Granada Travel Blogs - Page 2

Lessons and memories are those lovely, intangible pieces of treasure we collect throughout our journeys and bring with us to every destination. What makes them so beautiful is that each is infinite in supply and every lesson we learn and memory we make is unique. The best part of acquiring knowledg…

A week on holiday will always sort out the happy and the sad. Until last Monday, my weeks had been fill of purpose - every day timetabled with study, lesson preparation or time just recharging my energy levels with the spirit of Granada.With the study over, the rush of holiday adrenalin dimmed qui…

Albaicin Hill is the area where the old Moorish community lived during its height in Granada. Narrow streets and colorful houses, it's a charming neighborhood uniquely its own. The walking tour started with a fantastic view of the city of Granada from Albaisin Hill. After the walking tour, we went …

After an easy going breakfast at the Guerrero café we started of for the cathedral. After the ones we saw in Madrid and Sevilla this wasn't a blast. I think it could look a lot better if it was maintained properly by the city. Many of the artwork, architecture, gold and silver were dirty or declin…

After 4 years residing in the UK I decided to take my excursion a little bit further outside Europe. This blog entry captures my best of travelling in European countries,tiny part of African and middle east. As famous Twain's quote EXPLORE.DREAM.DISCOVER.

Our tickets for the Alhambra weren’t until 2pm, so we decided to take the free walking tour.  Our tour guide was Eric and he was a really good guide, full of information and energy.  He also had his own personal sound effects for flashback/history scenes; I thought he was the best guide…

    We took the train from Sevilla to Granada.  This one was slower and the constant movement of a shaky train apparently puts me to sleep in under a minute.  This was most embarassing when I'd try write in my journal but instead I'd fall asleep and wake up with pen all ove…

Next day the weather had improved a bit (aka sunny but now a bit less windy). As we took off from Almeria and drove towards the palace Alhambra in Granada the landscape changed drastically... from a sandpit with few trees and green up into the mountains where the trees started and everything was gr…

It is Palm Sunday, and the streets of Granada are full of people dressed up -- and many of them with palm tree branches and fans.  It's a very festive feeling.  I did have to go back to the spice market at the cathedral again today to pick up lavendar, tea and saffron for more of the peop…

Today we took a day trip to Granada to visit the La Alhambra.  It took about 3 hours to arrive in Granada by train.  We were incredibly exhauste since we were up late last night for the flamenco show and had to awake at 5 am to catch the 7 am train.  However we were really excited ab…

Granada, the capital of Spain's last Moorish Kingdom is one city you have to visit. The Alhambra and the breathtaking Sierra Nevada Mountains, The Albaicin are all sights you can't miss seeing!!

I arrived in Granada 3 hours late but the tourist place at the bus station was still open and pointed me in the right direction Oasis hostel and even phoned ahead to check if they had a bed. I walked through the door and there was Jenna on the phone. I said hi and at first she didn’t recognize me…

We are starting to make more firm plans these days but once we do they change anyway!  Want to drive up the east coast of Spain staying near the Mediterranean but make a small detour into the Sierra Navadas in search of a scenic camp site for the night.  As we are travelling the inland ro…

I've spent couple of days in Spain recently, is it place of passion, flamenco, corrida, tapaz, good wine, olives,... if I should summarize this my short stay there in one world, I would say SIESTA...

I know you all know the first kind . . . .I have been talking about food for over 2 months now and I am sure it has made a few of you think about the moorish offerings here in Spain. Now I am about to talk about the other kind of Moorish . . . .that of the Arabic culture which abounds here in the …