We have got used to sleeping in until 8:30 or later. It is so dark in the morning and we stay up late. This morning we had to be at the Alhambra at 7:30. We caught a bus and we were the only ones to get off in the dark. There was a huge line waiting for them to open at 8:00. We had bought our tickets over the internet and it was a good thing we did. We were the first ones into the castle. In a couple of hours the place was packed. It is the most popular tourist spot in Spain and they only sell so many tickets for each time period to prevent it from being over crowded.
The Alhambra was built by the Moors staring in 1237 and was really never finished. It was abandoned when the Christians ran the Moors out in 1492. It was the last Moorish stronghold in Spain. It is an unbelievable place. It is about a mile square. Located on the top of a hill overlooking Granada. It has elaborate palaces, castles, gardens and a huge fortress. It was declared a national monument in 1870 and is still being restored.
Being the first ones in we had the crowds behind us. We had 8:30 reservations for the castle and with a Japanese tour group behind us we were almost by ourselves. It was definitely one of the highlights of the whole trip.
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