Generalife Palace in Granada, Spain.

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Palacio del Generalife

Granada


This whitewashed country house served as the sultan's summer palace on the Alhambra. In the Generalife gardens, it boasts a series of delightful courtyards – in the second one, the trunk of a 700-year-old cypress tree suggests what delicate shade would once have graced the area.

Admission is included in the Alhambra ticket.


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