Granada

Our arrival in Spain was pretty easy--we flew directly from Stansted to Granada on Ryanair with no problems. The Granada airport is pretty small, so our bag came out right away, and we went through immigration very quickly. We then took a taxi to our hotel, the historic Parador on the grounds of the Alhambra.

THE ALHAMBRA! What an amazing place--truly. We loved exploring every inch of it, which was easy to do when we were staying so close. The only negative was that it was freezing cold--literally--during our stay. But all the walking we did helped keep our blood pumping and our temperature up. We explored the grounds that don't require a ticket for entry on Sunday, and on Monday we used our tickets to gain entry to the fort, the Nasrid palace, and the Generalife gardens. We saw fewer tourists on Monday, which was nice, and there weren't too many other people with us. I can't even imagine what it must be like in the summer when crowds are huge!

We also walked down to the town itself, but there really isn't much there except for the Catedral, which was lovely. I'm glad we decided to just spend one night & two days in Granada, because that was plenty of time to see everything we wanted to see.

Here are some of our favorite pictures. For more, go to our picasa album.

Sunrise over the fort Arabic script

Doorways, arches & shadows Reflection of the Nasrid palace

Catedral

Charles V's unfinished palace