Spain – Granada

We drove past the Sierra Nevada Mountains to get to Granada. We did a tour of the city and stopped at an overlook to get a view of Alhambra. It got it’s name because of it’s red walls and in Arabic, Alhambra means Red Castle.

We took a city walking tour and had dinner and then to our hotel, which is an interesting story.

  • Some streets
  • Church
  • Church
  • I love the cobblestones
  • No cars here !
  • Market !
  • one of the Squares

Alhambra looked to be a very cool place and we were supposed to go there for a tour but apparently there was an EU 2023 summit or some such thing going on at the castle and our tickets were cancelled. And not only that, as we drove to the hotel we were to stay at, which was a hop, skip and a jump from the Castle, we were stopped and we had to leave the bus and take our luggage and walk the rest of the way to the hotel. There were apparently 5000 police in the city and area. Upon arriving at the hotel, because of the Summit, we weren’t allowed to leave the hotel, not even walk the grounds. We sat on the beautiful, big verandah and drank and watched the police horses go by and all the limos.

  • We had to walk from here
  • Front porch where we spent the evening

Next stop…. Toledo, Spain.

7 thoughts on “Spain – Granada”

  3. So unique and the colors at that market were beautiful. It’s a shame you missed the castle but what an adventure walking to the hotel and seeing the police. It looks the hotel was really nice!

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  5. Well, that was a shame you didn’t get to see it, but at least you saw it from afar (from your picture you took anyway). It was beautiful – I did see it when we visited Granada. I think I remember the Marketplace as well. Your photo is so colorful of the Marketplace and the bright-blue sky. I’ll look forward to seeing your Toledo, Spain photos as I was there as well.

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