Our little rental car
downtown Granada
Granada's cathedral
view of Granada from the Alhambra 
Generalife gardens
The beautiful detail
King Charles the fifth decided to build his palace next to the moors.
Isabela and
On Friday we drove to Granada. We left really early so we could make our tour to the famous "Alhambra" we were lucky to get our tickets since over eight thousand people go through the grounds every day. The Alhambra is known as the 8th wonder of the world. It is the most preserved Moorish palace in the world. Granada was the last Moorish stronghold in Europe, it fell to Christandom in 1492 . The Alhambra was unbelievable! The work on the palace walls is so detailed and beautiful. It is really a unique place, it's hard to describe how impressive it is without going there. The palace garden is called "Generalife" and is so beautiful! It is said to be the closest place to heaven on earth, according to the Koran. The garden was huge, peaceful and tranquil. After visiting the Alhambra we dropped down into the city of Granada and went to the Cathedral and saw the actual tombs of Isabel and Ferdanand. One of the coolest things about Granada is we were able to stand in the exact room where Christopher Columbus recieved his comission from Isabel to journey to the new world (well, that's where he ended up.) It was really cool to be in the very place where history was made.
1 comment:
I love your pictures. It looks like so much fun. It was so fun to see you, I really enjoyed your story of Spain. I better see you on Amazing Race, you could totally win.
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