It didn't take us long to drive the short distance to Segovia, again passing lots of moorland type countryside. Very near to Segovia we passed a dam which at first looked as though it went across the road!

It didn't take us long to find the relatively new MH Aire, very near to the bullring. The pump out etc is all well marked, but the parking bays are very short, we had to overhang right up to the rear wheels to fit in.
 
After the requisite cuppa, we left to walk into town. We weren't sure which way to go,so we walked out to the main road, turned left and after crossing two roads, we noticed a narrow cobbled road running beside a wall. We followed this and came to the start of the Roman Aqueduct which we followed all the way into the centre of town - it couldn't have been easier! ( and easy to find our way back again!)
 

The aqueduct is amazing. It is 894m long and was built by the Romans in the 1stC AD. It is in fact a massive dry stone wall, with no mortar holding the 20,000 plus granite blocks together. A lot of my ancestors were granite quarry workers and granite masons on Dartmoor and I'm sure they would have been fascinated to see it.
 

There are 163 arches and at its highest point it is 28m high.  It apparently brought water from the mountains 15 km away. After its span across the town it continues underground as far as the Alcazar and its path is marked by brass plaques.  It is a shame that unlike monuments in other towns we visited it is only illuminated at night at weekends and at Easter.
 

Segovia is a magical place and we enjoyed wandering through it , and in the sunshine everything looked golden.
We walked right through town to the Alcazar which sits high on a bluff. This looks like a magical castle and it is said that Walt Disney modelled Sleeping Beauty's castle in Disneyland,California on the Alcazar in Segovia!   However, spectacular as it maybe, the original Arab fortress, developed in the 13th and 14th C, burnt down in 1862, and what survives now is an over the top reconstruction, which is itself currently being restored!!
 

I'll let the photos show you the beautiful town:
 

We were foot sore and weary when we got back to the MH, but had had a great afternoon in a lovely town, which we will long remember
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