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Parc Guell – Designed by Antoni Gaudi Parc Güell © Alice Joyce Brilliantly expressive, the Modernist art and architecture of Antoni Gaudi is reason enough for an admirer to plan a pilgrimage to Barcelona. A good part of a day in Barcelona may well be devoted to taking in the ambiance of Parc Guell. At the entrance, the artistry of a mosaic dragon arguably merits the city’s prime photo op for tourists. The masterfully Continue reading Barcelona: Gaudi, Güell & Ciutadella  6 comments - (Comments are closed)  Historic Gardens, Spain  Barcelona, Gaudi, Historic Gardens, Public parks, Spain 
The Islamic Garden … A Paradise on Earth: the Moorish-designed royal gardens of the Alhambra and the Generalife manifest the ideals of an earthly paradise in sheltered courtyards cooled by shallow marble fountains or mirror-like pools of water. Continue reading Granada’s El Generalife – The Islamic Garden 11 comments - (Comments are closed) Historic Gardens, Islamic Gardens, Spain Alhambra, Generalife, Islamic Gardens, Spain 
If it’s a bit of paradise you’re after, Granada holds sway in a little-known garden secreted from the throngs that stream through the corridors of the Alhambra. You need only ramble down the road, away from the cacophony of tourist buses unloading at that magnificent monument. Along the narrow, winding streets to the Alhambra Palace Hotel esplanade, follow the marker pointing toward the Rodriguez-Acosta Foundation, its inconspicuous, worn wooded doorway set within a formidable streetside wall. Continue reading Rodriguez-Acosta Foundation: Granada 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Garden Travel, Historic Gardens, Islamic Gardens, Landscape Architecture, Spain Historic Gardens, Landscape Architecture, Spain |
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