Photography by Mark Carnaby

Panoramic view of the Alhambra c. AD 889, converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada
Charles V palace in Alhambra, taken from the viewpoint at Mirador de San Nicolás
The entrance to Alhambra, Puerta de las Granadas, from the old city in Granada
Washington Irving, a famous American writer, lived in the palace for a time whilst writing a book on it
The pathway up to the Alhambra Palace is lined with running water - it's very tranquil indeed!
Pilar de Carlos V, Alhambra
Looking down onto Puerta de la Justicia - Torre de la Justicia
The beautiful tree-lined Calle Real de la Alhambra
View of Granada from Jardines del Generalife
A gorgeous spot in the Generalife gardens - waiting to get this shot with few people in it was quite tricky!
The entrance to the main Generalife buildings
The picturesque Court of the Water Channel
Window with a view - looking out onto the Alhambra complex from the Generalife building. Imagine how many people from past to present have looked out of here...
The big one - entrance to Palacios Nazaries!
Detail of arabesques
Tessellations like this inspired M.C. Escher's work.
Looking into one of the rooms, unaltered for hundreds of years
Colourful Tessellations in a room corner
Some of the floor symmetrical tiling and wonderful colours to be seen
The detail of the wooden ceiling is outstanding

Costa del Sol, Málaga & Granada, Spain - 2019 Trip

Day Three: Alhambra, Granada – Part One

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What I had planned to be a “cheap as chips” four day break to my favourite quick & easy destination, Malaga, Spain, turned out to be more of a travel trip instead of lying on the beach everyday! when I was planning to go I thought just one day I’d like to travel out to somewhere out of Costa del Sol, I was looking into going to Granada and visiting the wonderful Alhambra but wow, I didn’t realise how popular this place is! just to book tickets into the most famous part of the palace, the ‘Plaza de Nazaríes’, you need to book three months in advance due to the Spanish limiting the number of tourists who can visit in a day – I had one week to find a ticket!!! did I make it? just by the skin of my teeth I found one opening on the Thursday I was going to be there so I snapped it up and sorted out my coach ticket 🙂

As well as spending an extremely long day visiting Granada (I was up at 5am to catch a train to Malaga, then a 2.5 hr coach ride to the city), I also checked out my favourite cosmopolitan city, Malaga, where I was staying Benalmadena, Fuengirola via a boat trip and a surprise last day I visited the amazing Malaga Airport Museum which was a bit of a find near the existing airport where I left my bag in storage before I headed back home to blighty!

As ever – enjoy the photos from this great trip! 🙂