Discover Aguilafuente – Culture, Nature and Holiday Apartments

Aguilafuente offers an unusual glimpse into Spanish cultural history. The Sinodal de Aguilafuente is considered the first book printed in Spain and was printed in 1472.

When comparing holiday apartments in Aguilafuente, you can place travel dates, room category and cancellation policies side by side on the listing pages. For your personal travel planning, this information can be compared with your preferred focuses on culture, nature and different hiking durations. The choice remains open between cultural sites and paths through the landscape. This leaves room for your own priorities: in Aguilafuente, culture surrounding the Sinodal, nature and different hiking durations can stand side by side as travel focuses. Which information matters first is up to you; your selection therefore remains oriented towards your own travel dates and conditions, rather than a predetermined order.

Culture and History

The Museo Florentino Trapero in Aguilafuente displays a total of 162 works by the artist. The exhibition includes sculptures, originals, plaster casts, sketches and drawings. Visits to the Museo Florentino Trapero are possible by prior arrangement.

The Iglesia de Santa María dates from the 12th century, has an apse and is considered an important example of Romanesque-Mudéjar architecture. Its arches and windows are made of brick. In 1472, a diocesan synod chaired by Bishop Arias Dávila took place there. The staging of the Sinodal takes place in the Iglesia de Santa María and includes around thirty actors.

For your planning, you can consider the cultural forms separately and set your own priorities among the collection, religious architecture, archaeology, performance and dance. The different formats give the local history different forms of expression, without any one approach having to determine everything.

The exhibition at the Aula Arqueológica displays original Roman mosaics recovered during excavations at the Villa of Santa Lucía. The archaeological site in the Santa Lucía area is located about two kilometres from the centre of Aguilafuente.

Almost all twelve Paloteos, as well as a Jota or a dance called “Cruz”, have been revived in Aguilafuente. The Palacio y Arco del Marques de Aguilafuente was built as a large palace and features various windows bearing the coats of arms of the Zúñiga family.

Nature and Trails

Pairs of black storks nest in several areas of the large pine forest of Aguilafuente. The species is protected and threatened with extinction.

Aguilafuente has three signposted routes through a predominantly flat natural landscape. They are suitable for hikers with different levels of fitness and for different hiking durations. For your personal planning, you can compare the trails by hiking duration, terrain and landscape focus.

The Senda de “Las Fuentes y los Molinos de la Peña y del Cega” leads through the pine forests of Aguilafuente and along the Cega River.

Other Places

Other places: Otero De Herreros, Los Huertos, Valleruela De Pedraza, Saldaña de Ayllón, Santiuste De San Juan Bautista, Escobar De Polendos, Riaza and Cabezuela.

To the main travel overview: Segovia.