A Stroll Through El Ensanche de BILBAO

If you like architecture, Bilbao is definitely worth a trip!

BILBAO – The Guggenheim Museum

Bilbao and Gehry, an absolutely unbeatable combination!

Los Palacios Nazaríes – finally!

If you’ve read my previous post, you know that I walked straight from the main gate of the Alhambra to the citadel, La Alcazaba. The main gate is located at the most easterly tip of the Sabika hill while the Alcazaba forms the most westerly portion of the Alhambra complex. It takes about 15 or […]

ALHAMBRA satt

Every now and then one gets a chance to see something extraordinary, something mindboggling. Visiting the Alhambra is definitely one of those occasions. Do you know what the Alhambra is? It is the crowning glory of Granada’s Al-Andalus period, the vibrant testament to Islamic culture in western Europe before it was absorbed into and supplanted by Roman […]

GRANADA – Pura Pasión

“Puro arte. Aire puro. Puro sol. Pura agua. Pura pasión.” Semana Santa awaits!

An Aside

In an aside to my aside, the entrance shown above leads to the headquarters of the rector, the head of the University of Granada. The current Rectora de la Universidad de Granada, founded in 1531, is Dra Pilar Aranda Ramírez. She is a professor in the physiology department of the School of Pharmacology and also holds […]