“Then I saw that chairs were brought for the travellers and some of the young men of the house carried water to them to wash.” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress
2,000 years ago the Romans built a nine-mile aqueduct from Rio Frio into the hill town of Segovia to water thirsty Roman militia. The 100 foot high structure still carries a stream but functions more as a backdrop to the town’s social calendar and draws tourists from all over the world. Today, the finish line of a cycling race marked the lowest point of the arches where MacDonald’s has set up shop. It’s a wonder the golden arches weren’t painted on the Roman ones.
The town functions as a bedroom community to Madrid with its cooler high mountain temperatures and quick, 30 minute commute by train. The tourist industry is also in full swing in little Segovia!
