Alhambra Palace

My best week in Spain, in the seven months I've lived here, included traveling from Torremolinos' Mediterranean beach to Granada's Alhambra Palace to Madrid's many Starbucks. It went something like this...

... women outside there they wanted to give me a small branch from a tree and read me my fortune. Very pushy. Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada occupying the top ...

Our tour guide took us to the Alhambra Palace in Grenada, built by the Moors in around 1300 AD. It had amazingly detailed tilework and stucco decorations on the ...

... some severely cold weather and after a quick stop to resupply our food stores we were back on the road, headed for Granada and the Alhambra Palace.  On the way there it was back to school for the boys, which delighted them.  By mid-afternoon we ...

... !  The end result was fantastic though, he did incredibly well in Spanish, muy muy bueno! Canaussie rating: Alhambra palace: 5 Alhambra view from the Albayzin: immeasurable! Don Simon supermarket sangria: 4 baby! Restaurant sangria: 5 Tapas: 4 ...

... finally finding a good Parking Garage in the city we decided to stop for a quick kebab lunch before heading to the Alhambra. The Alhambra Palace is Spain’s most visited monument and was constructed at the peek of the Moors power in the 12th ...

... name "Ilbira", with the remaining Christian community calling it "Elvira". To say we were impressed by the magnificent Alhambra Palace and the Generalife gardens would be an understatement.  The views were stunning as was the architecture and the ...

... he got the guilty party. Our guide didn't say what happened to the wife. After our tour we had lunch at the Alhambra Palace Hotel, a lovely small hotel adjacent to the beautiful Jeneralife Gardens. The gardens are laid out in an Italian style with ...

This morning was dedicated to a guided visit of the Alhambra Palace, a famous Moorish relic. It was used in the past as a palatine fortified town. Between the XII and XV century it was used as the residence for the Nasrid Sultans, high commanders, civil ...

... If I had a week to explore and take in La Alhambra, I would still miss parts of it. (#1 STOP ON THE TRIP!) After La Alhambra, we visited the royal gardens, called the "Generalife" (Hen-err-al-ee-fey). It was really beautiful and all the roses and most of ...

... the reflections of which gave the walls their particular coloration. Created originally for military purposes, the Alhambra was an alcazaba (fortress), an alcázar (palace) and a small medina (city), all in one. This triple character helps to explain ...

... ; The audio information was helpful and I enjoyed the fact that some of the script was from Washington Irvings writings on the Alhambra.               It appeared to me that each area of ...