Pilgrimage of Nuestra Señora de Hortum Sancho Activity · El Casar de Escalona, Torrijos, Toledo Image of El Casar de Escalona, not of the place itself. The pilgrimage to the bank of the river Alberche in honour of Our Lady of Hortum Sancho, patron saint of El Casar de Escalona, is held every year on the second Sunday of May, when the townspeople accompany the Virgin to the riverbank. Segundo domingo de mayo Photo: Rodelar (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in El Casar de Escalona