Classic Andalucia

Trip Start Dec 06, 2005
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Trip End Jun 17, 2006


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Tuesday, May 2, 2006

After more travelling following the train from hell (a ferry and two buses), we arrived in the city of Granada. A city slightly smaller than Sevilla, but with a whole lot more character in my books. It is renowned for its hill-topped "Alhambra" palace, which is said to be one of the most spectacular buildings on the continent. Unfortunately, this reputation means that to visit the palace means either booking tickets at least 2 weeks ahead or rocking up at 5am and waiting in line for 3 hours. Not exactly our idea of fun, and we had been told that the Alcazar in Sevilla came pretty close in terms of architecture, furnishings, style and surrounding gardens, so decided to leave this for next time. One of the great things about Granada is its setting - at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, Spainīs highest mountain range - which is still covered in snow as summer approaches.

Our one day and one night in Granada consisted of briefly laughing at a terrible but remarkably popular ī70s popī cover band, walking around a classic Moorish district called the Albaicin with narrow, windy, and steep streets leading up to a lookout over the Alhambra , and just meandering around the streets of this great little chilled-out city with a more "Spanish" vibe (or at least what we had expected to be "Spanish") than anywhere we had encountered so far. Definitely a place I would come back to in a future trip to Spain.
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