Thursday 1 August 2013

Spain 2013, Madina Az-Zahra - Two Takes (11.4.13)

En route to the Sierra Nevada, our first stop was at the once opulent Madina Az-Zahra. This is a view from just inside the gates but it took two goes to get here.

We were meant to collect the tickets a few km down the valley from the ruins but only discovered that at the entrance to the site. I ran, drove, collected, drove and ran again before we were finally ready to discover this indulgence of Abd ar-Rahman III...

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