hey guys garrett and i had a chance to spend a week in granada spain
and we did a bunch of things there but one of the highlights of our visit was touring the alhambra
which is where i'm going to take you during this video so let's go
before we actually visited the alhambra we took advantage of several viewing platforms
to look at it at sunset including this one where locals played live music
here we are walking to the alhambra it's about 7 45 in the morning the moon is still out
the sun has not come up sunrise won't be for about another what do you think 30 minutes or so
and we still have at least that amount of time of walking to get there
this is halfway up the hill to show you how out of shape i am
and here it's closer to the top this is just hill 1. i'm out of shape
pray for me
we haven't made it to the top yet but there's this cold fountain in a lower courtyard
and i'm going to say that i made it
here is the entrance to the alhambra the alhambra or red castle is both a palace
and a fortress that was built back in the 13th century it was in the 14th century
that it was converted to a royal palace by king ferdinand and queen isabella
alhambra is famous for its water features such as fountains and this reflecting pool
we really enjoyed listening to the trickling water so much so
that if i ever build a house i'm definitely adding a water feature
this is the hall of the two sisters and it's named
this because of two big twin marble flagstones that are part of the floor
the
oh this place is magical back here
the water in these fountains is very calming
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this is the fountain of lions which symbolizes the heavenly garden of
islam the fountains supported by 12 lions which are carved out
another massive intricate ceiling
another courtyard which i'm sure we'll get to at some point hard to believe that this
building was allowed to fall into disrepair for centuries it took three generations to restore
now that is a view
this is the patio linda
this is santa maria church and we kind of hung back a little bit to leave
let some tourists leave before entering and i'm glad we did
gave us the opportunity to tour the church with almost no one else there
we made it to the top
i'm surprised
surprised you made it
i did it was worth it
it's one-way stairs you get a green light once you can come up or go down
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of course we had to check out the ancient baths
so there was a sign back by that church right there
that said that the walk to the torres general life
that's up here was 25 minutes that's how big this complex is hey kitty cat
i'm trying to pet all the kitty cats they do not want me to pet them but i'm going to try
kitty kitty kitty i don't think they know that sounds
oh no he said no be sure to buy your tickets in advance online
we paid 14 euros each to get in and make sure you're on time or you could be denied entry as
time slots are strictly enforced and bring your passport because it will be used as a ticket
so we dipped into this little side garden to get away from the people i think it was a good call
and no one really figured out what we were doing so we're by ourselves
crowds have definitely picked up the flowers smell good
i think this is called the patio of the sultan
if that's not it this is the patio of this whole thing over here at least that's what the sign said
hopefully you enjoyed this tour of the alhambra stay tuned for next week's video
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