{"id":16346,"date":"2021-07-23T19:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T17:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winebus.es\/?p=16346"},"modified":"2023-09-13T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:35:47","slug":"castles-to-visit-in-our-madrid-castle-and-medieval-towns-wine-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winebus.es\/en\/2021\/07\/23\/castles-to-visit-in-our-madrid-castle-and-medieval-towns-wine-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you want to visit Castles near Madrid? Look at this."},"content":{"rendered":"
There is plenty of castles near Madrid.<\/p>\n
Do you want to make our Castle and Medieval Towns Wine Tour? Click in here<\/a><\/p>\n The provinces that surround Madrid are called Castilla because of the number of castles there are.<\/p>\n Why so many?<\/p>\n In the middle Age in Europe nobles occupied their time doing three things. a) Going hunting. b) making war on their neighbors. c) Going to the crusades to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n In Spain, with the Arab occupation, the nobles did the same but instead of going to Jerusalem, they did what is called the Reconquest in Spain, which lasted 8 centuries.<\/p>\n The way to convince Christians that the earth was already Christian was to build a castle. The border was continually changing.<\/p>\n In the 16th century, King Felipe II decided that the capital of Spain would not be Toledo, Valladolid, Segovia, Seville or Burgos. He decided that the capital would be a city called Madrid. He did it because he wanted to take power away from the nobles and the Church. He told the nobles that if they wanted to remain powerful they should leave their castles and follow the leader to Madrid.<\/p>\n For all of the above, there are a lot of castles around Madrid from the Middle Ages that can be visited.<\/p>\n Castle of Arevalo<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1h 38 mins 138 kms Option 7, 8, 10\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Castle of La Mota<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1h 38 mins 167 kms Option 1, 7, 9, 11<\/strong><\/p>\n Medieval wall of Avila<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1h 26 min 119 kms Option 7, 11\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Alcazar of Segovia<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1h 23 mins 108 kms Option 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9<\/strong><\/p>\n Castle of Coca<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1 h 44 mins 150 kms Option 2,12<\/strong><\/p>\n Castle of Pe\u00f1afiel<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 2 h 6 mins 188 kms Option 3, 5, 12, 13<\/strong><\/p>\n Castle of Pe\u00f1aranda de Duero<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1 h 59 mins 180 kms Option 13,14<\/strong><\/p>\n Castle of Belmonte<\/a>.<\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1 h 46 mins 148 kms Option 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Castle of Consuegra<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1h 30 mins 130 kms Option 4, 6<\/strong><\/p>\n Castle of Cu\u00e9llar<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1 h 42 mins 167 kms Option 5<\/strong><\/p>\n Pedraza Castle<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1 h 29 mins 128 kms Option 2, 15<\/strong><\/p>\n Alcazar of Toledo<\/a><\/p>\n Way from Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n 1 h 75,8 kms Option 6<\/strong><\/p>\nWhich ones do we suggest you visit?<\/h2>\n