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Alhambra guided tour. Generalife gardens, Alcazaba,Palace of Charles V
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Duration - 2 hours
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Guide optionsEnglish, Spanish
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Cancellation PolicyStrict
Overview
If you’re wondering about the origins of the monument visited by almost three million people every year, you need to know that its name comes from the Arabic: al-Hambra (‘the red one’). It was designed between the 9th and 12th centuries as a military area (Qal’at al-hamra, ‘Red Fortress’),
Highlights
- Discover some of the best examples of Spanish Islamic art
- Skip the long lines to enter the Alhambra,
Description
Alhambra guided tour. Generalife gardens, Alcazaba,Palace of Charles V
The Alhambra had been an impregnable fortress for almost three centuries. One might expect a Christian queen to reduce it to ashes, erasing from its walls the inscriptions praising Allah. Instead, she ordered that it be left untouched. What’s more, she determined it would be her destiny for eternity, something that the unfortunate Boabdil could not fulfill: “I will and command that, if I should die outside the city of Granada, my entire body be taken, as it is, without delay, to the city.” When she died in 1504 at her residence in the town of Medina del Campo, her coffin was sent on the three-week journey to Granada. The Alhambra, emptied of its Nasrid court just 12 years before, would be the final resting place of the Catholic queen. (Initially interred in the fortress, her remains, along with those of her husband, King Ferdinand, were later transferred to the Royal Chapel of Granada.)
What's included
- Inclusions:
- Prívate and official local expert guide
- Alhambra tickets, Generalife gardens, Alcazaba, Palace of Charles V.
- Headphones
- Exclusions:
- Meals
- Drinks
- Transportation
- Nasrid Palace
Itinerary
- Visited Places:
- Generalife
- Palace of Charles V
- Alcazaba
The Alhambra had been an impregnable fortress for almost three centuries. One might expect a Christian queen to reduce it to ashes, erasing from its walls the inscriptions praising Allah. Instead, she ordered that it be left untouched. What’s more, she determined it would be her destiny for eternity, something that the unfortunate Boabdil could not fulfill: “I will and command that, if I should die outside the city of Granada, my entire body be taken, as it is, without delay, to the city.” When she died in 1504 at her residence in the town of Medina del Campo, her coffin was sent on the three-week journey to Granada. The Alhambra, emptied of its Nasrid court just 12 years before, would be the final resting place of the Catholic queen. (Initially interred in the fortress, her remains, along with those of her husband, King Ferdinand, were later transferred to the Royal Chapel of Granada.)
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