Granada Trip Overview
Enjoy this visit to the Alhambra and the Generalife gardens. The Alhambra, palace, citadel and fortress, residence of the Nasrid sultans and high officials, court servers and elite soldiers; It reaches its splendor in the second half of the 14th century, coinciding with the sultanates of Yusuf I (1333-1354) and the second reign of Muhammad V (1362-1391). The Emperor Carlos V decides, in 1526, the construction of the palace that bears his name, along with other very significant buildings of Roman Renaissance taste.
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* Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
* Starts: Granada, Spain
* Trip Category: Sightseeing Tickets & Passes >> Attraction Tickets
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Enjoy this visit to the Alhambra and the Generalife gardens. The Alhambra, palace, citadel and fortress, residence of the Nasrid sultans and high officials, court servers and elite soldiers; It reaches its splendor in the second half of the 14th century, coinciding with the sultanates of Yusuf I (1333-1354) and the second reign of Muhammad V (1362-1391). The Emperor Carlos V decides, in 1526, the construction of the palace that bears his name, along with other very significant buildings of Roman Renaissance taste.
Itinerary
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Stop At: The Alhambra, Calle Real de la Alhambra, s/n Palacio de Carlos V, 18009 Granada Spain
We will visit the Nasrid Palaces, the Alcazaba, the Palace of Carlos V, the Medina, the Gardens of the Partal and the Generalife.
Al-Ahmar, founder of the Nasrid dynasty, settled in 1238 in the Old Alcazaba of the Albaicín, calling his attention to the ruins of the Alhambra hill. He thus decides to begin its reconstruction and install the court headquarters there, beginning the construction of the Alhambra that we know today.
The Alhambra, named for its reddish colored walls (“qa’lat al-Hamra ‘”, Red Castle), is located on top of al-Sabika hill, on the left bank of the Darro river, east of the city, in front of the Albaicín and Alcazaba neighborhoods. From its strategic position it dominates the entire city and the fertile plain of Granada. Its complex, completely walled, has an irregular shape limited to the north by the Darro Valley, to the south by al-Sabika Valley, and to the east by the Cuesta del Rey Chico.
