We had heard that the entrance to the Alhambra is timed, and
if it is busy, you could find yourself with a late entry, so
armed with this information we set off early and walked up to the
Alhambra (which was a bit further than we thought, 'cos you can
only get tickets from the one place and that was the farthest
away from where we were!
We arrived at 9.30 with a timed ticket for the Palace between
10.00 and 10.30 - it takes about 15 minutes to walk from the
ticket office to the Palace.
The Alhambra site is made up of three distinct areas: The
Alcazaba, The Nasrid Palace and The Generalife. We bought a copy
of the Official Plan, at the Information Desk, which proved
invaluable.
If you imagine the three areas laid out as 1-2-3, then the timed
ticket is for 2 and the exit from that is at the 3, meaning you
have to trail back to 1 to see the Alcazaba, then on to 3 for the
Generalife. We should have asked for a timed ticket far enough to
give us time to walk round the Alcazaba first (extra 40 minutes
to admire wonderful views). In temperatures of over 33C you don't
want to do too much unnecessary walking.
What can you say about the Alhambra Palace:
The walk up to the Generalife through the pool area with the
conifers either side is peaceful - though this will depend on how
busy the site is.
You can spend a long time here if you let yourself - we left at
4.30 and got the bus down to the Plaza Nueva, headed back to the
hotel and stopped off at the Cathedral, built during the mid
1500's, to walk round that.
We ate in the Biba-Rambla Plaza, before wandering around more of
the narrow cobbled streets as we took the long, pretty route to
the hotel.
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