The last port of call on my trip to Spain, other than Malaga to catch the plane home, was the magnificent city of Granada. Justifiably famous, of course, as the site of the stunning Moorish Alhambra Palace, Granada is a beautiful city even without this jewel in its crown.
Arriving after a journey of around four hours from Algeciras, the last leg of which was completed by bus due to track maintenance on the railways I set about trying to find my hotel. The train station is a bit out of town but a helpful dude there told me which bus to get to the Cathedral bus stop on the central Calle Gran Via de Colon, right in the heart of the city.
From here it was fairly easy to get my bearings so I set off to find my hotel and get rid of the rucksack before setting out to explore some of the city.

Receiving a very warm welcome from the delightful lady who runs the place I was taken up to my room which proved to be exceptionally comfortable, had a quick shower and set off into town with more directions bouncing around in my head than someone with a limited knowledge of Spanish should have.
Taking a slight detour from the way I had come I found some nice tapas bars just behind the main street and, making a mental note of my whereabouts, headed for the central area again.
Coming along to the Plaza Isabel la Catolica (apparently Izzy was a catholic – big shock in Spain!) I set off up to the right towards the town hall and the area beside the river Darro which lies in the valley between the Alhambra on one side and the old district of Albaizin on the other.





Having wandered around for a couple of hours I was getting a bit peckish by now so I went back down past the City Hall to where there was any number of tapas bars and indulged in some cerveza and chorizo to pass the time before the next installment of the day’s activities.
With the temperature feeling like it was still in the high three hundreds I decided to take the coward’s way out and get a bus up to the viewpoint on the hill of Albaizin which overlooks the Alhambra. This only took a few minutes and soon I was up at the Mirador de San Nicolas, a viewpoint beside the San Nicolas church on the hill, which overlooks the Alhambra on the other side of the valley.
By this time the sun was beginning to get quite low in the sky behind us and was casting a lovely golden glow over the palace opposite. So, I had to take a couple of snaps of the Alhambra with the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background as the evening finally grew a bit cooler.






With that done it was back down into the city through some of the back streets of the Albaizin district and a return to the tapas bars I had spotted on my way into town, near the hotel, for some well-earned cerveza and some more of that delicious Spanish tapas.


Wonderful views of the Alhambra in the evening light! Plus the streets of Albaizin look interesting….
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Thank you Sue. Granada’s a great place 🙂
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So I hear!
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Great images Mjollnir! Alhambra in the evening light is wonderful, amazing 🙂
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Thank you very much Pieter. More time will be spent in Granada next time I’m in Spain, but who knows when that’ll be…? 🙂
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Great images Iain, takes me back to when we visited a couple of years ago……although we just had time to do the Alhambra as were weren’t staying in Granada itself
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Alhambra photos next time. Cheers Mark 🙂
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Looking forward to them
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Some nice shots, Cuz. You did some trekking about there. You will be pleased to hear it’s cooled down considerably in the past few weeks. Snow soon on the Sierra Nevada.
Cheers, Alen
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At least I’ll know when to visit next time! What are the temps like there now?
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Low twenties during the day, down to about 9C at night. Just got in from a good walk and the temperature was perfect. Having a cerveza now. I shall raise a glass to you.
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I do hope it’s not one of those dreadful ‘sin’ things but rather an ice cold Estrella 🙂
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Ha ha. No sin when at home, if you know what I mean.
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Eh, I think so! Anyway, enjoy your cerveza con alcohol y un poco tapas tambien. It’s dark, cold, raining and bloody miserable in Bergen so I can’t say I envy you, pero estoy un poco verde! 🙂
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I’ve never been to Spain, though I want to visit it)) And thanks for photos! Now I can have a small image of this country))
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The madness of Spania is a thing to behold. Never in my life have I enjoyed the things that theladies of Spain dish up for Daddy. Te quiero mis senoritsas 😉
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Good spot to find some chikas?))
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haha at the man on the Segway!
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He was a pain in the arse! Mr Hard Sell!
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I was there in July – a bit too hot at that time of year! Granada really is a beautiful city and your selection of photos captures it’s different sides really well.
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Thanks Noeline. Yeah, it was a bit on the warm side in August too – plenty of excuses for sitting in the shade with a cold beer though! 😀
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