Before leaving Granda went and checked out the cathedral. Very impressive. Amazingly ornate. Arrived in Jaen around 2pm. Checked into Hotel Contestable. Room pretty average but ok for one night. After a quick bit of hand washing in the basin headed out for a wander in search of food. Found a busy area full of locals having drinks. Heaps of families with kids too. Prams in bars is quite common here. As usual we were a bit early to eat but fortunately you get...

Had a nice long sleep in. Then wandered in general direction of Alhambra and stopped to get some lunch (well breakfast really). Started walking to alhambra then realized it was a bit far so jumped on mini bus. Just as well as spent next 4 hrs or so wandering around the palace complex. Can certainly see why Alhambra is listed as a world heritage site, it's certainly impressive. We had tickets to see Nazaries Palace at 6pm (timed entry) and wow the detailed fret...

Before leaving Almeria visited Alcazaba. Very cool apart from the school group of kids making a racket. Checked out of hotel and drove to Granada via Guadix where saw lots of cave houses dug into to cliffs. Reminded me of the Flintstones! Arrived in Granada and checked into Hotel Dauro. Fantastic staff there. Came and took our car off to park and receptionist booked our tickets to Alhambra and advised good time to go. Decided to go tomorrow afternoon with ent...

Drove to Costa de Almeria and visited various beaches and passed through San Jose. Drove past Playa de Los Genoveses and kept going till Playa de Monsul. Although sun was out was incredibly windy so took some photos and moved on. Drove further north and stopped at Mirador (lookout), very windy! Drove to Rodalquilar but dead as a dodo so drove back to La Isleta del Moro. Still pretty dead but found one restaurant open next to the sea and had seafood paella. ...

Asked to change rooms, didn't make much difference. Went out in car and visited village called Nijar. Small white houses village with ruined bell tower at top of hill which we walked up to. Then drove to Sorbas. Village renowned for it's natural Gypsum caves (bit like Waitomo). Weren't organized enough to go caving but visited little info centre that had displays about the area and a little info movie to watch. There was a brief thunder storm and hail while we...