Escalera del Agua

Granada


In the Alhambra's Generalife gardens, the staircase known as the Escalera del Agua is a delightful work of landscape engineering with water channels running down the shaded steps.

See it on the Alhambra admission ticket or a cheaper ticket covering only the Generalife and Alcazaba.


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