One day in El Escorial, Spain
A day through El Escorial’s best-known sights that lie close together: Casita del Príncipe, Church of San Bernabé and Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Escorial. 3 stops, about 1.2 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Casita del PríncipeMuseum · On the map

- Church of San BernabéTemple or shrine · 0.8 km on from Casita del Príncipe · On the map

- Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and EscorialMuseum · 0.3 km on from Church of San Bernabé · On the map

3 stops, about 1.2 km between them in straight lines.
More for El Escorial
- Things to do in El Escorial, Spain · 4 places to see, led by Church of San Bernabé and Casita del Príncipe
Day trips from El Escorial
- Madrid40 km awayMuseo del Prado6 stops in a day, starting at Main Square
- Segovia41 km awayAqueduct of Segovia6 stops in a day, starting at Aqueduct of Segovia
- Toledo, Castille-La Mancha81 km awayToledo Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca
- Salamanca, Castille and León136 km awaySalamanca New Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Salamanca Old Cathedral
Photo credits
- Casita del Príncipe: Esetena, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Church of San Bernabé: Rodelar, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Escorial: http://www.reserv-a-rt.de, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
Other places nearby
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- Segovia41 km away · Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Ávila49 km away · Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Alcalá de Henares66 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Toledo, Castille-La Mancha81 km away · Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Guadalajara, Castille-La Mancha82 km away · Things to do, Plans, Cameras and Weather
- Valladolid129 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Salamanca, Castille and León136 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes