The Cartuja Monastery, Granada (and seeing it for free!) The Cartuja Monastery (also known as the Monastery of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) is one of the finest masterpieces of Spanish Baroque architecture. The Monastery is one of the lesser known gems of Granada, it doesn’t get many visitors. You can also – if you […]
Finding an apartment in Granada. Things learned
Finding an apartment in Granada. Things learned We’ve found an apartment in Granada! But it wasn’t easy. In this post I’ll cover our apartment search, the various neighbourhoods of Granada, the difficulties we faced…and how we found our apartment. I touched on some of the difficulties on our first Granada post: Can we live in […]
A Visit to the Sacromonte Caves Museum (Granada)
A Visit to the Sacromonte Caves Museum (Granada) We didn’t expect much but came away very impressed with this museum. It’s one of the lesser-known highlights of Granada. We also found a very scenic path back to the Albaicin which has become one of our favorite walks in Granada. I’ll cover all that in this […]
Can we live in Granada? Yes but…
Can we live in Granada? Yes but… A month ago we left Antequera after a year of living there. Although we liked Antequera, we just felt that it wasn’t for us. Life is short and we’re not getting any younger. So we decided that we’d move on. We decided that our next (potential) base would […]
What’s it like living in Moclín? (Granada)
What’s it like living in Moclín? (Granada) Ian and his husband Andrew moved to Spain in 2016 and opened a few tourism-related businesses in beautiful Moclín. Fast forward a few years, he’s been recently elected as the Concejal (Councilor) for Tourism and Heritage in the municipality: partly for all he has done to promote tourism […]
Alhama de Granada – and on renovating a Cortijo in Spain
Alhama de Granada – and on renovating a Cortijo in Spain Alina and Lawrence have a beautiful retreat center & hotel in the countryside surrounding Alhama de Granada. But it wasn’t easy – they had to rebuild a 250-year-old cortijo to get what you see today. It took them 6 years just to get approval […]