Best places: Monuments in Villa de Otura, Spain

Circa-1536 stone archway with the imperial shield by the same architect as the Palace of Charles V.

Large imposing gate with a horseshoe arch & entrance leading to the Palace of Carlos Quinto.

A famous spot for photos, Fountain of the Granadas is a bronze sculpture by Grenadian Ramiro Megías.

Elegant, tranquil space named after the surrounding sculpted myrtle bushes & reflective pool.

Landmark urban square featuring a bronze sculpture of Queen Isabella with Christopher Columbus.

Intimate 1400s residence of a Nasrid queen, with typical Spanish-Islamic architecture & city views.

👍👍 This is the Puerta del Vino. Why pictures of other parts of the Alhambra are posted under the Puerta del Vino I have no idea, but if you click on ' photos' barely 10% of the photos are actually of this arch. Ridiculous.

11th-century Arab baths featuring cavernous brick vaults & octagonal & star-shaped skylights.

👍👍 Últimamente estoy disfrutando de los sitios que vengo a visitar además de hacer fotos. Tras comer reposé en esta plaza, diáfana en el centro pero con rincones como el parque infantil o la zona de ejercicios (estoy pedaleando ahora mismo). Un par de fuentes, un escenario y la construccion de un ki...

👍👍 Or Puerta Nueva, which separated the Albaicín neighborhood with the Alcazaba Vieja. It is one of the first curved doors built in Spanish-Muslim architecture. Today it gives access to one of the busiest squares in the upper Albaicín with a multitude of bars and restaurants. It is very common to see m...

👍👍 Main access door to the Cadima citadel, the first urban center of Muslim Granada. The gate was built in the 11th century and has undergone various modifications throughout history. You can see some slatted horseshoe arches separated by a barrel vault. Next to the door one of the towers that defended...

👍 In Albayzín, next to the Church of San Nicolás, it is the most visited and photographed cistern in Granada. The Albayzín cisterns were supplied by the waters of the Aynadamar irrigation canal. Public cisterns were the water supply system for human consumption in Islamic Granada.

😠 Although it is a shame what happens, I leave you some information: The Maristan was built by the Nasrid monarch Abu Abd Allah Muhammad V, possibly influenced by similar Moroccan foundations of Abu Yusuf and Abu Inam, as a charitable and compassionate work for the sick poor Muslims . The works began...