Day 5

We can now continue to Granada for an active program there and to finish drawing our picture of the origin, rise and fall of Al-Andalus, with a few more strokes. The route from Córdoba to Granada contains views of many castles, towers, 'zagras', white villages, whereby we can vividly recreate the historical vision of this whole period, the last Muslim lands of Al-Andalus, into the former Kingdom of Garn'atta, today's Granada. We will be cruising along what was formerly for around 250 years border between the Muslim Kingdom of Granada and the four Spanish Christian Kingdoms, after their conquest of Cordoba. A quick stop along the way will allow travellers to gain some knowledge about the Olive Oil industry, enabling us also to purchase olive oil & traditional rural products, in best quality and price.

Once in Granada we will again check-in to your hotel and set our meeting time for an optional introductory walk, merging the modern city center with a brief presentation of the city centre, a fusion of Souq markets, old alleyways, river side & the active modern city appeals. This will lead us to independent leisure time, optional dinner arrangements and extra activities. Welcome to our hometown Granada!

Let’s provide some more historical background here, moving onto the Umayyad’s fall, in what can be seen as a military uprise, or ‘berber’ rebellion and overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate, would lead to a new period in the history of Al-Andalus, we call the time of “Divided Kingdoms” , or “Muluku Tawaif”, in many cases an early version of todays Spanish provinces.