A trip to Segovia, Spain

I left Cambridge after Christmas and traveling to Madrid, arriving a few days before Katherine’s mom and brother, whom were visiting for Christmas, left to go back to Oregon. In these few days we set off to travel to the small city of Segovia, which is about an hour outside of Madrid by train.

Segovia is a beautiful city that was decorated beautifully for Christmas! Katherine, her mom, her brother, and myself stayed in a hotel that was right in the center of Segovia next to the massive Cathedral.

Large Cathedral next to our hotel in the center of Segovia.

Our awesome hotel, thanks to Katherine's booking ability.

On our first day in Segovia we enjoyed Spanish meals and a trip to the Aqueduct of Segovia. The aqueduct dates back to the first century, when built by the Romans. An unbelievable sight to see, it was used up until the 1900’s when it finally was set aside as a historic world heritage piece.

Aqueduct of Segovia!

After the aqueduct we visited the Castle of Segovia, or the Alcazar of Segovia, which is an amazing castle that was famously used as the inspiration for the castle in Disney’s Cinderella. As soon as we got to the castle we ran up to the top of the watch tower and looked over Segovia. 

Katherine and her brother Michael atop the tower on the Castle of Segovia.

View from the tower in the Castle of Segovia, notice the cathedral in the center.

Katherine and I on top the tower with Segovia in the background.

After the tower we went through the castle, and by the time we got outside it was dark, but beautiful.

The shield of arms for Segovia.

Castle of Segovia.

Back at our hotel, we had a fairly nice view from the entrance, but even better was the view from our hotel room. Off our balcony you can see the church where Queen Isabella of Spain was crowned in the 1400’s. Queen Isabella was the wife of Fernando II, both of which are famous for sending Christopher Columbus on that voyage in 1492. 

Cathedral at night.

Katherine with the church in the background (on the right) that Isabella was crowned in.

Aqueduct at night.

The next day we enjoyed a tour of the Cathedral, which was an amazingly large church, similar to the Alumudena Cathedral in Madrid.  Afterwards we jumped on our train back to Madrid and enjoyed a relaxing evening in the city, as Katherine’s mom and brother prepared for their long flights back to Oregon early the next morning.

Inside the inner courtyard of the Cathedral.