When my friend and I were planning how to spend our time in Granada, we both knew that the Alhambra was a must see. I’d taken the time to do a little research on the Alhambra, and as far as I knew: you had to prebook tickets, needed a whole day to enjoy the grounds and it looked kind-of-ugly. Well, each of those turned out to be wrong in their own right. We, luckily, managed to get tickets that morning for the morning session. The map that they give you seems to be somewhat exaggerated and we found ourselves accidentally rushing through the entire complex in just over 2.5 hours. And most importantly: it was not ugly, in fact I commented numerous times on how not ugly it was (read: stunning, gorgeous, incredible, lovely and, of course, amazzzzzzing).
Something you definitely have to see at least once in your life.
The detail is incredible and actually reminds me a little of Angkor Wat and Borobudur.
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You should also go for a night visit. Alhambra is such a magical place at night without the majority of the tourists. You can really appreciate why the Moors consider the gardens paradise.