Royal Palace of La Granja of San Ildefonso

Our visit to the palace was well with the twenty minute drive from Segovia. We were fortunate to have our own car and could go on our schedule, but we also heard there are daily buses from Segovia for those without a car.

We opted for our own audio tour using an app they installed in our phone, which was offered in English among other languages. The palace is definitely grand and we enjoyed touring the various rooms.

One of the highlights was the tapestry rooms/ museum, which contained the nicest set of tapestries, some very large, that we have seen.

Other highlights were the various chandeliers and frescoes on the ceilings.

The short visit to the church, included in the visit price, was also worthwhile.

And after the tour we took a walk in the gardens. Although it was quite cold during our visit the garden walk was still quite nice. The land/ gardens are huge with many different areas to explore. We probably only walked a small fraction, but saw many fountains and good views of the estate and the mountains in the background.

Recommend if you are in the area and have the time.

Visited in mid-March. Very beautiful historic palace of regional Spanish kings. Seems to be well preserved rooms. Furnishings are not to original use of rooms. Many are used as separate museum exhibits. We just walking tour on own. Signs in English & Spanish explain well. Did not tour gardens. However, the old cedar trees in front are very impressive. Only €4 for over 55. Worth the visit. About €20 taxi from train station. Then €22 taxi back to Castile in historic Segovia.

We came across this Royal Palace by chance whilst out exploring. Wow, we didn't visit the Palace as we entered the gardens first, free to enter. What an experience, makes English country estate gardens look very second best. We only had an hour to wonder around, and we could have explored for hours.

I am so glad we took the time to visit La Granja! We did not go inside, but the gardens were so gorgeous! Very impressive and well worth your time.

Visitors of Segovia might find this place hard to reach without a car.
From Segovia, go to Estacion Autobuses, take the line M-8 from Linecar.
Buy ticket from the driver, with cash, 1,70€ one way.
More information on time schedule below and in the pictures.

It worths the visit both for the Palace and the gardens. Trees are the biggest asset of this huge garden. According to official statement there are about 100.000 trees here.

They have a great app as audioguide that you can use on your own phone for the Palace, the church and the gardens.

Since you're here, take the opportunity to also visit the nearby Real Fabrica de Cristales.

Maravillosa! Great work of history preservation and very nice accurated garden.

Beautiful palace and the garden is different from all I visited till now in Spain.its an amazing place.

The Palace view was amazing with the snow, If you have time you can enjoy the beauty garden and nearby mountain views. I visited here on 06 Jan 2024 and It was a cloudy day as well as a chilling day.

Must visit site just outside of Segovia. Took about 50 minutes to drive from Madrid; parking was very easy (on a weekday in mid-April). We were amazed with the property — and the audio tour which we purchased with our tickets was so informative. Allow about 2 hours to tour the palace and the grounds. Would definitely recommend reading about the family prior to our visit so you can appreciate the history and use of the home!

An impressive palace though not much of the building accessible to visitors. What is available is worth seeing. Particularly the tapestries and a magnificent dining room. Ceilings wonderfully painted. The gardens are actually more interesting and with some wonderful statues. Well worth a visit.

A must see. I had a car, the drive alone is worth. The Palace just became me of my favorites.

The tapestry collection from Carlos V and the gardens were the highlight for me, I've never seen such beautiful and well preserved tapestries (so not surprisingly you can't take pictures). The palace is beautiful although much of it was rebuilt after a fire and so for that reaso the building itself is not as beautiful or impactful as El Escorial, but for the gardens and tapestries alone this is worth a visit.

Incredible! Spent several hours wandering the labyrinth of walkways lined with autumnal coloured hedgerows and trees. At so many turns spectacular fountains were mesmerising, even if not on. A wondrous place and personally I think it’s an insult to call it the French Versailles, even if it is of French design. All credit to the Spanish for keeping it as stunning as it is.

Great example of how magnificent life was in Segovia for some.

A castle only rivalled by places like Marseille, really well preserved and held within a secluded citadel, starting by a permanent exhibition of medieval Flemish tapestries, some of them as big as 100 sqm, displayed expertly in 2 halls and a well-utilized place considering it was the wing of the castle which succumbed to a fire.

Opening then to the rest of the castle building, which can be followed with a downloadable audio app, you find yourself in an endless hallway of sublimely decorated rooms, reflecting the life and history of Philip V.

Palace gardens with a stunning mountain backdrop are a beautiful stop to just take a breath and admire.

A definite must-visit.

Absolutely stunning outdoor space. The expansive gardens and grounds could easily consume an entire day if not more if you were dedicated to exploring it all. Unfortunately the labyrinth is not practical in the winter months and the fountains are only in full display a few times a year. As for the palace it contains lovely tapestries along with busts, paintings, and frescoes in addition to several plaster casts. There is not of furniture and the rooms you can visit are limited but the gardens more than make up for it.

Awesome. As good as anything else in Europe. Also our guide was very, very good.

Place to walk around. With sequoia trees .(2).

Make sure you bring comfortable shoes place is very big lots to see the gardens are amazing the fountains are beautiful take lots of pictures

This royal SUMMER palace, called as LA GRANJA, raises in the Segovia Spanish province mountains, located 75 km North of Madrid. The Palace dates year 1723 under reign of Philip V, first Borbón royal dinasty in Spain. (Since he was grandson of french Louis XIV and Marie Therese von Habsburg). Educated in Versailles french court , the King was captivated by the exhuberant nature of San Ildefonso. He bought the land and ordered to erect a summer palace where to rest and hunting and he did it in a mix style of architecture for the palace. Around which the King made to build in a gorgeous garden of 146 há with 26 monumental and rich fountains with marple scuptures. The hydraulic system was designed to pump the water just under natural presion.
El mobiliario interior del palacio (ver las fotos adjuntas) es rico en maderas nobles y sedas españolas que hoy resulta imposible de conseguir. El escritorio del rey es de de nogal americano. (Para mayor información sobre fuentes y esculturas consultar la gran obbra de MARÍA JESUS HERRERO SANZ, conservadora de esculturas del Palacio Real de España en Madrid)

Amazing place, beautiful structures it's really interesting about how people build all the palaces here, I love it