Santo Domingo de Silos – Romanesque Architecture, Monastery and Holiday Apartment

Santo Domingo de Silos is one of the most important centres of Romanesque architecture and Gregorian chant. For planning your day, buildings, collections and routes can be considered as separate topics.

Culture and History

The cloister of the Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos has two levels of arcades and includes 64 sculpted capitals. The monastery library has a history spanning more than 1,000 years. Architecture and written culture meet here in different forms.

The Iglesia de San Pedro de Santo Domingo de Silos is an 18th-century church built on the foundations of an earlier Romanesque temple. Its central and northern apses were built between 1295 and 1325 in the Gothic style. When viewing the church, several clearly defined construction phases can therefore be considered side by side.

The Museo y Botica del Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos houses an important archaeological collection with Celtiberian and Roman pieces. Medieval documents and codices are also exhibited there. The two collection focuses combine early evidence with written legacies from the Middle Ages.

The exhibition at the Museo de los sonidos de la tierra extends over two floors and follows a classification of instruments into four major families. The museum displays instruments from different parts of the world, including, for example, Japan, Bolivia, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Togo, Turkey, Mexico and Morocco. The museums can be organised for your own planning according to collection focus and exhibition format.

Routes

Santo Domingo de Silos lies along the El Destierro routes of the Camino del Cid for gravel cycling, hiking, cycle tourism, mountain biking or MTB, and motorised tours. Different forms of transport are available side by side here, making it easier to consider the desired rhythm of the day.

On the Camino del Cid, the Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos is designated as a landmark associated with El Cid. The Conjunto Histórico Artístico de Santo Domingo de Silos is listed on the Camino del Cid as a historic-artistic ensemble.

Nature

The Tabladillo Valley is surrounded by limestone massifs covered with juniper, kermes oak and holm oak. This gives the landscape a distinctly structured combination of rock formations and Mediterranean-looking woodland.

In the area around Santo Domingo de Silos, bridges and footbridges enable a 600-metre walk through the Desfiladero de la Yecla gorge. The specific route length provides a clear point of reference when comparing different activities for your stay.

Visit

Tickets for the cloister of the Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos are sold exclusively at the ticket office immediately before the visit; advance reservation is not required.

When comparing a holiday apartment in Santo Domingo de Silos, you can consider travel dates, room category and cancellation policies together on the offers page. These three details are part of the organisational planning, separate from the destination’s cultural, museum and landscape topics.

Other Places

Other places for your travel planning: Cozuela, Tardajos, Lerma, Alarcia, Canicosa De La Sierra, Aranda De Duero, Población De Arreba, Berlangas De Roa

For the higher-level travel overview: Burgos.