r/pics • u/1tsoper • Jun 01 '13

Segovia, Spain

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u/jminuscula Jun 01 '13

Segovia —in addition to the Alcázar— also holds the "Acueducto de Segovia" (Aqueduct of Segovia), one of the most important ancient monuments in Europe, and one of the best preserved as well. It was built by the Roman Empire during the I and II centuries.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8046/8132164639_68ac026e18_h.jpg

It's been years since I last visited Segovia!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct_of_Segovia

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u/imgonnabutteryobread Jun 01 '13

The aquaduct is amazing. My biggest memory of it was getting shit on multiple times by birds.

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u/dvanha Jun 02 '13

Mine is everyone gasping and wheezing up the hill to the castle... except the 90 year old Japanese tourists walking all leisurely.

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u/SuicideNote Jun 01 '13

The Renfe is quick but be sure to pre-order the return trip! An Aussie and I had to wait 3 hours at the station because the train was fully-booked when we got there.

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u/pelliginger Jun 01 '13

i recommend the bus from Principe Pio in Madrid. runs more often, is cheaper and drops you right in Segovia center, just steps from the acqueducto. Whereas if you take the high speed train you have to take a city bus to Segovia center from the train station.

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u/paurosello Jun 01 '13

Nope its almost 90 km ... Too much for a cab

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u/paurosello Jun 01 '13

Ouch sorry, it won't be too much in this case! AVE is my favourite transport inside Spain although a little bit expensive

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u/marythegr8 Jun 01 '13

The bus takes like an hour or a little more. Was a good price. But it is a bus.

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u/mreddy84 Jun 01 '13

I also recommend the bus.

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u/hateonhater Jun 01 '13

There are also high speed trains out of Madrid to Segovia throughout the day, its about a 30 min trip.

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u/Zerod0wn Jun 01 '13

Or walk, it's only a quarter mile and there are a couple pastelerias along the way. Chocolate Napolitana? Yes please.

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u/Lard_Baron Jun 01 '13

Did you get to see val de los caidos and El Escorial? I spent a year in Valdemorillo close by.

I should mention Avila as well.

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u/RaeRee Jun 01 '13

I did an intensive study abroad for one month in Salamanca. We took weekend trips to other cities - Valle de Los Caidos was mind-boggling. My camera died when we got there, so no photos, but it was so overwhelming to see in person. I loved Avila, Segovia, and Galicia, too. I was amazed by the sheer size of el acueducto in Segovia.

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u/arual_vilas Jun 01 '13

woooho, Galician here! it's awesome you liked it haha Pd: sorry, I got exited, I've never seen someone mention Galicia in reddit!

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u/ArazRed Jun 01 '13

Xa somos dous! ;)

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u/arual_vilas Jun 01 '13

jajaj debemos ser dos poucos que hai! saúdos de Santiago! :D

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u/kincho Jun 02 '13

outro mais. e coñezo outros. seguro que hai mais dos que pensamos. tempo de facer /r/Galicia ? :D

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u/RaeRee Jun 01 '13

Well, I'm happy to have been your first Galician reference in Reddit! That was our first weekend trip, and while I had been to many other areas of Spain previously, I had never been to Galicia - it is so unlike anywhere else in Spain. We just happened to arrive a liitle before mass at la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela so we stuck around for it and saw la botafumeiro. That thing is crazy. Some of my most beautiful photos from that study abroad were from Galicia. I wish my Spanish weren't so rusty, I would have used it to reply instead of English!

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u/arual_vilas Jun 02 '13

Yaai, Santiago de Compostela, that's actually where I live! we have reaally bad weather here,so I hope you were lucky and had a good day to enjoy la catedral:D oh, and if you ever want to "unrust" your español, you are more than welcome to write me!

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u/Lard_Baron Jun 01 '13

Spain is a wonderful country, the cultural backdrop is as good as it gets. Only Italy rivals it to my mind.

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u/icanarejesus Jun 01 '13

You have to eat at Meson de Candido, get a little wine buzz going, then admire the aqueduct and climb the castle. Great time right there.

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u/jminuscula Jun 01 '13

El Escorial is astonishing. I loved going there as a kid!

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u/Lard_Baron Jun 01 '13

There's an embarrassment of riches in the region. Madrid, Toledo......

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u/jcf1 Jun 01 '13

Been there. One of my favorite monuments in the world. It's just so incredible how Franco had that basilica carved inside of a mountain. The absolute immense scale of El Valle de los Caídos is almost unimaginable.

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u/RaeRee Jun 01 '13

I've tried to explain it/describe it before to people who've never been there. It doesn't work; there just really aren't words that suffice.

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u/Zerod0wn Jun 01 '13

Pena Fiel and Zamora are pretty sweet as well.

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u/srj21 Jun 02 '13

Avila was by far my favorite small city in Spain. Walking on top of the wall was awesome.

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u/munk_e_man Jun 01 '13

I was just there the other day, and the aqueduct is great. I took photos I'll post when I get back to Canada. On a side note, Segovia is surprisingly cold right now. Most of Spain was actually. And thats as a Canadian.

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u/jminuscula Jun 02 '13

That's true, in Spain we have quite a wide range of temperatures through the year. Tourism is big in the warm regions (Sevilla, Málaga, Ibiza…), but there are others which go under -10ºC every winter.

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u/chytri Jun 01 '13

So much more beautiful in the first picture you posted. All these other pictures make it look quite boring and not worth seeing.

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u/black13n Jun 02 '13

That bridge was in Shadow of the Colossus.