FUN-travel: La Alhambra – Granada, Spain
September 3, 2012 by Susan Clarke
Trip Day 47 – Sunday, August 26 – Granada, Spain
Palacios Nazaries
What I LIKE
Palacios Nazaries
- being able to sleep in the walled city of La Alhambra
- 8:00 – good, hot coffee on patio overlooking gardens
- nice fresh fruit & sandwich for later
- 10:00 – depart for guided tour of La Alhambra
- 10:30 – start our tour
- headsets are provided so you can hear the guide
- Enrique – very dapper man – is the “best” guide we’ve had in Spain
- 1st stop – Palacio del Partal
- 2nd stop – Charles V’s Palace – impressive Renaissance building
- 3rd stop – Palacios Nazaries – the jewel of Alhambra – 14th century Moorish royal palace – consists of carved wood ceilings, ceramic tiles, molded-plaster walls, stucco “stalactites” & filigree windows – impressive size of 9 different rooms & areas
- 4th stop – Alcazaba – the original 13th century fortress
- 5th stop – Generalife Gardens – Sultan’s summer palace & the vegetable & fruit gardens
- 1:30 – back to parador – beer & siesta
- 8:45 – dinner on patio – Carpaccio, broad beans with jamon, baked cod – Anta Banderas (Antonio Banderas winery)
- dessert splurge – melody of sherbet & fresh fruit
Generalife
- no bugs
- warm & not humid
What I DIDN”T LIKE
- still bothered by being charged for dinner in Nerja
- shame on me for not checking or asking @ check in
FF (FUN-fact) – The Alhambra is the last and greatest Moorish palace in Europe.
More FF – The Parador de Granada San Francisco was once a Moorish palace and was converted into a Franciscan monastery in the 14th century.