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As everywhere else, the palaces are a preserved but dead testimony of an ancient culture and artists' skills.
The gardens are a living element, that adds harmony to the whole, and helps to fade that sensation of absence and emptiness in the palace. And Muslim gardens are always the best in their palaces.
Updated Apr 8, 2011
Address: Calle Real s/n
Phone: 902 441 221
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
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Generalife - has been translated "garden of paradise" "garden of feasts" "house of delights" and "garden of the architect"
"Generalife garden that had no match"
"the noblest and most exalted of all gardens"
...Who could disagree?
beautiful gardens with beautiful flowers and with the beautiful use of water... they are wow!
"the waters speak, and they weep beneath the white oleanders; beneath the rose oleanders, the waters weep, and they sing, for the myrtle in bloom, above the opaque waters. Madness of singing and crying of the souls, of the tears!"
Updated May 7, 2010
Address: Calle Real s/n
Phone: + 34 958 227 525
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
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The Alhambra complex includes:
1. Generalife gardens with all the waterfalls, buildings, plantations, etc
2. The Carlos V Palace (a modern, though incomplete addition)
3. The Alcazar (fort & gunnery)
4. Nasrid Palaces
The Gardens are huge and beautifully laid out. Each corner has a story behind it, just listen to the multimedia kit!
Updated Feb 23, 2010
Address: Calle Real s/n
Phone: + 34 958 227 525
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
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Our first stop before entering Alhambra was at the beautiful Generalife gardens. These gardens surround a country house used by the Arab sovereigns of Granada, on the Hill of the Sun, which was a strategically placed vantage-point.
These gardens are so beautiful, with cypress-trees and hedges of laurel, myrtle and orange-bushes and wonderful fountains. These gardens were built around the 13th century.
From Generalife gardesn you have a wonderful view of Alhambra and Granada.
All over you will notice the aquaducts.
Updated Jan 19, 2010
Address: Calle Real s/n
Phone: + 34 958 227 525
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
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After visiting the gardesn you enter the Generalife palace, The Pool Court "Pateo de la Acequia" and the pavilions. It is lovely, with a pool stretching along the center with fountains on each side and with stone basins with fountains at each end, just lovely.
The pavilions are beautifully adorned.
The name Generalife derives from the Arabic Gennat-Alarif, meaning Gardens fo the Master-Builder - and they sure live up to that name with their poetic elegance and beauty.
Updated Jan 19, 2010
Address: Calle Real s/n
Phone: + 34 958 227 525
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
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This little palace with huge gardens, a little apart from the main castles of the Alhambra, were the recreation buildings for the sultans living in the Alhambra. There are many gardens with fountains, green laberynths, walking paths and nice views of the Alhambra, as it's situated in a nearby hill.
The entrance is included in the general Alhambra Ticket. To get there, turn right as soon as you enter the Alhambra from the ticket office. Just a 5 minutes walk from the main gate.
Written Jan 17, 2010
Address: Calle Real s/n
Phone: + 34 958 227 525
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
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The gardens of the Generalife are on a hillside overlooking the rest of the Alhambra Palace, and shouldn't be overlooked.
There are elaborate well-manicured gardens divided up by trimmed hedgerows, colourful displays of flowers, enormous vegetable patches, quaint walled gardens, a palace, and fountains galore, signifying cleanliness and fertility.
Even as we walked around with the rest of the crowds, there was an overwhelming feeling of peacefulness and serenity.
It also affords great views back to the Alhambra and the old town of Granada.
Entry to the Alhambra includes entry to the Generalife Gardens.
Written Nov 1, 2009
Address: Calle Real s/n
Phone: + 34 958 227 525
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
At the end of the Promenade of the Oleanders is the Promenade of the Cypress Trees (Patio de los Cipreses) which takes you to the exit of the Generalife. The walk of course is lined with old Cypress Trees. One of the most famous of these trees is the Cypress of the Sultana. It became a secret meeting place for the wife of Sultan Abu Hasan and her lover who was the Chief of the Abencarrajes. In the centre is a pond within a pond.
Written Aug 29, 2009
Address: Alhambra, Generalife, Calle Real s/n
Phone: + 34 958 227 525
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
The Generalife gardens were first started during the 13th century as orchards and pastures but over the years, changed considerably with the various occupants. An Italian influence is displayed in the formal patterns and hedges. Water features strongly which brings out the Islamic influence.
Written Aug 29, 2009
Address: Alhambra, Generalife, Calle Real s/n
Phone: + 34 958 227 525
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
The lower gardens are close to the Theatre of the Generalife and connects to the Alhambra. There are three areas of new gardens. The are beautiful rose gardens and arched cypress trees which have been established close to the buildings. This area has also incorporated a Muslim-style garden which has water channels.
Written Aug 29, 2009
Address: Alhambra, Generalife, Calle Real s/n
Phone: + 34 958 227 525
Website: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
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