Granada is the jewel in Spain crown. Many tourism information sources will say 'if you only have time to visit one city in Spain - it should be Granada' Today it is both a vibrant city, but also one that proudly displays its history and passions.  steeped in history. When the Romans colonised southern Spain, they built their own city here and called it Illibris. The Arabs, invading the peninsula in the 8th century, gave it its current name of Granada. It was the last Muslim city to fall to the Christians in 1492, at the hands of Queen Isabel of Castile and her husband Ferdinand of Aragon.

One of the most brilliant sites is the Alhambra, a series of palaces and gardens built under the Nazari Dynasty in the 14th C. This mighty compound of buildings – including the summer palace called Generalife, with its fountains and gardens - stands at the foot of Spain's highest mountain range, the Sierra Nevada, and overlooks the city below and the fertile plain of Granada.

The hill facing the Alhambra is the old Moorish casbah or "medina", called the Albaicin, a fascinating labyrinth of narrow streets and whitewashed houses with secluded inner gardens, known as "cármenes". This has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site. It is here that our school in located! You could not be more central in Granada. From our top classroom you look out the window onto the magnificent site of the Alhambra. Our school is in fact itself of historical significance!  And to the north is The Sacromonte hill, which overlooks the city. It is famous for its cave dwellings, once the home of Granada's large gypsy community.

Granada is a wonderful 'University'  city fill of Flamenco, history, tapa bars, Moorish influence, narrow streets, and most of all - a friendly a passionate people.

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