Blog – A personal account of life in Granada
I consider myself to be not entirely an idiot. I am not completely useless when it comes to organising things. In a previous life, I used to get paid for organising quite complicated things, so you might imagine that I could easily get my head around the intricacies...
#SilentSunday One photo. No words.
#SilentSunday One picture. No words.
Years and years ago – long before the doom and gloom of la crisis – all tapas were served on the house in Spain. The trend allegedly emerged during the 13th century, after King Alfonso attributed his speedy recovery from a grave illness to the prescription of small...
Any amount of time spent in Granada wouldn’t be complete without a proper night out in town, partying or tapa-hopping Grana’ino ‘tyle. The options available for each pastime are numerous, especially as there are eight barrios neighbourhoods within the city, each with...
Living where we do high in La Alpujarra we are lucky enough to have a good view of what the weather is doing on the coast. This is particularly handy in the winter when a trip to the beach to catch a bit of sun and warm up our cold bones is very welcome. As the...
La Alpujarra, the rolling southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada, is an area of outstanding beauty all the year round, but when the leaves finally turn in the late autumn the hillsides are golden. Sometime during the Christmas break the leaves finally fall and the...
It's late summer in La Alpujarra. The kids are back to school. The overwhelming heat of July and August has passed but the sun still shines daily on the southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The conditions are perfect for walking. Looking out over Sierra Lujar from...
No blog post or web page can do justice to the brilliance of the Alhambra. Truly seeing is believing. And I am converted. I have lived in the vicinity of Granada for four years and have always been, until today, ashamed to say that I had not been to the Alhambra. I...
The winter, while mild, has been long and the spring has been wet. The glorious result is that the campo has exploded with colour. If you can make it to La Alpujarra in springtime then you will be seeing it at its most beautiful. Here are some images from the...
BA have suspended all direct flights from Granada to London.
From July 25 the company will reinstate direct flights from London to Granada.