When we decided months ago on dates for Granada we tried to book tickets online to the Alhambra and Generalife. Individual tickets were sold out so we booked a tour instead. We are glad we did for our tour guide Anton was very knowledgeable about the history of the site, but more importantly wove the history and culture of Spain into his description. He obviously has deep respect for the heritage and tradition left by Spain's Muslim, Catholic and Jewish forebears...

Looking at our luggage we quickly realized that we were becoming a travelling laundry so we looked up Señor Google and headed off in search of a Lavanderia apparently conveniently located on the other side of the Genil Canal. Be wary of Google children, he's not always accurate. There was no laundry in evidence in that precinct. So we headed to the second advised place, which is a tintorerrias (dry cleaners). A helpful assistant with very limited English marked ...