What if a palace could glow? Not with lights, but with history. Right now, you’re looking at the Alhambra. Nearly 700 years old. And still stealing the show. As the sun dips low, warm gold washes over ...

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Once upon a time, Spain’s hilltop Alhambra palace glittered with gold. Over the centuries, though, the Islamic citadel’s ornate, gilded structures on its ceilings and elsewhere fell into disrepair, ...

All new restaurants face obstacles, but Alhambra Palace has been besieged by problems since it opened in late April. Its daunting scale–24,000 square feet seating up to 1,400–and over-the-top decor ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

History always has intrigued me. It was only when I discovered just how much original research the discipline involved, much of it in foreign languages, that I changed my college major from history to ...

Canary- and azure-colored tiles sheathe the exterior walls in kaleidoscopes of geometric design. Courtyard fountains tinkle like the sound of doubloons. It is the Alhambra, palace of sultans and Spain ...

Bathhouses, tapas-hopping and flamenco: here's how to make the most of a short break in this Andalucian city. One of Granada's most stunning miradors (viewpoints) is the one onto the Alhambra palace ...

This is one of two of the largest, most complete, and most ornate curtains to survive from the 1300s when it presumably hung in the royal Alhambra Palace in Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in ...