A Thousand Views of the Alhambra
![A Thousand Views of the Alhambra](/content/images/size/w960/2022/08/granada-4053-dxo-full.jpg)
The image of the Alhambra you will encounter most frequently – or almost exclusively – is a close-up on top of the Sabika hill. This is the view from the Mirador de San Nicolas, a popular vista point in Granada.
![](https://www.14stops.org/content/images/2022/08/alhambra-2841-dxo-full-1.jpg)
And why not? It's a stunning sight.
Here's the thing though: the Alhambra looms large no matter where one happens to be in Granada. Whether it's peeking from in between the steep, narrow streets of the Albaicín (Arabic: al-Bayyāzīn, the Arab quarter during the Nasrid period) ..
![](https://www.14stops.org/content/images/2022/08/alhambra-view-4022-full-2.jpg)
... or standing tall across the banks of River Darro, ...
![](https://www.14stops.org/content/images/2022/08/alhambra-view-4395-full-1.jpg)
.. it is omnipresent.
The title of this post is an (obvious) exaggeration meant to draw attention to this phenomenon – I assure you I will not be posting a thousand images here. But I am sharing vistas from various vantage points during my walks in Granada and surroundings that I believe are fairly unique. Hope you enjoy them.
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![](https://www.14stops.org/content/images/2022/08/alhambra-view-4034-full-2.jpg)
![](https://www.14stops.org/content/images/2022/08/alhambra-view-2777-full-1.jpg)
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![](https://www.14stops.org/content/images/2022/08/alhambra-view-2568-full-2.jpg)
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![](https://www.14stops.org/content/images/2022/08/granada-4243-dxo-full-1.jpg)
Finally, a bonus shot that shows a view that does not include the Alhambra (yes, they exist).
![](https://www.14stops.org/content/images/2022/08/granada-4068-dxo-full-1.jpg)
In case you missed it: I did a post on the Alhambra that you can see here.
Up next: Cordoba.
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