Tickets for Alhambra: Skip The Line Activity - Andalucia Travel Guide

Overview

Alhambra and the Generalife is considered nowadays as one of the most beautiful and meaningful cultural landscape in the world.

The castle was added to the city's area within the ramparts in the 9th century, which implied that the castle became a military fortress with a view over the whole city.

In spite of this, it was not until the arrival of the first king of the Nasrid dynasty, Mohammed ben Al-Hamar (Mohammed I, 1238-1273), in the 13th century, that the royal residence was established in the Alhambra. This event marked the beginning of the Alhambra's most glorious period.