• El Escorial is well signposted from AP6 north from Madrid, exit at Junction 47. Parking just outside the monastery is €5 for 2 hours.
  • It is the site of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, a monastery originally Hieronymite but.
  • However, the same counter-reformational impulse had a much more benign expression, thirty years earlier, in Philip's decision to build the complex at El Escorial.
  • The distance from Madrid to El Escorial is just over 50 km, but if you are travelling by car, you should allow an hour for the journey. Why was El Escorial built?
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  • The complex consists of the Basilica of San Lorenzo el Real, the Palace of Philip II, the imposing King’s Courtyard, the Monastery of El Escorial, and the Library.
  • How to Get to El Escorial. There are a number of trains that leave every day from the Madrid Sol train station that will take you to El Escorial.
  • The cheapest way to get from Madrid to El Escorial costs only €2, and the quickest way takes just 40 mins. Find the travel option that best suits you.
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