The next few pictures are of a designed swail that takes the water from this fountain located in a wall to a giant pond at the bottom. You will see how it all connects.
This is a view of a small pond that flows from the fountain. I literally turned around a took a picture and this is the view you would see.
If you were to look through the opening in the shrub as seen above, looking down the stairwell/ water path.
Looking back up to the starting position of the fountain on the wall. Hopefully you can see the connection from the first picture to the rest of them.
The terminating point of that designed swail, a giant reflecting pool with a building at the opposite end.
An overview of the building shown above, with all the gardens that surround it.
An overview of the gardens. The building to the right is more of the Alhambra complex that is located on the opposite side of the mountain that we were on.
Yet another setion of the garden complex. Cool fountains
All of the buildings that you can see are part of the Alhambra complex. Its truly massive.
If you were to take the picture above anf look to the left, you will see how the complex continues even further.
Looking left even further from the above picture, you can see, again, even more of the Alhambra. (yeah, the complex is so big you can't fit it into one picture, or even two for that part. Also, im pretty sure this third picture dosen't even tell the story of the entire complex.)
Another "distrcit" of the gardens where a simialr pond like the one shown above, only difference there is one element that makes it better....me!
At a lookout point, with a view of the city of Granada
A stone pattern on the walway. It must have been the family crest of the royal family that reigned within the palace.
Another cool water garden within the complex. I love the square shaped yews
Another view of the city. This is more or less the outskirts of the area. You can also see the old security walls that used to protect the city.
A cool stairwell made entirely from stone that has two small streams that run through the handrails.
A view of the stairwell looking down it from the first landing
A view of the entire stairwell from the top landing
Walking down the other side of the water stairway. Crazy windy path, and decnently steep
Cool pathway that is completely covered by natural vegetation
Labyrinth type remains that were most likely used for a market or something along those lines were locals can come in. They also might have been areas for workers for the royal family.
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