25 minutes by train (18 euros round trip) outside of Madrid, it's been preserved beautifully... it has the Roman acueductos (aqueducts) from the 8th century, the Cathedral and the Alcazar (I'm sure it had more but that's all we saw).
Not a lot of tourists because (a) it's January and freaking cold, and (b) it's not as popular as Toledo. Still, absolutely gorgeous.
Lots of walking to get around but it's great to get out of the bustling gray city, especially to a place as unexpectedly beautiful as Segovia. Here are some pics:
We walked all the way to the bottom (North?) of the town just to see this view. Despite the extra how-many-minutes-extra-it-was, I think everyone was agreement that this was totally worth it. It looks like we're standing in front of a Disney backdrop... this is the only pic of the entire group, methinks.
This is the outside of the Cathedral in the center of the city. The inside is much darker. Gotta love that architecture though.
Inside the Cathedral is a courtyard where we found a caged off wishing well. The lock, etc, did not stop us, obviously. I find the intensity with which we observed each drop to be extremely entertaining.
All in all, Segovia is gorgeous. Historical where Madrid is not (apparently Spaniards have a think about destroying historical buildings and sites to build on top of them?), green where Madrid is not, and quiet (which is pretty much the opposite of Madrid). Segovia is apparently one of the few areas where Jewish, Christian and Muslim people managed to live in harmony. ie, an inspiration. (Then again this tidbit is coming from a teacher who thinks that Spain is essentially the best most amazing country in the world, so I really ought to do my research...)
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