Granada

"Every city has its own charm, but Granada has its own and that of the rest."

– Antonio Machado, Spanish poet

Granada captivates the senses. During their time there, Margaret and Shand not only fell in love with each other, but also with the city and its people. The views, with impressive monuments such as the Alhambra backed by the 12,000ft Sierra Nevada mountains. The smells, with scents of spices emanating from the bazaars and teterías (Moorish tea rooms). The winding streets between whitewashed walls in the UNESCO World Heritage neighborhood of the Albayzín. The sounds, with cries of flamenco and Spanish guitar pouring out of gitano (Spanish gypsy) caves in Sacromonte. The flavors of traditional tapas culture—one drink really does come with free food! The colors of the thousands of flowers in the Generalife. The history, traced through centuries of Arabic kingdoms, Sephardic enclaves, and the Reconquista of Isabel and Ferdinand—the ancient cobbles tell the story of the crown jewel of Spain. The art, giving birth to Federico García Lorca and drawing the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Matisse, and many more. The culture, where any passing inconvenience is met with the reply of "no pasa nada" (think Spanish hakuna matata). We hope you will fall in love with Granada just like we did!

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The Granada Game

‘"If you were to visit just one city in Spain, it should be Granada."

— Ernest Hemingway, American author

"All curious travellers keep Granada in their hearts."

— William Shakespeare

"Granada is Spain’s most valued treasure; a melting pot of flavors, smells, and passion."

— Victor Hugo, French writer

"The truth is, I’m beginning to wonder if there is any greater pleasure in life than visiting Granada... and it is going back and visiting it again."

— Alexandre Dumas, French writer

"This is the dream of all the world. The dream is to live in Granada. Work in the morning, have a one-hour in the afternoon, at night go out and have that life. Go out and see your friends and eat tapas and drink red wine and be in a beautiful place."

— Anthony Bourdain

"Granada is so moving that it stimulates and melts all of the senses."

— Henri Matisse, French artist

"Granada is like the beautiful, delicate land of our dreams; all those who see her dream of visiting her again."

— Chateaubriand, French author

"Give him alms, woman, that there is nothing in life as the sadness of being blind in Granada."

— Francisco de Icaza, Mexican poet

"Granada, last refuge from a tiring life. Eternal garden, shows remnants of paradise that still remain in only very few privileged places on earth."

— Chateaubriand, French author

"Granada; more dazzling than the flower and more flavorful than the fruit it is named after."

— Alexandre Dumas, French writer

"Granada is the perfect dream and fantasy, forever ineffable. Granada will always be more malleable than philosophical, more lyric than dramatic."

— Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet

"The Alhambra in Granada is the most fertile source of inspiration of all those from which I have drunk."

— M.C. Escher, Dutch artist

"How lazily the sun goes down in Granada, it hides beneath the water, it conceals in the Alhambra!"

— Ernest Hemingway, American author