Cathedrals
Royal Glass Factory of La Granja
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0.4 miArt Museums
Laberinto
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0.3 miHistoric Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks
Fuente De Andrómeda
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0.3 miFountains
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Kevin S
Pontypridd, UK4,955 contributions
Good inside, nice gardens, neglected fountains
Sep 2021
A wonderful palace particularly notable for the huge colourful tapestries found here and at San Lorenzo de El Escorial. This was the main feature of the palace, room after room of excellent colourful tapestries, such detailed work. This is followed by room after room of paintings, Alexander the Great seemingly being a favourite topic of the Spanish royalty. With beautiful art and tapestries you do not immediately appreciate the painted ceilings and items of furniture. Quite impressive.
Not so the gardens. Yes, they are beautiful in parts. But the design of the gardens is around water features, cascades, fountains etc. And none work. I didn’t expect them to from reading in advance, it seems they seldom operate. And there lays the failure. For gardens designed for magnificent water features none work. If you want spectacular and proper management of water features learn from Peterhof in St Petersberg, or for smaller beautiful gardens with small fountains at least working the Alcazar in Cordoba.
Written October 7, 2021
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kim buay p
Singapore, Singapore10,720 contributions
A guided live-streamed tour
Sep 2021
I did a guided live-streamed tour of the gardens of La Granja Palace with Jesus from Heygo.
He explained that this site was purchased from the monks in 1719 by King Philip V, to build a new palace and gardens modeled on Versailles which was built by his grandfather, Louis XIV of France.
The French designer used the natural slope of the site in the palace grounds design, for enhancing axial visual perspectives. There are many lead sculptural fountains in the formal gardens and landscape park. These fountains are painted to look like bronze and marble. We took many lovely postcard shots of the gardens.
Written September 29, 2021
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FactotumDellaCitta
London, UK3,701 contributions
A nice 18th-century palace
Nov 2019
This "Little Versailles" palace is best visited with the audio guide, which provides helpful context and history.
Written October 1, 2020
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Ramona
Auckland Central, New Zealand486 contributions
Magnificent!
Jul 2020
The palace is truly stunning! As we went during the pandemic, it was near to empty so we had the luxury of truly walking around comfortably and taking everything in. Staff all have masks, there is hand sanitizer at the entrance and markings on the floor to keep distance when paying to enter. The garden area is so large, I don't know if you'd be able to see it all. It is gorgeous and relaxing. I would strongly recommend this stunning location.
Written July 21, 2020
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djamesburgess
Benalmadena, Spain30 contributions
Skip the Palace and go straight to the gardens.
Jul 2020
The Palace isn't worth paying for. It's full of things that couldn't fit in a garage. The only reason it's paid entry is to pay for the endless staff glaring at you as you walk through it. And this is on top of security cameras, it's more like an airport.
The gardens are better. Shame they couldn't afford the electricity to turn on the water pumps. Waterless fountains are very ugly. The setting is very pleasant and the air is fresh and fragrant. However, overall it's not worth a few hours trip from Segovia.
Written July 3, 2020
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Jun Jacinto
New York City, NY1,474 contributions
Palace of the People
Dec 2019 • Family
Don’t compare with Royal Palace in Madrid but with own distinct and beautiful history that will tell about its struggle and victory, a phenomenal garden and its surroundings.
Written December 29, 2019
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Mihaela Valenti... O
7 contributions
wonderful palace
Nov 2019 • Couples
The palace is realy big. The gardens are awesome, woth nice fountains amd simetry all over. Inside the palace are super awesome thematicas room,
with a lot of oriental things, due Issabell Collection from asia, especially china and japan
Written December 1, 2019
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Steve W
Wimborne Minster, UK558 contributions
Simply stunning
Oct 2019
A superb period building with delightful gardens. We spent our time enjoying a walk in the tranquil gardens. It was a shame the fountains were not operating as this would have been spectacular.
Written October 24, 2019
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GKD60
Sydney, Australia518 contributions
Beautiful - but do the Audio Tour
Oct 2019 • Couples
We arrived early and walked the grounds for a few hours.
We then paid to visit and do an audio tour of the palace.
We did not know that the audio tour included the palace, gardens and chapel.
We would recommend purchasing the palace and audio tour at the start .
The palace and gardens are stunning as many others have reviewed.
Allow at least 3-4 hours.
Written October 9, 2019
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BrooksyNJ
South Orange, NJ103 contributions
Quite a Stunning Place
Sep 2019
We came by taxi from Segovia (25 Euro each way.) We started in the gardens, and then went to the house. It seems far more people visit the house than the gardens--it's worth planning time to do both...at least three hours. The electronic guided tour in the house tells the story of the architecture more than the family history, but it was modern and on iPad with additional images, so we thought it was worth it. It's a very romantic location, and quite beautiful, and we're so glad we went.
Written September 27, 2019
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