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Granada Blog from Padul



Photo Dave WilkesGet up-to-date Granada News via this mini-journal blog (short for weB LOG), and keep informed about all things interesting by Dave Wilkes, otherwise known as the Granada Guru.

I write about the food, the tapas, fiestas, flamenco, and the monuments (including the Alhambra as well as the various events that go on all the year round.

If there is anything you are specially interested in just let me know and I'll do my best to include it.

We've lived here in Padul - hence the title "Granada Blog from Padul, (a village on the outskirts of Granada) - for more than nine years now and can't get enough of Granada. We hope these pages will help give you a feel for this, our star of Andalucia.

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Visit The alhambra lions as soon as possible you won't see them like this again

The Alhambra lions have returned to their lair after an absence of two years. The Patio de Leones is complete again and is a s fresh and "new" as it was 700 years ago.

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Now is the time to get your early prickly pears in Granada

Just this morning I saw a couple (the man wearing thick gloves and wielding fire-tongs and the woman carrying a bucket) busily harvesting some "early" chumbos.

And why shouldn't they be getting their early harvest? Chumbos are absolutely delicous to eat......... and profitable to sell.


prickly pears in Granada on pad
Prickly Pears in Granada

For more information and to check out the chumbo prickly pears in Granada,
click on Prickly pears in Granada



Five cheap hotels in Granada to give you security and savings

When you select one of the cheap hotels in Granada you can get excellent value AND the amenites you need to have a great holiday

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Alhambra flamenco combines the genius of Lorca with the dance of the gypsies in 2010

I went to the Alhambra Flamenco Ballet performance last night with my wife, Babs, and four friends. And it was an experience to be savoured.

Alhambra Flamenco Poster in Granada
Alhambra flamenco poster

We were sitting in the open air theatre in the Generalife gardens of the Alhambra just before 10 o'clock at night and the atmosphere was electric.

People of all ages, wearing varied styles of dress from casual to dressy, came - as we did - to pay homage to the triple essence of Granada; the dance of Flamenco. My poet hero, Frederico Garcia Lorca. And Flamenco dancer extraordinaire Cristina Hoyos.

It was a night to remember as well as a night never to forget..

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Chronic tension headaches ARE relieved by Massage

Yes, at last! It’s finally been proved by the highly respected University of Granada research department.

Chronic tension headaches are relieved by massage. And it all happened at the San Cecilio Hospital in Granada!

If only we all knew how to “cure” our headaches we wouldn’t need to take any more painkillers for our headache pain. But this type of massage needs to be focussed upon certain areas of the body in order to bring the relief being sought.

I have been to San Cecilio's Accident and Emergency section several times since moving to Spain and I .....

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The Peaks Tower at the Alhambra points to a very enjoyable experience

The Peaks Tower at the Alhambra is but one of the twenty-two towers that are there. And it is so special it has been made the monument of July 2010!

For this month only, Alhambra visitors will be able to enter the Tower, but in August it will be closed to the public again. What an excellent opportunity to see what is there...

Peaks Tower Alhambra
The Peaks Tower at the Alhambra
(photo credit Sigelio1)



For more information, and to check out why the Peaks Tower is so special,
click on The Peaks Tower at the Alhambra



The Alsa bus in Granada takes you places you want to go

Last week the Alsa bus company helped us to have a wonderful day out - in Seville.

We had a sight-seeing boat trip, a delicous Italian meal and an interesting look at the Sevici bicycle hire service.

alsa bus
The Alsa bus can get you to the
places you want to go to


For more information and to check out the Alsa Supra and the interesting things we got up to in Seville,
click on The Alsa Supra special services



San Juan in Granada:- One of the Special Fiestas with a wonderfully Magic Night

Even though it takes place in June, in some ways this special fiesta allows us to have a "New Start To The Year" part way through the old.

Jumping the Bonfire
Jumping the Bonfire to get "Cleansed"

For more information and to check out this Fiesta with a difference,
click on San Juan in Granada



Take tip-top Granada pictures with These Seven Top Tips

One of the most common photographic problems holiday makers have is this. They return home after travelling and are disappointed with their photographs.

These seven tips can help change all of that and help you take awesome photographs that keep your holiday alive even when you've gone back home again.

Granada at dusk

View over Granada at dusk


For more information and to check out my "Seven Top Tips" for
taking better photographs in Granada
click on Granada pictures



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