Spain Photos: Granada, The Alhambra and Torre del Mar

After Barcelona, we flew to Malaga and stayed in a little town called Torre del Mar. We rented a small car for the week and drove up to Granada to see the Alhambra -- an extrodinary Morrish castle.


The interior courtyards were created with reflecting pools to keep things cool in the hot summer and visually expand the space. The castle was built on the highest hill in Granada, so they created aquaducts to bring the water up the hill - no small task.





This wall relief was about 18 inches taller than me - so it's about 7 feet tall and the detail is incredible. What you can't see from this posting is that each of the dark spots is actually intricate writing.

This is just a sample of the garden. It's too bad we were here in the fall, I think the summer gardens must be incredible. Not to say this isn't pretty -- it really is.


This is the tower that was outside of our condo. These towers were present up and down the coast. Some of the towers were in terrible shape - the one across the street was leaning at a 50 degree angle - and it made me nervous to see people standing under it.

It's a self portrait. I wish I wasn't making that nutty face - but what can you do?