With a week left in Granada we had an early start on Friday morning to go and visit the Alhambra. Alhambra meaning the red one in Arabic, is an ancient city overlooking Granada consisting of palaces, gardens and fortresses. We spent the morning exploring the ancient city learning about the past sultans who lived there. Beginning with the summer palace and the gardens that surrounded it, we learnt about how it was the palace for relaxation for the sultans. With all the water features in the gardens we learnt the significance the pure spring water had to the royals. From here we took a stroll through la Medina, the area where all the servents and employees lived. Although there wasn’t much to see because there were only ruins left it was interesting to see the layout of the houses. This lead us to la Alcazaba where we were able to climb to the highest bell tower and see the views of all of Granda. The bell was very symbolic as it is till this day where all the single women of Granda ring the bell on the 1st of January so they may find a husband in that year. After many photos we descended to the palace of Nazaríes and for the first time that day our group was speechless. We were all astonished by the intricate patterns which decorated the walls of the palace. Coming to Granda without visiting the Alhambra would’ve been like not coming to Granda at all. Luckily the weather was also on our side and we concluded our day with classes at enforex in the afternoon. It is fair to say that everyone was extremely happy with our visit.
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