Granada can be reached in less than two hours from Almond Tree Villa. The Alhambra takes a half day to really appreciate, it is the jewel of Andalucia-a 14th century palace built by Muslim Emirs and captured by Christian Kings. You can book tickets to view the palaces online before you go, this saves time when you arrive.The Alhambra is sign posted from Granada’s ringroad and has ample parking.

Water from the mysterious life of the Alhambra: it allows the gardens to grow exuberantly green, it gives birth to the splendour of flowering shrubs and bushes, its rests in the pools reflecting the elegantly arcaded halls, it dances in the fountain and murmurs in rivulets through the very heart of the royal residence.


" .....when the rest of Europe was building castles in the air, in Granada they were constructing palaces upon water." (Jesus Pareja)