Granada
Plaza Nueva extends northeast into Plaza de Santa Ana, overlooked by the Iglesia de Santa Ana and its distinctive bell tower.
A short walk along the riverside Carrera del Darro brings you to the Ba帽os 脕rabes El Ba帽uelo, a well-preserved 11th-century Muslim bathhouse.
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The Alhambra is Granada鈥檚 鈥 and Europe鈥檚 鈥 love letter to Moorish culture. Set against the brooding Sierra Nevada peaks, this fortified palace started鈥
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The Royal Chapel is the last resting place of Spain鈥檚 Reyes Cat贸licos (Catholic Monarchs), Isabel I de Castilla (1451鈥1504) and Fernando II de Arag贸n 鈥
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Built between 1737 and 1759, this spectacular basilica unveils a blinding display of opulent baroque decor. Barely an inch of its interior lacks鈥
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This is the stunning centrepiece of the Alhambra, the most brilliant Islamic building in Europe, with perfectly proportioned rooms and courtyards,鈥
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The richly decorated Sala de Dos Hermanas (Hall of Two Sisters), in the Palacios Nazar铆es section of the Alhambra, sits on the northern side of the Patio鈥
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The celebrated Patio de los Leones (Lion Courtyard) sits at the core of the Palacio de los Leones, the palace built in the Alhambra in the second half of鈥
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This is one of the star rooms in the Alhambra. Boasting a mesmerising octagonal stalactite ceiling, it's the legendary site of the murders of the noble鈥
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The Chamber of the Ambassadors is where the emirs would have conducted negotiations with Christian emissaries on the Alhambra. Located in the Torre de鈥
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Off the eastern corner of Plaza Nueva, Plaza Santa Ana is dominated by this 16th-century Mud茅jar church whose bell tower incorporates the minaret of the鈥
2. Archivo-Museo San Juan de Dios
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This small museum occupies the aristocratic Casa de los Pisa where Granada's resident saint, San Juan Robles (San Juan de D铆os), died in 1550. The house鈥
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Linking the upper and lower parts of the Albayz铆n, Calle Calderer铆a Nueva is a narrow street famous for its teter铆as (teahouses). It's also a good place鈥
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Sitting by the R铆o Darro, this well-preserved Moorish bathhouse dates to the 11th or 12th century. Light beams into its vaulted brick rooms through鈥
5. Centro de la Memoria Sefard铆
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Since being expelled en masse in 1492, there are very few Sephardic Jews left living in Granada. But this didn't stop one enterprising couple from opening鈥
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Of the towers in the Alcazaba section of the Alhambra, the most celebrated is this, the so-called Torre de la Vela (Watchtower) where the cross and鈥
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Occupying the western tip of the Alhambra are the martial ramparts and towers of the Alcazaba, the site's original 13th-century citadel. The Torre de la鈥
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On the Realejo hill, the Carmen Blanco houses the Rodr铆guez-Acosta foundation in a building created in 1914 by the Granada-born modernist artist Jos茅鈥