One day in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
A day through San Lorenzo de El Escorial’s best-known sights that lie close together: Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Casita del Infante. 2 stops, about 1 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El EscorialPalace · On the map

- Casita del InfanteMuseum · 1 km on from Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial · On the map

2 stops, 1.1 km on foot along the streets: about 14 min of walking.
More for San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Things to do in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain · 3 places to see, led by Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Casita del Infante
Day trips from San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Madrid42 km awayMuseo del Prado6 stops in a day, starting at Main Square
- Segovia40 km awayAqueduct of Segovia6 stops in a day, starting at Aqueduct of Segovia
- Toledo, Castille-La Mancha82 km awayToledo Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca
- Salamanca, Castille and León134 km awaySalamanca New Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Salamanca Old Cathedral
Photo credits
- Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial: Zvonimir Stamenov, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Casita del Infante: losmininos, CC BY-SA 2.0
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.
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