ROYAL ARANJUEZ
Continuing north in our journey towards Madrid we
came to the wonderful city of Aranjuez., 42 Km south of Madrid. Since Phillip
II in 1560 it has been one of the Royal Estates of the Crown of Spain. The
present Palace came from the 17th Century and was designed to rival
Versailles. The Palace blends holistically into nature and there are many
avenues of trees in the city as well as open spaces making it a pleasure to
explore on foot. The area is flat so bicycles would be good too.
Thanks to www.park4night.com
we found a parking place very close to the Palace and spent the night there.
Next morning Anita went for a run and we met in the wonderful Jardin de la Isla
between Palace and river. The paths were a golden carpet of autumn leaves.
Afterwards we went to Aranjuez Camping for a
service stop and camped right by the river.
On Saturday morning many canoes and
kayaks came past us. The weather was amazing for November allowing us to spend
time outside before driving west on to Toledo.
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