About This Free Segovia Guide
Why This Guide Exists
This site lists free and pay-what-you-want experiences in Segovia and nothing else. The walks come from two places: Segovia is a different story (Small groups), run by Patricia and listed on GuruWalk, and Free Tour through the Monumental Segovia, listed on freetour.com. Each has its own page here with its meeting point, duration, languages and rating. Reservations happen on GuruWalk or freetour.com, never on this site.
How It All Started
This guide separates what is free to enter from what is not, and it says so in the same breath each time. The Alcazar, for instance, has a free entry slot only for citizens of the European Union, on non-holiday Tuesdays from 14:00 to 16:00, bought in person at the box office, and its tower is never free. Every walk is described only by what its own page states: the platform, the guide where one is named, the meeting point, the duration and the languages offered. A GuruWalk rating is always read out of 5 and the freetour.com walk out of 10, never mixed into an average. Anything finer than that belongs to the walk's own page.
| Place | Free Or Ticketed | What Is Free | What You Still Pay For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcazar of Segovia (Palace and Museum) | Free on conditions | Free only on non-holiday Tuesdays 14:00-16:00, only for citizens of the European Union, bought individually at the box office during that window, subject to capacity. | Some parts carry a charge; check the official site for the current price. |
| Segovia Cathedral | Free on conditions | Free entry to the church itself only on Sundays 09:00-10:00 (April to October) and 09:30-10:30 (November to March); cloister, exhibition rooms and chapels stay closed in that window. Also free for children under 8, disabled visitors over 65% and Segovia residents. | Cathedral + Episcopal Palace visit 4 EUR general (3 EUR reduced: over 65s, large families, under-25 students, groups). Guided cathedral visit 6 EUR; guided tower visit 7 EUR. |
| Monasterio de El Parral | Free on conditions | Entry by donation ("The Will") at timed visits only: Wed-Sun at 11:00 and 17:00 (two passes a day), closed Monday and Tuesday; Gregorian chant mass Sundays and holidays at 12:00. Easter week uses a different timetable. | No fixed ticket; donation expected. |
| Alcazar Tower of Juan II | Ticketed | Not free. Separate ticket from the Palace and Museum; no free slot is stated for the tower. | A ticket is required; check the official site for the current price. |
| Torreon de Lozoya (museum and tower) | Ticketed | The museum and tower are ticketed. | 5 EUR general, 4 EUR reduced (museum and tower). |
| Segovia Cathedral Tower (guided visit) | Ticketed | Not free. | 7 EUR general, 6 EUR reduced; free for under 8 and disabled over 65%. |
| Iglesia de la Vera Cruz | Ticketed | Not free. | 3 EUR general, 2 EUR reduced. Tue-Sun 10:30-13:30 and 16:30-18:30 (summer), closed Mondays. |
How The Price Works
Both walks on this site are free, pay what you want. There is no price to compare and no fee charged here, because the reservation itself is made on GuruWalk or on freetour.com. The freetour.com page describes the payment as a tip based on what the walk was worth to you. Any question about how that works in practice is answered on each walk's own page, not invented here.
Scales Differ By Platform
The two scales on this site are different, and each rating is printed with its scale and its platform. Patricia's GuruWalk walk is rated 4.7 out of 5 across 10 GuruWalk reviews. The Free Tour through the Monumental Segovia is rated 9.2 out of 10 across 126 freetour.com reviews. No operator is named for that walk, because freetour.com's own page does not show one, and no guide is named beyond what the roster states.