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.

Wonderful place to visit. This used to be the summer palace of the royal family. It is full of interesting facts. It is even fun for the whole family since they have one of the best gardens out there. Truly special. Don't miss this one.

We only visited the gardens but it was a must see experience. The gardens are free, except when the fountains are on. Living for so many years so close by, I don’t know why people don’t talk about this beautiful space. I need to go back and visit the palace.

Beautiful gardens feels like you are in Versailles Palace, we didn’t go inside the palace though.

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)

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.

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!

Beautiful palace with stunning frescoes and richly decorated rooms. Photos of the interior are not permitted.

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

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.

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.

A must see while visiting Segovia or surrounding villages. Absolutely stunning

This is supposed to be the most beautiful garden in the district of Madrid, in practice it looks good in the pictures but less so in reality. Whole areas are not maintained and look less good

Very impressive palace and grounds (if you are happy to walk, the fountain of Diana is amazing), it's a fairly short drive Segoiva. We downloaded the tour to the phone (couldn't get it to work in advance - it kept refusing payment but at the ticket place we paid and the lady gave us a code and they had wifi to download it). Bit disappointed that you weren't allowed to take photos inside as some of the rooms are amazing (reason for knocking a star off the rating). A bit more expensive than some of the places we visited, but still remarkable value (less than £20 for two adults and child) compared to equivalent UK places. Parking on the street a short distance away on the road approaching the palace was fine (morning in late July).

Admission to the garden is free but the museum entrance fee is 9 euros, which is far worse than Versailles. The most ridiculous thing is that you can take photos in Versailles, but this replica is not allowed to be photographed inside and the staff is not so friendly.

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.

Not much to add to this magnificent place. The gardens offer some breathtaking views of the palace and the mountain views are the icing on the cake. If you enjoy a mix of nature and history you should definitely visit La Granja.

Absolutely gorgeous palace. The highlights of course besides the beautifully decorated rooms, is the hall of tapestries. The gardens are also extraordinary. Total must if you are in Segovia or in La Granja.

its was wonderful, but why oh why can't you take any photos? I can understand no flash photography, but who uses a flash nowadays? would have enjoyed it more if u could have shown friends and family where I have been. rules here definitely need changing 🙏

Lovely palace with beautiful gardens, plenty of places to eat in the surrounding areas, good place to go near Madrid, not to mention that on summer, is not nearly as hot as Madrid itself.

Historical location in La Granja near Segovia Worth to visit and see.

The palace and the gardens sit so majestically in silence, and historical legacy.

Very beautiful and historic Palace alongside with nice garden.

Beautiful and worthy to visit, but at 18:51 they had already closed the access from the palace to the gardens splitting our family for just 1 minute

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