If you get the highest class cabin with a shower and You're one of the ones getting a full cabin without sharing it, it's actually pretty nice. For this you need to go a full route from Altona and it's about 450+€ so it is way more expensive than a plane ticket. Rather cost comparable to a Cessna flight per person.
A few tips for the time you will visit: 1. Do it, it's incredible. 2. You can go to the visitor's entrance with a bus from the center of the city (you will walk enough just visiting) 3. Reserve the earliest slot possible, in the middle of the day it's really crowded. 4. Take water and food like for a full day of hiking, it's huge. 5. Don't skip the gardens. The architecture is not the only incredible thing in this palace.
RU-vid algo sent me here after googled this place while reminiscing about a vist, I wish you could of shown the inside alhambra, return when you can , it will be worth it. It's a stunning place, nothing else comes close to the mosaics and masonry.
This reminds me of the time I travelled to Seville to see the Alcazar not realising you absolutely need to buy a ticket a few days in advance and I couldnt get in 😂 nevermind there was a lot of other great things to see, I was equally blown away by the orange trees in the city which apparently go to the UK for marmalade 🍊
4:26 Fun fact about that plaza: opposite from the view of the Alhambra is the Iglesia de San Nicolas. The church suffered a fire some years ago and was rebuilt. Now, the historical conservation law in Granada is that if there are any Moorish records of a structure, it is protected and must retain it's historic design. But if there are no Moorish records, it is assumed to have been built after the conquest and has no protections and the owner can do anything they want to it. They could not find Moorish records of this church building, so they were able to update the interior design, and it resulted in the most modern looking church I have ever seen in Europe. Also, when you book your tickets to the Alhambra, book as soon as you can because they sell out quickly! I went to Granada in the off season, bought 2 weeks in advance, and I purchased the LAST ticket available on either day/
Impressive you were able to make this whole video without being able to enter. I highly recommend returning so you can visit … it’s a magical and captivating place that, as you say, stays with you forever. 😊
As usual, an excellent video from you. What an awesome place to visit. Also, I love the sound of your voice. You could read aloud any random textbook from front to back, and I would sit & listen to the whole thing.
The Alhambra is amazing. I've never seen anything that really compares to it. It has a magic about it. I loved the town of Granada too. I wouldn't mind living there for awhile.
Amazing. I’m headed there in a couple weeks so this is great timing for me. Usually when I visit places I just wander around seeing what there is to see but I actually signed up for a guided tour of the Alhambra. Gonna watch this video a few more times too. 😁
Fun fact about Granada: the city's name is also the Spanish word for "pomegranate", and if you look around you'll find lots of pomegranate motifs on the municipal coat of arms, local architecture, and even some lampposts! Less fun fact about the Alhambra: in addition to bankrolling Columbus, the Catholic Monarchs were also there when they issued the 1492 Edict of Expulsion exiling Spain's then-thriving Jewish population. So it bears the dubious honor of being the birthplace of both a genocide and an ethnic cleansing.
Yeah, let's talk about the "reconquista", why I disagree with it and with calling it as such. It implies a European-centric view of history, suggesting that the Christian conquest of the Iberian Peninsula was a constant heroic and righteous struggle against Muslim invaders. It majorally downplays or even erases the rich cultural tapestry of the land before the conquest, which completely changed after the conquest. It was a very complex and very diverse culturally and religiously landscape with many, long periods coexistence and cultural exchange and cultural flourishing. It ignores significant contributions of Andalusians to the development of the Iberian Peninsula, who left a lasting legacy in areas such as sciences, art, architecture, philosophy, even cusine, and other areas. It completely ignores that the conquest was a violent and very oppressive process, involving forced conversions, expulsions, persecutions and killings of all non-Christians and the many Spanish inquisitions. It implies a constant struggle to reclaim "lost" territory that was rightfully theirs from the beginning through cultural and historical lineage, and suggests the Christian kingdoms had a superior claim to the land, ignoring the centuries-long presence of the Andalusi people. Except that's not half true, the Visigoths that the Moors conquered to take the land were themselves sonquer settlers, who who themselves took it from other conquorer settlers, the Romans. The Romans lived there for 2 centuries, the Goths for 3, the Andalusians for 8. The Christian Kingdoms that conquered Al-Andalus took it from a diverse people who had been living there for 8 centuries, and they did so after centuries of coexistence, cultural exchange and cultural flourishing. The Christian conquerors themselves were not indigenous to the region, being descendants of Visigoths, Germanic tribes, and Romanized populations. This historical context challenges the notion of a purely Christian "right" to the land. They were not the original inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula. The indiginous inhabitants were Iberians and Celticiberians, who weren't even Christians.
Thank you, Thornton Tom, for telling me about famous American author Irving Washington! (I kid, your videos are excellent and I know from experience how hard it is to catch mistakes like that)
Visit tinyurl.com/bdfbby29 or use code THORNTON at Manta Sleep for 10% off :) And which historical place should I review next? Willing to travel very far x ➡ the colosseum of tunisia: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yh_LFAYNTTQ.html ➡ the armenian ruins in the mountains: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WCAtk-2UzNg.html
I love this bro! From other videos I've seen of yours, you seem to love Roman ruins. You might like the Roman theatre in Amman. It has been on my personal list for a while, and a friend of mine went and loved the city of Amman. Its decently far ;). Wonderful storytelling.
There's nothing dangerous at both sides of this border for any visitor. These rural areas are extremely safe, and Armenia one of the safest countries in the world.
Amtrak is a great way to visit NYC from Boston. It's a lovely ride through seaside Connecticut, and first class is actually very affordable. It's a fantastic way to get there and back.
As someone who travels quite a bit with the "Deutsche Bahn" and also with the ÖBB (as they have a co-operation) through Germany, Austia till north Italy, I can say you did great. The delays alone can ruine you day. So especially if you do longer journey and you have to get connections, NEVER book as it is suggested online! And if you can book in advance to save money! I also know the station in Leipzig. It really is one of the best in Germany. From a an architectural viewpoint as well as from the shops and restaurants. If you have to wait for a train, the main station in Leipzig is truely not the worst place to be! As for those capsules, I think they are nothing for tall and claustrophobic people! 😆 If you want to experience a good journey by train with some conveniences, go to japan! It's not cheap, but I would say it's all woth the money! The trains are on time and the service is the best you can imagine! And that as a regular passenger on ANY day of the year, not just for invited passenger fro makerting purposes!😄
"nobody knows exists"? Well, it actually happens to be one of the most famous archeological monuments of Tunisia... Why is it that people always tend to generalize their own lack of knowlegde? 🙄
