Spain - Granada Hotels

  Granada Andalucia, Spain's autonomous communities and the city of Granada is the capital of the province. Granada in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, three rivers, Beiro, Darro and Genil, in the Mediterranean coast, where the sea level, yet only an hour at an altitude of 738 meters is located in Costa Tropical. Near the Sierra Nevada Ski Resort, 1996 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held. Malaga city is about 125km. Granada city of origin of the Phoenicians, Carthagenians made contact with an Ibero-Celtic settlement in the order and the ancient Greeks were. 5. century BC As the Greeks or Elybirge Elibyrge established a colony in the name. Hispania Roman domination, the CE, this city is called "Illiberis" had become under the early centuries. Illiberis, a city of Hispania as part of the economy as its own coins minted. Western Roman Empire, the Visigoths fell in both religious and civil administration and also established as a military fortress of the city flourished as a center. And reconquered by the Eastern Roman Empire that ruled for a century. Places to see Catholic Kings Street (Calle Reyes Catolicos) Royal Gate (Puerta Real), Granada Moorish design and architecture of the Spanish Gothic style sites are: Alhambra and Generalife Charles V Palace Granada Cathedral Granada Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) and Queen Joanna I and King Philip I of-the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella I and II tomb Albayzin or Albaicín: the old Arab quarter, the 16th century, containing many original houses Madrasas in Granada, in 1349 Nasrid ruler Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada in Granada, the first university established by the University is now part of Granada Charterhouse: A Carthusian monastery, one Spain's most impressive Baroque decorative pieces. Calle Calderería: If the Arabs from North Africa typical food, especially sweet tea and you can taste a Albayzin streets El Carmen de los Mártires: a beautiful botanical garden with a beautiful palace, near the Alhambra Santa Ana Church: 16th century, Mudéjar Style San Salvador Church: 16th century, Mudéjar Style. old mosque with a Moorish patio Almohad dynasty era.