From Espirdo you can easily visit all the Segovia region and the Guadarrama mountains. Segovia has a big density of villages who conserve the castillian character and his old buildings. We invite the tourist to discover and enjoy this little secrets of the centre of Iberian peninsula. The closed mountains offer good places to make trips over the wide view to the castillian plane. As a said say, the Acueducto de Segovia was built by the devil in only one night. There is one stone miss that never got to his place because the person how ordered the Acueducto to the devil regret just in the last minute. No thanks to the devil but to the romans we can now admire this impressive construction. Is the great roman aqueduct that conserve. Looking to it make feel the time of the history. El Alcazar is a majestic medieval castle where the famous Isabel I the Catholic was proclaimed queen of Castilian. Actually the Cathedral is a must to visit. We recommend to walk slowly in the narrow streets of Segovia, to visit the numerous churches and to see the old palaces. Walking near the Eresma river between de trees you can get to La Fuencisla, patron of Segovia and see La Veracruz church that has a dodecagonal shape, regular in Templar buildings. There you get a impressing view of El Alcazar. The real place of La Granja due his universal fame to the palace that was ordered to construct by Felipe V, the first Borbon king of Spain. This was his favourite place to enjoy the life with his wife the queen Isabel de Farnesio. There are big gardens with spectacular fonts. This palace remind other royal places like Aranjuez or the Royal Palace of Madrid and have Versalles as reference model. Near the palace there are the Royal Glass Fabric who make royal family crockery. The village of La Granja is famous too by his big beans which you can find in any gastronomy selection of Segovia. Just a few km far away, on the rode to Navacerrada Pass you find Valsain who is known by his pine wood, very appreciated as building and furniture material. La Boca del Asno is a traditional place to make a picnic and to go into the water in the Eresma river. In Valsain you can visit the Nature Interpretation Center (CENEAM). Pedraza is a well known place to visit near Segovia. This village conserve his character from the middle age. It is placed in the top of a hill surrounded by a wall. There are only a door to get inside. The castle, the numerous aristocratic stone houses and the church are very interesting. It worth a trip only to have a walk in his streets and see his splendid square. The Duraton river makes a big canyon when he gets to the plane half his way from the mountains to the Duero. This place is protected by a Natural Park declaration. From San Frutos church, situated in a corner of the river path you can see a nice view of the river and surely observe the fly of the numerous black an royal vultures that have his nets there. There are a tourist centre and a place where you can do some outside activities like canoeing. Close to the canyon is Sepulveda village where you can visit the Interpretation Center of the park. The Sotosalbos church is one of the mayor representative of the romanic architecture in Segovia. It is only some Km. away from Espirdo. This mountain pass communique the Castilian plane in the north with the Lozoya Valley. It was very used in the middle age, but in our days there are not any road to get there. You can only climb to Malagosto walking, by bicycle, or with a 4 x 4 car. The pass is usually closed by the snow in winter. This place is referred by Arcipreste de Hita in his famous novel El libro del Buen Amor (The Good Love Book). In august there are a festivity excursion to this pass. The Town of Segovia has more than twenty romanic churchs dated in XII and XIII centuries. That means Segovia is, after Zamora, the spanish city with mayor number of romanic buildings. In the province of Segovia you can find a lot of romanic churchs in the large amount of little villages. There are some guides and resources were you can find information to prepare the visits. In the image you can see a column head of the Duraton church. In Segovia, Coca, Cuellar, Sepulveda, Pedraza y Ayllon you can find the better conserved castles. In the image you can see the castle of Pedraza. This village, located on the road N-110 to Soria, is 4 Km away from Espirdo. His relevance comes from the number of restaurants installed in it. The speciality are rousted lamb, rousted pork, the big beans of La Granja, and the caldereta, a dish with potatoes and lamb. City Council of Segovia. Castilla y Leon in Internet. News and information about Segovia. Natural Park of Las Hoces del Duraton. Segovia tourist information. Friends of la Moneda de Segovia. Pedraza City Foundation. The gardens of La Granja

La Casona de Espirdo is a family building made in final XIX century. It has been totally refurbished to get a modern rural tourist accommodation. We have taken care to use original materials and to respect traditional architecture. Dressing and furniture. We have chosen carefully al the elements and maintained the rural references. The furniture is wood and iron maid items selected individually for each room. The result is both warm and modern. We have no doubt you will feel comfortable in our house. We have 8 double rooms, all of them with his own bathroom, and the option to install and additional bed or cradle. Each room have been decorated individually taken care of the details to get a worm atmosphere. One of our rooms is prepared to accommodate handicapped people. The ceilings show the wood of the building structure. Some rooms have a double bed and another have tow single ones. If you want we can install a TV set in your room without extra cost. The dining room of La Casona de Espirdo have a fireplace that make it very comfortable. You can get it directly from the porch an the garden. When the weather is good enough we serve the dishes outside. In our restaurant you can taste, on reservation, a daily menu with selected materials from the near countryside. La Casona de Espirdo have a wonderful porch and garden where you can enjoy the clean mountain atmosphere of Segovia.

We offer some extra activities to enjoy the countryside: We have prepared three trips all of them beginning and ending in Espirdo. To see more details please click on the links below: Piron, Viejo and Polendos rivers. Glens and caceras in Guadarrama mountains. The countryside of Segovia city. There are bicycles disposable for hiring if you have not carried it. Horse Raiding classes and trips. You can get horse riding classes or simply hiring horses to have a nice trip. The horses are in Tres Casas village, near Espirdo. Initiation canoeing classes in La Granja dam, a beautiful place surrounded by the highest mountains of Segovia. The GR 88 is a official and well signalised tracking route. It is near Espirdo and go by the mountains. We will give you the information you need to go and enjoy the mountains. If you want some less exigent we will show you the most interesting places to make a quite trip with splendid views. Piron, Viejo and Polendos rivers [. The valleys of Piron and Polendos rivers present a flora an fauna variety not very common in the province of Segovia. The hermit of Santiaguito, the cave of la Vaquera, the Black Well and the roman church of la Higuera are the most interest point in the path. Estimated time: 3 hours. Glens and caceras in Guadarrama mountains [. The caceras are water conductions which come down from the mountains to the villages. In El Romo mill you can see a peculiar way to distribute the water between the different caceras who go to different villages. This mill is half way to the path who climb to the Malagosto pass. In this trip you can see some places used by La Mesta, a middle age shepherd organisation, to conduct the sheep from the summer pastures in the north to the winter ones in the south. Estimated time: 4 hours ( 6 including the climb to Malagosto Pass). The countryside of Segovia city [. In this trip you will enjoy a different view of Segovia town from the opposite hill crossing the Eresma river. The interest points are: San Lorenzo quarter, San Vicente monster, Parral Monster and the path with trees by the river, La Veracruz Church. La Fuencisala, San Milan church, an the romanic hermit of Veladiez. Estimated time: 4 hours.

Adresses a consulter. D'Espirdo, vous pouvez visiter en toute commodite la province de Segovie et la Chaine de Guadarrama. La province de Segovie est couverte d'un reseau tres dense de petits villages qui ont conserve leur caractere castillan et leurs constructions anciennes. Nous vous invitons a partir a leur decouverte pour en jouir. La chaine montagneuse est un cadre magnifique pour des promenades excellentes pour le physique et le moral, que vous visitiez les lieux les plus connus comme Navacerrada, Valsain et La Granja ou des endroits comme Navafria, Arcones et Pradena moins celebres peut-etre mais ou la nature n'est pas moins rich. As a said say, the Acueducto de La legende dit que l'aqueduc a ete construit par le diable en une seule nuit. La derniere pierre manque car le pecheur qui la commanda se repentit a temps. C'est grace a la civilisation romaine et non au demon, que nous pouvons admirer aujourd'hui au XXIe siecle ce monument impressionnant. C'est l'aqueduc romain le plus grand que l'on conserve. En le contemplant on sent le temps passer mais le poids de l'histoire est plus leger. El Alcazar est un chateau majestueux ou Isabelle la Catholique etait proclamee reine de Castilla. Ne manquez pas la visite de la Cathedrale. Promenez-vous tranquillement dans les rues de Segovie, le long des murailles et autour des innombrables eglises. Suivez les rives cultivees de l'Eresma jusqu'a la Fuencisla, patronne de la ville et jusqu'a l'eglise de La Veracruz, construite sur une base dodecagonal selon la coutume des Templiers. La vue sur l'Alcazar est impressionnante. Segovie est une merveille de la culture et de l'histoire. Elle eblouit ceux qui la visitent pour la premiere fois et ceux qui y reviennent la trouvent toujours aussi agreable et interessante. La Granja et Valsain. Le domaine royal de la Granja de San Ildefonso doit sa renommee universelle a son palais. De magnifiques fontaines ornent les vastes jardins. L'ensemble recree l'ambiance d'Aranjuez et du Palais Royal de Madrid et s'inspire de Versailles. La Fabrique Royale du verre fut construite aux abords du Palais et fournissait la vaisselle du Palais Royal. On peut visiter la fabrique et le. La Granja est encore celebre par la qualite de ses haricots blancs qui sont un des mets recherches de la gastronomie de Segovie. Valsain est situe un peu plus au sud sur la route du col de Navacerrada. Ses bois de pins sont celebres et le bois qu'on en tire est aussi apprecie pour la construction que pour la menuiserie. La Barca del Asno est un lieu traditionnel ou l'on vient gouter sur l'herbe et se baigner dans les eaux de l'Eresma. Le Centre d'Interpretation de la Nature (CENEAM) de Valsain peut etre visite. Pedraza est un des sites les plus visites dans les environs de Segovie. Ce village conserve le charme d'un ensemble medieval. Son chateau imposant restitue la saveur de l'histoire avec ses murailles, son eglise et ses mansions nobles. Le Duraton a creuse des gorges spectaculaires a mi-chemin de son parcours entre la sierra et l'embouchure du Duero. La zone est classee comme reserve naturelle. L'ermitage de San Frutos offre une vue panoramique exceptionnelle pour l'observation du vol tranquille des vautours qui generalement survolent les alentours. Les ruines du couvent de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles de la Hoz occupent un site privilegie qui domine la riviere. Les gorges permettent la pratique du canoe. C'est un centre de tourisme et de plein air. Le Centre d'Interpretation de la Reserve Naturelle de las Hoces est a. L'eglise paroissiale de Sotosalbos est un remarquable exemplaire du style. L'eglise de Sotosalbos est une du representant de maire de l'architecture roman dans Segovia. C'est seulement un certain kilometre loin d'Espirdo. Il permet le passage entre la vallee du Lozoya et le plateau castillan de Segovie. Il relie Rascafia et Sotosalbos. Tres frequente au Moyen-Age, aucune route ne le franchit aujourd'hui. Il n'est accessible qu'a pied ou peut-etre en voiture a quatre roues motrices. Il est ferme par la neige entre cinq et six mois par an. C'est le passage qu'emprunte l'Arcipreste de Hita au cours de sa randonnee dans la Sierra Centrale. En aout les paturages du col deviennent le but d'un pelerinage pittoresque. La capitale compte plus de vingt eglises romanes du XIIe et du XIIIe siecles. C'est apres Zamora la ville qui reunit le plus nombre d'edifices de ce style de toute l'Espagne. La province est egalement riche en monuments de ce style, et ce sera une veritable decouverte pour les voyageurs qui s'ecartent des routes principales et qui penetrent dans la campagne de Segovie. Le lien qui figure a la fin de cette page permet d'acceder a une information abondante sur les routes et les monuments. Photo: chapiteau de la galerie des portiques de Duraton. Segovie, Coca, Cuellar, Sepulveda, Pedraza et Ayllon hebergent les chateaux les mieux conserves de la Province. La photo presente le chateau de Pedraza. Cette localite situee sur la route de Soria a 4km de Espirdo et 10km de Segovie, a pris de l'importance a cause du grand nombre de restaurants qu'on y trouve. Les specialites les plus demandees sont le gigot de mouton et de cochon de lait, les haricots de la Granja et le ragout d'agneau. L'Hotel de Ville de Segovie. Castilla y Leon sur Internet. Nouvelles et informations sur Segovie. La Reserve naturelle des Gorges du Duraton. Les amis de la Monnaie de Segovie. La Fondation des amis de Pedraza. Les jardins de la Granja. Les pages de Segovie