We started our day early leaving the Romer's on foot to a city bus stop. We rode to downtown and then changed buses to go to the main bus station which takes you out of the city. This is the same route we traveled earlier in the week when we left for Ubeda. But today we had our Jeanna with us and we were headed to Granada, about 2 hours south of Jaen. After arriving in Granada, we navigated two more buses and found ourselves on the top of a mountain above Granada at the renowned Alhambra. This once was a city of 2000 people living within the walls of the Moorish kingdom. After 700 years of Moorish rule they were conquered by the Christian Kings who built right on top of the same dwellings. King Carlos V had to have his own palace so he built a round palace. He nor his son ever finished the roof top and it still stands open today.
As you can tell by the number of photos, (I narrowed 347 down to 200), each area of this place was spectacular. I couldn't hardly pick a favorite because each was so unique and had something special. The gardens were exquisite and I hope you enjoy all the scenes from that area. Even though the Alhambra has 8000 visitors a day, we never felt crowded and truly ended our stay in rather quiet solitude before heading back to the city. Eli joined us there for an awesome meal and more sights.
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