On my list for a return visit. I remember it as very beautiful, very hot, very slow (starting late, up late), welcoming even on a student budget.  Sites **Alcazar: 10th century Moorish palace. The interior decorations (mostly tile and wood) are beautiful.

Granada is awesome, with a very unique personality. It’s gritty, full of life, a bit untamed. I’d give it two nights and a day. Tourists (lots of them) go to Granada to see the ***Alhambra. I'd highly recommend going there, but

Ronda is a tiny hill town in southern Spain, famed for its bull ring, gorge-spanning bridge, and 13th century walls. Orson Welles and Ernest Hemingway both frequented it (A Death in the Afternoon is based on experiences Hemingway had there).  This