Alhambra
One of my main reasons for wanting to go to this part of Spain was to see the Alhambra βοΈ. You need to book very very early and we had not done this π³. Two weeks before we went, the kind man over the phone βοΈ tried to fob us off with tickets to the Generalife garden π³'does this include entry to the Nasrid Palaces π€?' 'No' 'Are the Nasrid Palaces π€ the best part' 'Yes' - it is important to preserve. After a fair bit of probing he did admit that the best way to get a ticket was to ring him the day before we wanted to go, as they always have tickets the day before βοΈ. I wasn't superbly happy about this, but we had no choice but to chance it. The day arrived - I called up the lady π in the ticket office - and NO tickets π. Our only hope now was to go and queue the following morning (the ticket office opens at 8am, and she suggested getting there VERY early π³).So I may have made Andy, Max and Laura wake up at 6am β° to drive over to Granada to get into the disneylandesque queue so we could get into the Alhambra βοΈ - sometimes it's important to do these things. It was slightly drizzling βοΈ when we arrived at 7.30am β°there was already a monstrous queue π¬πππ¬. We split into two parties - 2 to queue for the actual ticket office π, and 2 to queue to buy tickets from a machine π¬, and drank some terrible coffee while we waited βοΈ. I am pleased to tell you we did get tickets - the ticket machine queue won and Andy and Max came back triumphantly π.My two favourite parts of the Alhambra were the Generalife Gardens π³- the roses πΉ were out and it had recently rained βοΈ and they are rather beautiful.And then of course the Nasrid Palaces π€ - there are just so many patterns βοΈ everywhere, they are quite splendid.And they have a good gift shop π° - I bought a glasses π case covered in an Alhambra βοΈ inspired pattern. Andy suggested they should be selling Al - ham - bras π·π (that would be bras made of ham in a nice pattern) - sorry for giving your idea away Andy...I am SO pleased we made it π. And I suggest you book in advance if you do decide to go.Alice xxx