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If you visit only one city in Andalusia, make sure it’s Granada.

At least, that’s what everyone always told me. Having just been, I have to say: if you visit only one city in Andalusia, make sure it’s Granada.

Yeah, I get it now.

From the windy streets of the Albaicín to the Flamenco dances performed on seemingly every plaza and, of course, the Moorish Alhambra palace lording over the city from its central hill, everything conspires to give Granada a magical quality.

This had been completely lost on me when I first visited Granada 20 years ago on a holiday with my parents. My head was buried waaaay too deep into the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy compendium to even notice the city. I do remember the Alhambra making a big impression on me, but my eye-rolling-heavy puberty phase was probably not ideal for appreciating Granada.

I’m glad I recently got to see the city again with fresh — and older — eyes.

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