Los Arcos Segovia
26 Paseo de Ezequiel Gonzalez Segovia, Castile-León, 40002, Spain and Canary Islands
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Now for the trip south
We are starting the long drive across the country today. First stop, Segovia, a town just north of Madrid. We are staying at Hotel Los Arcos for a night, and then its time to fire up the car again!
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Day Trip To Segovia
... smack bang in the middle of the town. This massive structure was build by the Romans without a drop of mortar and is still standing proud today. With the blue sky beeming through the arches it was quite a sight. We also visited the Alcazar (Castle) which was another highlight of our day. It was filled with rickly decorated royal room and had nice views over the surrounding countryside. We also popped into the famous Cathedral also we have both decided we are a ...
Segovia with Hillary & Becca
... In there I bought Leslie two magnets for her collection. One of the magnets had a caricature of the sun and the other one had the moon. The magnets were about one and one-half inches square.
We all met in front of the Alcazar and began walking back to the city center. We went along Ronda de Don Juan II. That street turns into Calle del Socorro. We walked to the Plaza del Socorro. There we found the Bar Socorro. We stopped to get a drink and ...
Im storming the Palace and castle!!
... but I was told (actually yelled at) that photographs were not allowed inside the palace. I did snap a photo (prior to the yelling at) of a BEAUTIFUL fresco on the ceiling just as one begins the stairway to the second floor of the palace (pic below).
There's a song that goes "I want to be a millionaire so freaking bad." Well I want to live among beauty as such as what I witnessed today. Amazing fresco's painted by Goya,tapestries hand ...
Oh Segovia, we just can't stay away!
... standing only due to amazing engineering and gravity, towers over Segovia and was built to carry water across the valley. While not in use today, apparently it could be, if they wanted to.
The other main reason to visit Segovia is for the Cochinillo. If you've kept with me...I love covering (you may have detected a joking tone at times) this Spanish love AND you'd know that I am a ...



