The Alhambra

We spent our last day in Granada exploring the Alhambra. The Alhambra is one of the most famous sites in Southern Spain, and the reason most people visit Granada.

The Alhambra was originally built as a fortress and a palace by Moorish rulers in the 14th Century. It is well known for it's amazing Moorish and Islamic architecture and it also became an UNESCO Heritage Site in 1984.

Most people visit for the entire day, but we only had a few hours before we had to get the bus to Malaga for our flight back to London. I don't think we felt rushed though, we managed to see the entire palace and the gardens and it was a fantastic way to spend our last day in Spain. 

A Swiss Village in the South of Spain

After two nights in Seville, we were ready to hop on a train for our three hour journey to Granada. Granada is South East of Seville, so we were hoping for slightly warmer weather as we went further South.

Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains. I had no idea that Spain was so mountainous, for some reason I thought most of the country would be flat.

Granada is much smaller than Seville, and to me, almost seemed like a little mountain town in the Alps. Even though the weather was lovely and sunny, there was snow on the tops of the surrounding mountains. Apparently, Granada is very popular in the winter for skiing.

We were staying in a lovely small hotel in the Albaizyn district which directly overlooks the Alhambra. We were lucky enough to grab the best room in the hotel, being off season, which had an amazing view directly towards the Alhambra and the mountains.

Tapas and Churros

After an early night on our first night in Seville, we were up early and ready to explore the rest of the city. It was another lovely sunny day, and warmer than it had been the day before, so for the first time in months, I went outside without my coat on!

We started our morning with a walk along the riverside, we were heading towards the Plaza del Toro's, which is a bullfighting ring where they still do live Bullfighting. Luckily the season hadn't started yet, so we didn't witness any horrific animal slaughtering, but we did manage to have a wander round and have a quick look at the museum, which shows the history of Bullfighting in Seville.

Oranges and Sunshine

Well it's been a while since our last post. We didn't get up to much in January to be honest, the weather wasn't great and we just spent a lot of time holed up up home not doing a lot! That doesn't make for an interesting blog post.

Then I had my wisdom tooth out last week, and I've been pretty indisposed since then. I'm eating a lot of yoghurt, ice cream and mashed potatoes, I actually found myself daydreaming about actual food yesterday!

Anyway, in the last weekend of January, before I had my tooth out, we spent a lovely long weekend in the South of Spain for my Birthday. It was our first time to Spain, we spent most of last year travelling Italy, so that's one country we won't be visiting this year! But I can definitely say we'll be seeing more of Spain.