Granada, Spain

The third stop on our trip to southern spain was Granada, Spain. Here we got to visit the Alhambra. We were able to see it from afar and from up close. Not only did the interior of the Palace have gardens and courtyards, but there were actually exterior gardens. That was one of the things that I really enjoyed because it was somthing that we really have seen much of. Going through all the different courtyards in the exterior garden I noticed many different pavements, water features, trees and hedges.

This pavement that I saw inside of the courtyard was one that I have seen a lot on this trip. It is a lot different then the pavements in Barcelona. Barcelona pavements were more like tiles and 4in. by 4in. while at the Alhambra they were more of stones places strategically with mortar surrounding them. This is seen in the picture below.This pavement that I saw inside of the courtyard was one that I have seen a lot on this trip. It is a lot different then the pavements in Barcelona. Barcelona pavements were more like tiles and 4in. by 4in. while at the Alhambra they were more of stones places strategically with mortar surrounding them. This is seen in the picture above.

The pavement above I saw around the city of Granada and yet again it was nothing like Barcelona, but in fact just like inside of the Alhambra. It was a different pattern, but was constructed in the saw way by having stones with mortar around them.