Hotel Alhambra Palace

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 ...

... i wanted to go back to. After a few adventures of my own, i met back up with them to enjoy the patio at the Hotel Alhambra. And then it rained. And then it poured. Rather than enjoying the view outside, we chose to admire the interior of the ...

... !  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 ...

... 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 ...

...We woke up, packed, and checked out of the hotel just like every morning, but today we visited the ALHAMBRA. We met our guide, Maria, who was wonderful, and then began our tour. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! No expense was spared in building this huge ...

... ;              We secured our tickets for the Alhambra, which were set up through our hotel reservations and explored a little around the immediate area.  We talked to the woman at the ...

... right but because of the Alhambra tourism is a major industry. Our tour covered three broad areas  of the Alhambra. They were the Christian Palace of King Charles V,  built after the Moors were ejected, the Moorish palace and fortress and the ...

... , where we had some great views of Granada, even though it was still quite overcast....and cold.  In the Palace of Carlos V, the Museum of the Alhambra is closed on Mondays but some of the other museums were open, including a special exhibit of Owen ...

... been in the industry for 25 years. Once I picked up the tickets I met Rob who was queuing for the entrance into the Alhambra and before entering, I quickly picked up some audio guides, leaving my driver’s licence as a deposit. The grounds are set ...

... the Alhambra was an Arabic attempt to create heaven on earth. After Ferdinand and Isabella re-captured Granada and claimed the Alhambra, their grandson, King Charles V, wanted to make the Alhambra the center of his empire and so it was Christianized to a ...

... flamenco dancing ended, we headed up to the very highest point in the city of Granada, where we had a beautiful view of the Alhambra and the city itself. It was gorgeous. After making our way down the mountain, we all parted ways for the night. Initially ...

... big rendevous. We met Terry's old school buddies in a square as planned and the next 2 days were like a long party with a visit to the Alhambra thrown in. The Alhambra includes a number of buildings, the best of which is a very old muslim palace which is ...

... and the drive was beautiful! Lots of gorgeous rock formations and pretty little towns. We were only in Granada 2 nights to see the Alhambra - but we found out that the tickets to actually get inside of the palace were sold out - so we ended up just ...

... pavilion.  There, prior to entering the property, Antonio used a bronze relief of the area to explain several points about the Alhambra.  After that he gave each of us a device he called a whisperer.  It was a wireless receiver with an ...

... by the Reyes Catolicos, in 1492 the Christian rulers used some of the portions of the palace. The Palace of Carlos V was inserted within the Alhambra, and it is his interest in the building that probably allowed for its preservation and not destruction of ...

... the best and most important site in all of Spain. (my humble opinion).  I was surprised to find out that the Alhambra was not just a palace, it was a city of 2000 or so people.  The palace was just one part of the grandeur.  The Alcazaba ...

... successful Spaniards love to torture their parents by becoming Pies Negros…why don’t they just become ER docs? Alhambra A walled palace/ fortress with beautiful gardens and 4 main sections to it: The Generalife, the Palace of Charles V (son ...

... "Beep, beep" each (we were scanned twice) and we were inside the Palaces. Nasrid Palaces The Palace of Generalife was the agricultural area of La Alhambra. It was made up of large terraces, orchards, ornamental gardens and a palace. Some ...

... to Spain, wrote a book entitled 'Tales of the Alhambra' that described his journey to Granada and visit to a great Moorish palace called The Alhambra.  We would also on our journey to Granada have a few tales of our own.   Our first tale ...

... and well! On to Granada. We knew that we’d be in for a treat, not just because the Alhambra, described as the “best preserved medieval Arab palace in the world” is the most popular tourist attraction in Spain, but we had also managed to ...