El Escorial: Parhaat nähtävyydet ja aktiviteetit

Aktiviteetit, nähtävyydet ja kierrokset

El Escorial
El Escorial
August 15th every year. FIreworks are launched at midnight as a closing ceremony of the San Lorenzo festivities, which take place the week before that last day. Everybody stands at the big open area next to the Royal Palace and Monastery, while the show begins, by the rythm of music. It is a great and exiting entertainment, located in a beautiful place! Must watch ;) #lifeatexpedia #fireworks #lights #novembercontest #elescorial
El Escorial was built by King Philip II in the late 16th century to serve as both a royal palace and as the seat of the Catholic Church in Spain.  In addition to the palace the complex includes a basilica, a convent, a school, a library, and a pantheon.  

While El Escorial is impressive from the outside, we actually found it a little austere on the inside.  In many ways it felt more like a fine art museum than a typically elaborate European palace (such as Versailles).  That said, there are some impressive sights, including works by El Greco, Bernini, and Giardini.  The library was also quite beautiful, with richly carved wood shelves, a marble floor, and a colorful fresco ceiling by Pellegrino Tibaldi.

For me, the highlight of the tour was the 180ft long (55m) Hall of Battles – a barrel-vaulted room where the walls were completely covered in frescos depicting Spain's military victories over the Moors and the French.  All aspects of the battle field were portrayed (when you have 180ft, that is quite doable), and the artist employed an interesting trick whereby the more distant, smaller scenes were less saturated, and the background mountains and landscape were set in hues of blue.

Overall I'd say El Escorial is worth a visit, but you probably won't need more than a couple of hours to enjoy it.
This is the Courtyard of the Kings and the entrance to the Basilica.  By European standards we found the Basilica a bit boring.  The two highlights were a gorgeous life-size white marble sculpture of Christ on the cross by Cellini (originally meant for the sculptor’s own tomb) and the Giordano ceilings, which he frescoed when he was his late 50s.

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El Escorial: Nähtävyydet ja vierailukohteet

El Escorial: Alueet

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Navalquejigo

Vaikka Navalquejigo ei tarjoa mitään kuuluisia nähtävyyksiä, Teatro Auditorio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial ja Teatro Real Coliseo de Carlos III ovat kaksi lähiseudulla olevaa kiinnostavaa kohdetta.

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Peralejo

Matkailijat nauttivat erityisesti kohteen Peralejo kahviloista ja kasinoista. Ja vaikka alueella ei ole mitään huippunähtävyyksiä, Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial ja La Silla de Felipe II ovat ehdottomasti vierailun arvoisia kohteita lähiseudulla.

Peralejo

El Escorial: Lähellä sijaitsevat kaupungit