Day 23: The Amazing Alhambra!

Tickets to the Alhambra are quite hard to come by- my tour books say that the line for tickets sometimes resemble Disney World! We didn't reserve ahead of time and we didn't want to pay a ton of extra money for a guided tour so Mom woke up super early this morning and went to line-up outside the Alhambra before it even opened! (Luckily our hotel is just down the street from it!) She managed to get us tickets for this afternoon (they only let in a certain amount of people at a certain time), so this morning we did a bit of walking around the Old Town. We stopped at a cafe for lunch and ordered some pizza- and man, I didn't think I would ever say this but it had so much cheese I think it was TOO much! I didn't think that was even possible! It was still delicious but I'm glad we decided to share just one! Although I was pretty full from lunch I managed to save some room for gelato. We saw this place yesterday and we were so impressed bu their presentation we just had to go back! Not only were their displays gorgeous but the gelato was delicious too (I had "Mars" bar flavour!)


We headed back to the Alhambra for the 2pm entrance, and after a little bit of waiting, we finally got to see the amazing palaces that people line up for hours to see! The intricate detail in the ceilings and archways and flooring was just unbelievable! And the fact that it is still standing after hundreds of years is pretty darn impressive! Oh and of course, my favourite, we also got some beautiful panoramic views of the city!


Love, Dianna