El Escorial & El Valle de Los Caidos

A 45 minute drive from Segovia to El Escorial where we had a trip round the Royal Palace and the Basilica. A grand classical building but a little dull. The tour inside wasn't fantastic. Nice views in the gardens outside to the surrounding hills.

After Cherry ate around 30 rabbit ribs for lunch we headed off to El Valle de los Caidos an modern church built into the side of a mountain. Grand in scale but rather scary in tone and mood. Built by Franco for the Spanish War dead he himself is buried in the centre of the building.