Top 5 places to visit in Granada
There are some things and places that you shouldn’t miss if you come to Granada, like you shouldn’t miss this “Top 5 places to visit in Granada”: The Alhambra Palace: The Alhambra is a magnificent Moorish fortress, once a candidate for the Seven Wonders of the World and now a UNESCO world heritage site. Actually a…
A Tale of Two Cities: Granada and Cairo
This year is like no other in the history of Granada, for it marks its millennium. One thousand years have passed since the city was founded by Berber warlords during the civil war that brought Umayyad rule to an end and paved the way for the Taifa kingdoms that heralded the gradual fall of Al-Andalus…
Gaelic Football To Provide Half Time Entertainment During La Liga Game
Gaelic football will be the half time entertainment during the Sevilla and Granada La Liga game this coming Monday, January 28th. This is thanks to Éire Óg Sevilla who will play an exhibition game as part of the Sevilla’s Irish day at the Sanchez Pizuan stadium. The match will only last six minutes but will…
The Narrowest Hotel in the World is in Granada
The Molinos Hotel, located just steps from the famous Alhambra in the city of Granada, is considered by the Guinness Book of Records as the narrowest hotel in the world thanks to its barely five feet wide. The hotel, which holds the record since 1996, is located in the street Molinos which is in a…
Graffiti Granada: Niño de las Pinturas as spanish Banksy
We like to discover this kind of articles from people who visit Granada and think about its streets, its art, and its magic. In “The Olive Press” we can read an interesting article about several beautiful graffitis you can see if you walk by Granada’s streets, so similars to Banksy style but with its own…
A experience in the Albayzín
Here you have an experience written by a philippine visitor of Granada about the Albayzín, that really touched us so deep: “Perched atop the hills of the old city of Granada in Spain is the quiet village of the Albayzin. It appears without warning, secretively opening its paths only to a certain kind of wanderer and keeping the rest out, as it had once done in the middle ages, when the last emirs fought off the Castilians who were kept off by the hills and the precipice near which it sits. Today, the intrepid tourist will find his way here by leaving the gothic town center, and following the twisted, medieval alleyways lined by the two-storey, white washed dwellings typical of Southern Spain. The paths may not be very inviting to the infirm, the old, the cardiac patient, the coward,…