This room was undergoing restoration when we were there in 2016. (La Sala de los Reyes)
Albaicín y Sacromonte desde la Alhambra You can't quite see our apartment in this picture. It is just to the left of the school with the large green yard.
Albaicín y Sacromonte desde la Alhambra You can't quite see our apartment in this picture. It is just to the left of the school with the large green yard.
Nuestro apartamento in Granada. Desde la Alhambra. Our apartment is the one in the middle with angled window. [It should have an arrow pointing at it but that doesn't always work.]
Nuestro apartamento in Granada. Desde la Alhambra. Our apartment is the one in the middle with angled window. [It should have an arrow pointing at it but that doesn't always work.]
How did they do this? In fact, even with today' equipment, how did they restore it?
The only stained glass window in the Nasrid Palaces
El único vitral morisco en la Alhambra To get a picture, one must lean over a barrier and pont a camera up without being able to see the window directly.
El único vitral morisco en la Alhambra To get a picture, one must lean over a barrier and pont a camera up without being able to see the window directly.
Sacramonte and the remains of a defensive wall from the Alhambra
Combine low clouds, a dark hillside, and clever lighting, and you have a great picture of the Alhambra and buildings along the Daro river. This was taken with my cell phone!
Combine low clouds, a dark hillside, and clever lighting, and you have a great picture of the Alhambra and buildings along the Daro river. This was taken with my cell phone!
This picture gives a good idea of how close we were, as the crow flies, to the Alhambra. The reality of actually getting there was different. It was taken from a restaurant patio close to our apartment.
This picture gives a good idea of how close we were, as the crow flies, to the Alhambra. The reality of actually getting there was different. It was taken from a restaurant patio close to our apartment.
Es más fácil caminar hacia abajo que hacia arriba. These, which lead up/don fron our apartment, are easier to go down than to go up.