The story of our adventure in Spain



In October 2002 we purchased a holiday flat in Guardamar on Spain's Costa Blanca - not far from Alicante and Torrevieja and we try to spend a good part of the year in Spain.

This blog hopefully will contain our thoughts and impressions of Spain - the good and the bad and lots and lots of photographs of not only Guardamar but the rest of Spain as we eventually get to explore it.

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Thursday, 26 June 2008

Granada - Alhambra

A tranquil scene at the Alhambra, Granada - you would not imagine the number of tourists just around the corner !

Built by the Arabs ( Moors) in the 13th Century as a massive castle - later to become a royal palace.


Alhambra means in Arabic " The Red One " and was built by the founder of the Nasrid dynasty. It was not until January 1492 that it was captured for Christian Spain  by Ferdinand and Isabella.
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Sarge Charlie said...

I was one of those tourists last October, what a wonderful place. I have posted about my experience.

28 June 2008 at 14:37

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