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Granada Slideshow
Granada
Travel Blogs from Granada, Spain and Canary Islands
Walking Granada...
... they began relocating to the outskirts of the city, and a lot of them went to the Albacin. So where as Granada has a mixture of Arab and Spanish architecture, the Albacin is almost totally Arab, and the streets are amazing. One of the disadvantages of ...
Granada, Spain
... the concepts to a definitely non-AP student. The Parque had a high observatory tower which we went up to get a great view of Granada and its population of 300,000. Lee seemed to have really enjoyed the Parque as did I. We then hiked down the street ...
the story of his very bad day
... Barbara, and Sunday is fly to Hungary. after that the rest of October is very up in the air. I think im just going to do a lot of trips all over Spain, and keep Granada as my headquarters. sorry for the long rant, but yesterday was a very difficult ...
It's freezing here too!
... general attitude of the people here in Granada. If there is one tip I would give you when you are visiting Spain, especially Granada is "don't take anything personally." People here are never overly friendly and it is not necessary to tip in restaurants ...
La Alhambra
... ...the view from the Alhambra is breathtaking. (kinda like the one from Ronda) From the castle you can see the entire city of Granada and the Albaicin. Itīs crazy beautiful. Even though we were there, my roomie and i didnīt have time to go see the ...
Granada, Spain
The La'Alhambra is the main attraction in Granada, and since my hostel (Oasis Hostel – highly recommended) was so gorgeous and comfortable, I decided to take it easy before my Morocco trip. I visited the La'Alhambra on day two of Granada, and yes ...
The Town of Surprises
... by an over night train. Since we didn't want to be dropped of in Valencia at 5am, we decided to stay an extra day in Granada and ditch Valencia all together. This turned out to be a good decision. We road the bus into the main part of town which was ...
Granada! (Part I)
... were like from California and like were studying in like Madrid for like a semester and like were also spending like a weekend in like Granada and like the surrounding area. Like. Other than that, all good. By the time we arrived in Granada at ...
Beware of the Gypsies!
... was a festival going on the same day we were in Granada. So we walked around and enjoyed the festivities. It being our last day in Granada and still having the city pass, we decided to take a bus tour of the city. It was great! It took us all around the ...
Greetings from Granada
... from which I am recovering (slowly). Managed to crawl off my death bed to get the ferry back from Tangier to Tarifa and arrived in Granada yesterday. Think will hang out here until the 14th before I head up to Barcelona and then maybe back to France to ...
Climbing Mulhacen highest mountain in Spain
... a fantastic 2 days climbing this mountain. Mulhacen rises to 3482m making it the highest peak in the Iberian Peninsula and continental Spain. It is part of the Sierra Nevada range in the Cordillera Penibetica. Its name comes from the Spanish transciption ...
The Alhambra and Moroccan Marketplace
... to death, so the three of us went to a Tapas bar for lunch. Mom and Tim were feeling brave and ordered the specialty of Granada, Broad Beans and Ham. Mom has all these books she lugs around, and these beans were THE thing to try. I ate pig ear, but i ...
Granada y Monachil
... what the tapa is and so we’ve had some pretty strange things before! On our own some friends and I have explored some different areas in Granada. The people here seem pretty friendly and even though there can sometimes be a language barrier we can ...
What's New!
... , went horseback riding and bathed in some natural hot springs with hippies (some wearing bathing suits and some not unfortunently). The weather is great, this weekend Granada stayed in the mid 70's, although it felt like 80 because the sun is so strong ...
Southern Comfort
... a cave. He also said it used to be a poor place to live, but now it has developed into an elite and luxurious lifestyle. When I got to Granada, I checked into my hotel (a nice single room) and went off to meet Caro and Heather, a friend of mine from ...
Friday in Granada
... again was amazing. I went out later in the evening to enjoy few more tapas with friends from the residence here. Tomorrow we are going to attempt to get into the Alhambra. I'm looking forward to that as it us one of the hot spots in Granada. ...
Spanish Ballads and Couchsurfers in Granada
... we found it hard to part with such an amazing place, we moved on to an equally amazing experience in Granada: staying with a CouchSurfer. I discovered the website Couchsurfing.com, a website purely dedicated to accomodation and culture sharing while ...
Caņar
Nach daene Bahnproblem isch euse Tag in Caņar grettet worde. I daem chline Stedtli simmer glaub di einzige Touris. Am Maert sind d Luet uesserst fruendlich gsi und haend eus nach dene nervige Szene in Riobamba und Alausi wieder ufgstellt. Caņar isch ...
On the way to meeting kateīs aunt Jenny
... 6, the doors opčn at 8 and by that time there was hundreds of people. all the prebooked tickets were sold out for weeks ahead and they only released a limited amount of on the day tickets. probably more trouble than it was worth but by that stage we were ...
Grrrrrrrnada
... and get a appetizer of your choice FREE. Made fresh on the spot. This happens with every drink. They have these all over spain and its HUGE. Beers were about 2.50$can and included the appetizer. Were talking baked potatoes etc! Ussually its seafood stuff, ...
AOL Instant Messenger
... so kind as to allow me to use her comp when ever she is not I am online more... when ever I am working on assignments. SOoooo if you have AIM please let me know and I will add you to my buddy list and we can chat when I am around :) Thanks! Happy ...
Another hot day in Granada
... assigned a few more pages of homework. I walked back to the residence with a few other students, had some leftover pasta and had a little siesta. Iīm obviously settling in to this lifestyle!! It's just way too hot mid-afternoon to do anything outside. I ...
Granada
... was definitely the Alcazar, a fairy tale style castle perched at the end of the cliff overlooking the hills and valley. Granada is a city in southern Spain with the Sierra Nevada mountains on the horizon, famous for its Moorish Alhambra palace. I ...
Granada, Spain
... it. Afterwards we struggled with more transportation issues. We have realized that there are almost no trains that run through the south of Spain and we were unable to get from Grenada to Valencia like we planned. This forced us to make the decision to ...
Donīt arrest me.... please!
... 'm not joking) and a guide called Jaume (that ones just not as funny is it?). Jaume had evidently swallowed a guide book on Granada, and despite the fact that he was regurgitating it in Spanish, I found to my delight, and amazement, that I understood ...
The Alhambra, the heat and crazy drivers
... century by the then ruling Moorish Sultan (King). The Christian Crusaders had fought them from up north and pushed them south so they established a base in Granada as its location is easy to defend. The Alhambra consists of an Alcazabar (fortress), ...
In Granada
... appeared in the brochure. As we all discover when going somewhere new. oh well i am still happy and excited to be in Spain and fumbling my way around. So much to see and discover. I know i said last time that i would post pics but ...
Granada...and wherever we were yesterday.
... each hour I use the computer, each one has some sort of timer and mine was down to zero. Yesterday we left Madrid and drove to Granada. We stopped in Toledo for a quick visit to the cathedral and some shopping. That seems to be what ...