Granada · Spain

Alhambra

HistoricMuseum photo spotgoogle verified

~240 min

easy

10/10

best: morning

awe-inspiring, romantic, historic

A local would say...

The last Muslim ruler of Granada wept here looking back at this palace he would never see again — locals still call the mountain pass his sobbing spot.

The extraordinary Nasrid fortress-palace complex crowning Granada, the Alhambra is one of the finest surviving examples of Moorish architecture in the world. Its Palacios Nazaríes feature the iconic Patio de los Leones with 12 marble lions, and the Patio de los Arrayanes with its serene reflecting pool. After the Reconquista the mosque was replaced with a church, layering Christian over Islamic over Roman.