Shore excursion from Celebrity Infinity. Bused from Malaga port to Granada. Dropped off across the street from Neptuno Shopping Mall. Rest of bus passengers took taxi into city center. Instead of seeing more of what tourists see we ended up spending our 4 hours seeing what a local family might see on a Sunday. We pretty much walked and explored much of a few city blocks another definition of aimless wandering and experiencing life in part of Granada. What to do? Stepped into a pet store cuz of the cute display of toys in the window. Something for fur Bebe and grandpup? Why not? Hubs asked the Spanish speaking shop employee for a lunch recommendation. She asked, drink? I hand motioned eat. Giving us directions in Spanish we did our best at what seemed like go straight, turn left then turn right. Arrived at a pretty cafe for outdoor and indoor dining. We chose inside. We asked for English menu and hooray they had one. According to ship recommendations for ham I chose melon and ham, flan and a Coke Zero. Hubs had a generous portion of garlic pork and potatoes, dessert and regular Coke. I tried a piece of hub's pork, so moist, tasty and lots of delicious sauce. Another bus passenger returned early to our rendez vous pick up spot. He had gone by taxi with his wife into city center to a better mall. He said all he did was wait while his wife shopped. They didn't have lunch only dessert. The wife was happy with her purchases of a coat and clothing. I kinda envied her shopping escapade but enjoyed our time our way in Granada. read more

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I decided to do a quick trip to Granada, to see the Alhambra again....with its famous gardens and buildings, it was really a beautiful landmark to visit. The city of Granada lies along the Genil River at the northwestern slope of the Sierra Nevada, 2,260 feet above sea level. The city's name may have been derived either from the Spanish granada ("pomegranate"), a locally abundant fruit that appears on the city's coat of arms, or from its Moorish name, Karnattah (Gharnāṭah), possibly meaning "hill of strangers." As the seat of the Moorish kingdom of Granada was the final stronghold of the Moors in Spain, falling to the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II and Isabella I in January 1492. One of Spain's most frequently visited tourist centers, Granada contains many notable architectural and artistic monuments. The city is the see of an archbishop, and at the center of the city stands the Gothic Cathedral of Santa María de la Encarnación, containing the Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) with the tomb of Ferdinand and Isabella and a display of heraldic decoration. The cathedral is profusely ornamented with jasper and colored marble, and its interior contains many fine paintings and sculptures. My tour guide took the group around the tight pedestrian streets of Old Town and I enjoyed the colorful walls and gardens. The city is one of the few in Spain, where you get free tapas with every drink ! read more

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