First week in September Mariana and I traveled down south in Spain and went to Sevilla and Granada. I wasn't sure what to expect from Granada but was told to go so I did. It was only a few hours away from Sevilla so it made for a nice travel day.
We arrived to Grandad at the bus station and luckily the hostel in Sevilla had given us a map of Granada. I knew which bus to take and where to get off. However, I forgot the bus doesn't really tell where you are like metros so when you are in a new city, you may as well just guess. We were greeted by a nice older man running the hostel, he lived in the apartment next door. The hostel was more like a hotel with shared bathrooms. We even had a sink in our room which made us thinking we were living high class. I think we saw one other person while we were there which was much different from our 8 bed bunk room in Sevilla.Since our travel day was short but over lunchtime, we set out to find lunch, unfortunately during siesta time so we found a place opened and settled on some mediocre food which wasn't unusual for me in Spain. We then went exploring, this small yet bustling city. It had such a nice feel to it. It was a city but not overwhelming like some. It was clean, pretty, and easy to figure out. Our lovely host at the hostel told us to go up the hill to see the view of the Alhambra. We wandered up the hills via the cobblestone streets, reminding me of my days getting lost in the hills of Valparaiso, Chile. After a couple of wrong turns, we were finally there and shocked at our view.There we saw the Alhambra.
There was a crowd atop this mirador (lookout point) and we could see why. We decided to wait until sunset and see the Alhambra light up.
We then trekked down the cobblestone streets to find the bottom of the hill full of Moorish influenced stores and restaurants. I loved every bit of it! I just love the style of their jewelry and everything. We went into a restaurant and had hummus. It was served warm so I convinced myself it is more authentic that way but I don't think thats true. It was pretty good which made me think I should try more hummus in this town.
We then took the bus up to the Alhambra where we waited in line to enter at our ticket time. I felt like I was at a zoo or amusement park the way everything was set up.
We explored the Alhambra for a few hours in the sweltering heat but had some good views.
It was nice to see a place with such history and imagine the people that use to live there. They even had a little "house" across the way where they would escape there palace.
We ended our time in Granada haggling some deals and eating the best hummus of my life at this restaurant they felt very authentic.
