Granada is a city located in southern Spain near the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Alhambra is Granada's most important monument, located on a hill overlooking the city. It was a fortified city and palace complex built for defense. The name Alhambra comes from the red color of its walls in Arabic. Nearby is the Sierra Nevada mountain range, part of a large natural park area. It contains Spain's highest peaks and is a popular ski destination due to its modern resort facilities located within the park. Granada offers a unique combination of snow sports, beaches, and cultural attractions within a single province.

2. Index
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Localitation and limits
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Picture of localitation
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Alhambra
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Picture of Alhambra
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Sierra Nevada
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Picture of Sierra Nevada

3. Localitation and limits
Is a city located in the South of Spain, next to
Sierra Nevada, the mountains more high of the
Iberian peninsula, about 50 km from the peak
more high, Mulhacén (3 483 m.) And about 60
km from the Mediterranean coast. Is surrounded
by the East and North by mountains, while to the
South and West opens to the "vega", fertile
agricultural plain. And in the South, also
bordered by the Mediterranean Sea.

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6. Alhambra
The Alhambra is the most important monument of
Granada. It is located on a hill, next to the river
Darro,over the city of Granada, which housed a
city, which contained a few Royal palaces, and
whose set this fortified for its defense. These
three factors: city - fortress, they conditioned
and directed its birth and development. The
name Alhambra comes red color of its walls, in
Arabic Al - Hamra, built with clay from the
spot.

8. Sierra Nevada
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If the city of Granada is already a place worth getting lost, the fact
of having in the vicinity of one of the most modern and complete
ski resorts in Europe makes this destination a place to be account
in our winter agenda. Located in the Natural Park of Sierra
Nevada, a vast area of over 140,000 hectares comprising the​​
highest of the Peninsula mountainous area with an altitude
between 800 meters and 3,482 meters Mulhacén , the mountain
resort occupies a small space in one of the marginal areas of the
huge park. The whole massif is receiving basin countless streams
and rivers that irrigate a variety of native flora , one of the main
attractions of the environment that has been of the whole massif
was declared Natural Park in 1989.

10. In one province : snow, beach and
culture