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    • TravelerSpanien
      Day 17

      Alhambra

      January 25, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      Heute gehts zum Pflichtprogramm in Granada: Die Alhambra
      Insbesondere der Nasripalast hatte es uns angetan, zumal wir früher schon mal hier waren und die Generalife bereits kannten.
      Ein wirklich sehenswertes Erlebnis.
      Nach dem Palast sind wir mit dem Bus in die Innenstadt gefahren und haben noch die Kathedrale besucht, in der wir je ein Kerzchen aufgestellt haben.
      Hin und zurück ging es mit einem Taxi.      Read more

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    • TravelerOhne fliegen nach Nordamerika
      Day 44

      Granada Alhambra Besichtigung

      October 29, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Da in Spanien Feiertage über Halloween waren, gab es kaum noch Tickets für die Alhambra, die weltberühmte Burg im arabischen Stil. Es gab nur noch Tickets für eine abendliche Besichtigung der Gärten von Generalife.
      Tagsüber schaute ich mir alle freizugänglichen Orte der Burg an und abends lief ich erneut durch die Stadt, um mir die Gärten anzuschauen.
      Leider denke ich, dass es im hellen noch beeindruckender ist, aber für einen ersten Einblick war es schön.      Read more

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    • TravelerTýdenní roadtrip po Andalusii
      Day 6

      Alhambra & Generalife

      September 15, 2013 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Tento středověký komplex paláců a pevností maurských panovníků zabírá plochu přes 140.000 m2. Jeho prohlídka nám zabrala skoro 4 hodiny a palácové vnitřní i venkovní prostory skýtají mnohá nádherná zákoutí. Návštěvník by neměl minout ani sousední venkovské sídlo dynastie Nasrovců zvané Generalife. Opojeni arabskou architekturou a kulturou jsme si večer namísto sangrie zašli do čajovny na vodní dýmku a čaj.Read more

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    • PSGK-AEurope
      Day 5

      Alhambra

      June 22, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Today was a bigger adventure as we headed to see the Alhambra - the most visited site in Spain. A walled city built by the Moors/Muslims before the time of Columbus sailing to America, it was eventually surrendered to King Charles V of Spain. The exquisite and intricate patterns on the walls and ceilings were fascinating considering when it was built. It was also easy to see why the fortress was built up in the mountains where it would be very difficult for an invasion to succeed.

      Also fascinating was looking beyond the fortress walls to see the cave dwellings that are still occupied today! They have fronts that appear to be homes but these fronts lead into caves that are occupied by locals.

      It's always interesting to drive through the countryside of a country to see how people live. Homes built into the side of a mountain, run down, ramshackle houses along the road but then apparently planned towns with pristine white walls with all of the homes built within close proximity to one another. It appears that most people in the poor countryside homes are farming their land for the fruit or olives that grow here.

      Interestingly, we were told that the highway (which wound through tunneled mountains) was just built within the last year. It must have been quite a process to drive from the Costa del sol area to Granada area prior to the road being built.

      Some other things we learned today:

      - you're never too old to wear a speedo
      - The Europeans don't have a body image problem
      - It isn't so bad falling asleep to the sound of the crashing waves
      - Ketchup isn't so common
      - Peanut butter is non-existent
      - The kids are great travelers
      - My initial impression of feeling out of place seems to have been my own insecurity
      - We are addicted to wifi      Read more

    • Yorick AroundtheworldAndalousie 2016
      Day 5

      L'Alhambra

      June 12, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      L'Alhambra est le monument le plus visité d'Espagne : entre 2 et 3 millions de visiteurs par an. Instant bon plan : réservation par internet 1h heure de queue de gagnée, rentrer dans le monument par le milieu porte de la justice à l'heure d'ouverture et hop visite VIP tout seul ! Sinon les photos parlent d'elles même !Read more

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    • Heather BurkeSummer 2017 Adventure
      Day 24

      Getting to the alhambra

      June 17, 2017 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

      I had planned to go a little easy on my feet and ankles and take a cab up the hill. However, it turns out it would have taken nearly as long to try to find one, so I walked up. It was supposed to take 22 mins, though each time I looked it still said I had 22 mins to go. I think it actually took about 35.Read more

    • TravelerOur European Adventure 2018
      Day 9

      Fortifications of Alhambra

      May 10, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

      After the Reconquest, Queen Isabel I and King Fernando II incorporated the Alhambra as a Royal palace with military defenses. All of the buildings were re-purposed over the years--it was too hard to tear down and rebuild all that stone!Read more

    • TravelerRetirement Plan - Part 2
      Day 230

      Alhambra Palace, Granada

      January 21, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

      When Seville and Cordoba fell to the Catholics, five centuries ago, Granada was at its peak and Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Nasr established an independent state there. It is renowned in history as the last stronghold of the Moors in Western Europe and as home to the stunning Alhambra Palace.

      Since it's creation in 889AD, the Alhambra has seen many changes from Muslim palace to a fortress to ruins to UNESCO World Heritage-listed. It sits on a rocky hill overlooking the city of Granada with the high, snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains behind. At the height of summer over 6000 visitors arrive each day and entrance tickets need to be booked months in advance. A sunny day in January was just perfect for our visit and the reception at our campsite were able to arrange entrance tickets with only 24hrs notice.

      The many changes that have taken place over the centuries have all left their own distinct marks on what we see today, with Moorish architecture and a mosque being added onto and replaced with a Christian church and a Renaissance palace.

      Our time was spent walking around in amazement at the beauty of it all. At its peak it must have been stunningly beautiful but even today, though it has been heavily but respectfully restored, we were able to imagine how colourful it would have been with glazed tiles on the lower walls and intricate designs in the stucco work above where you could still see remnants of cobalt blue, green and deep red. The honey-comb vaulted ceilings were so intricate, one embellished with 5000 tiny moulded stalactites which still had traces of blue paint on them. Interior pools, fountains, baths and gardens offered shade and places to relax for the inhabitants of the day.

      In complete contrast is the Palacio de Carlos V next door. His arrival in Granada in 1526 saw the start of an imperial programme of changes in urban planning and building to represent the new Classicism style. The palace was added in 1527 and the ground floor houses the very interesting Alhambra museum with artefacts directly related to the palaces history.

      We ended our visit in the gardens and climbed the towers for magnificent views of the city below. In the opposite direction the sun on the snow-capped mountains behind looked so inviting....time for a ski trip!      Read more

    • NZtoWhereverAdventure Time
      Day 86

      The Alhambra - Generalife Palace Gardens

      November 28, 2017 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Part Three: Generalife Palace & Gardens

      Our visit concluded after a short walk up to the Generalife Gardens. A lot of this area showed the different styles and forces that were in power. For example, one part was actually only created in the early nineteenth century, while others were claimed to be from the Muslim era (but were actually much more recent). Passed an example house on the way and we were struck by how similar it was in layout to the ruins of Greek and Roman houses we had seen in Italy (with the small rooms clustering around a central pool etc.). Also passed the old Islamic baths, which were interesting (and again similar to, or inspired by, Roman baths).

      The gardens themselves were quite nice – pretty. The audioguide was valuable in this part as it explained a lot more and told little stories, like about how the royals used to ride over to the gardens and then dismount in the “Courtyard of Dismounting” (although they used a steeper path than we did, which now doesn't exist). There was also a lawsuit that ran for 100 years, to do with who owned the gardens or nobles' rights or something.

      Then there were some inside rooms and another cool courtyard or two, similar in style to the Nasarid Palaces. We finished up with a nice walk down past some oleander plants (native to Granada and previously close to extinction until efforts were made to restore them) and through an avenue of cypress trees, with the autumn leaves falling around us. Lovely.

      But we were hungry, so grabbed emapanadas, a panini (in this case, more like a pizza sub), sweet treats (including the milhoja, similar to a custard square) and some tinto de verano in a 1.5L bottle. Relaxed at home to get up to date on the blog and do some reading (a book from the house we're in – Ghosts of Spain by Giles Tremlett – an interesting book looking at certain topical issues of Spain from the perspective of a British journalist who has settled in Madrid). Then a cheap kebab for dinner.      Read more

    • NZtoWhereverAdventure Time
      Day 86

      The Alhambra - Alcazaba

      November 28, 2017 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Part Two: The Alcazaba

      The Alcazaba was the war fortress part of the complex, although not sure how much war it saw. The “reconquest” of Spain in 1492 by the “Catholic Monarchs” (Ferdinand and Isabella) ended more or less with the fall of Granada when the Catholic forces were peacefully let in to the Alhambra. Then they went about kicking out the Jews and Muslims from Spain and demolished parts of the Alhambra (amongst many other things).

      Anyway the Alcazaba part was cool – a few different towers with great views. Three walls in a terrace formation (the roads between the walls were for different purposes). The highest tower the watchtower had a bell on it for telling people when to water their gardens and for ringing in case of attack. There were also the knee-high (presumably partly reconstructed) remains of the military quarters – very tiny rooms!

      One highlight was at the southern end – the rampart gardens. The ramparts were originally for, you know, artillery and stuff, but then they weren't fighting more wars so they just put some gardens on there. Quite nice and peaceful and odd to see on top of a castle wall!      Read more

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    Patio de los Leones, Court of the Lions

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