Spain: Granada

Alhambra is on the right and Genealife is the white buildings on the left.  It was a beautiful day and the viewing patio was filled with dread locked people selling jewelery and chilling out.

 Eyewitness Travel: At the point where the mountains of the Sierra Nevada meet the plain nestles the ancient city of Granada  founded by the Iberians.  For 250 years it was the capital of a Moorish kingdom whose borders enclosed both Almeria and Malaga provinces.  On a ridge overlooking the city rises the royal citadel of Alhambra, a complex of spacious palaces and water gardens.

Many plazas and sidewalks were decorated with stones in patterns or pictures like this one.

We explored the city and climbed up through the Alabaicin neighbourhood to reach a good spot to view La Alhambra.  

Eyewitness Travel: This corner of the city, clinging to the hillside opposite the Alhambra, is where one feels closest to the city's Moorish ancestry.  A fortress was first built here in the 13th century and there were once over 30 mosques, some of which can still be traced. 

Most of the streets are called cuesta, meaning slope.  The girls are fabulous walkers and climbers. 

Who names a beer after a Moorish citadel?