🇪🇸 Granada - My Unexpected Love!

Thought it'd be a sleepy town, but wow—modern, vibrant, and cleaner than most European cities! ✨ 🚌 Getting There Seville→Granada by bus (cheap but meh): Chaos at Seville station (no screens! 🥲) → Find your platform via handwritten notes at info desk. Bus had... questionable cleanliness (chewing gum on tables 🤢). 🏰 Alhambra Palace Type-A win: Booked tickets 3 months early! Nasrid Palaces = 10/10 (enter 15mins early to dodge crowds). Budget 3+ hours—gardens, forts, all stunning. 🌄 Viewpoints 1️⃣ Mirador de San Nicolás Easiest access + snow-capped mountains in June! ❄️ 2️⃣ St. Isabel Viewpoint Better Alhambra-snow combo shots! (No sunset wait—summer nights are too late!) 🍽️ Dinner: El Pescaíto de Carmela Random find, Korean-approved (why tho?). Seafood galore + pictured menu (lifesaver!). Pro move: Ask for less salt + solo-portion paella! 🏨 Hotel Melia Granada Central > "romantic but remote" Alhambra hotels. Spacious + supermarket nearby. Fail: Front desk refused to mail postcards (unprecedented in Europe!). ✈️ Leaving Drama Airport bus stop = invisible (no signs/screens). Angel alert: Local grandpa rescued lost us! 🥹 Vueling anxiety (so many lost luggage stories!) → But Granada’s manual check-in saved us. #Granada #Alhambra #SpainTravel #HiddenGems