Hotels in Granada - Prices and Reviews

On Friday, 7 of my classmates and I took an amazing trip to Granada. Granada is exactly what I thought all of Spain would look like. Our apartment had copper sinks, a white stucco facade, terra cotta tile floors, and rustic roof tiles! Check out the pics! We took the bus there. Even though the trip took 4 1/2 hours, it was really comfortable and...

You know how I raved about Seville and how charming and beautiful it is? Well now I will proceed to do the same about Granada! How could you not love this place? Personally it is exactly what I was hoping for - the Andalusian culture of tapas, siestas and 'churros con chocolate', mixed with the sultry Arabic tea houses, bazaars and wafting ince...

Today I had another field trip to visit the Alhambra for art class!!! As much as I didn't think I would like this class, I really do!! The art we learn is mainly architectural, which somewhat interests me and is easy to remember. So it was great to learn again the Muslim and Spanish differences in the structures of all of the rooms and palaces i...

We got into Granada at noon and learned that the only way to get to Valencia (our next stop) or Barcelona was 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 to...

Granada, just as it was back in the day, is one of the greatest strongholds in Espana. Today it is no longer a stronghold for the Muslims, but still remains to be a stronghold of complementary tapas with drinks. That is one heck of a stronghold if you ask me in a continent were it is common to have to pay for just about everything. This is where...

So yesterday in the second part of my intensivo class we formed groups of three, and were taught how to write a poem in 30minutes or less, in spanish. This is what our group came up with, and I'm pretty proud of it so I thought I would post it here and give myself a break from writing this essay/speech/outline/presentation. Cuando nuestros hijos...

When we hit Granada we got directions to our hostel from tourist information and it turned out we had to go back out of town to the ring road to get there. But we eventually found it, on the top of the hill opposite the Alhambra, (one of the famous sights of Granada - a Muslim Mosque). Fellow travellers had told us about how stunning it was, but...

Hey All!! So yesterday was my birthday!!! And no one I REALLY wated here was here to celebrate it with me. It was okay, I suppose. I woke up at 12pm and went shopping with a couple girls and only bought a pair of pants...WHY?!?! Because I´m fat here. I´m a 44 in pants and a 42 in shoes..both of which are only worn by giants/beasts and King Kong ...

Sunday morning, and I feel completely refreshed! A quiet dinner with Regina and some of her friends, a few glasses of good red wine, and off to bed to sleep like the dead. This morning, I am up early. Before my host has risen, I tiptoe out the front door of her flat, and head for a nearby coffee shop that's already opened this Sunday. Things are...

Bright blue sky & sunshine - beautiful snowy mountains of Sierra Nevada nearby Drove into Granada & had a siesta afternoon