Elche
Other blogs by Robert Bovington:
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“Photographs of Spain”
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“Spanish Impressions”
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“you couldn’t make it up!”
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“a grumpy old man in Spain”
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“bits and bobs”
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“Spanish Expressions”
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“Spanish Art”
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“Books About Spain”
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Mar Menor
The Mar Menor is a vast salt-water lagoon that is sheltered from the Mediterranean by a 14-mile finger of land. Unfortunately, high-rise resorts have sprouted up along this sandy strip of coast. One of them, La Manga, has become one of the most important resort areas in the Costa Cálida.
Granada – Paseo de los Tristes
Paseo de los Tristes translates as “walk of sorrows” – before the motor car, the inhabitants of Granada carried their dead along this road and up the Alhambra hill to the cemetery.
Granada Alhambra – Torre de la Vela
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| view from the Plaza Santa Ana |
Granada – Carrera del Darro
The Carrera del Darro is a picturesque street that runs from the Plaza Santa Ana to the Paseo de los Tristes.
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Granada – carmenes
One of the delights of the Albaicin area of Granada is its carmens (carmenes in Spanish). They are hillside townhouses with private walled gardens. They originated in Moorish times and their design expresses the Islamic idea of the inner paradise, a reflection of heaven. They gardens usually have mosaic floors, shady grottos and lush flora usually comprising rose, honeysuckle, palm, wisteria and, this being Granada, pomegranate. (granada is the Spanish word for pomegranate). Of course, these delighful townhouses have Alhambra views.
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| Granada carmen by Robert Bovington |
Postcards from Spain 