From a private dawn visit to the Nasrid Palaces to an after-hours evening inside the Mezquita, our guide to planning a honeymoon in Andalusia. Ten to fourteen days, the cities and coastline, and the experiences worth doing properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From a private dawn visit to the Nasrid Palaces to an after-hours evening inside the Mezquita, our guide to planning a honeymoon in Andalusia. Ten to fourteen days, the cities and coastline, and the experiences worth doing properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en-gb"],"acf":{"featured_item":false,"hero_image":8753,"page_sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_image_block","title":"","copy":"There is a moment in the Albaic\u00edn district of Granada, somewhere between dusk and dark, when the Alhambra across the valley begins to glow gold against the Sierra Nevada. The streets are quiet, the jasmine is doing its work on the air, and it becomes briefly unclear which century you are standing in.\r\n\r\nAndalusia produces this kind of moment with regularity. For a honeymoon, few destinations in Europe offer the same combination of variety and atmosphere. The cities are world-class and romantic. The countryside is extraordinary. And the pace of life, the long lunches, the late dinners, the Andalusian commitment to time well spent, suits two people who want an excuse to slow down.\r\n\r\nThe broad shape of a honeymoon here tends to resolve itself around the same elements: the three great cities of the interior, a village or two in the hills, and somewhere on the coast to finish.","image":8752},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_image_block","title":"Seville","copy":"Start in Seville. The city is the most immediately seductive of the three. The Santa Cruz quarter, the old Jewish neighborhood that winds between the cathedral and the Alc\u00e1zar palace, is the most romantic urban district in Spain. Streets too narrow for cars, walls hung with flowering plants, and small squares that open unexpectedly as you turn corners.\r\n\r\nThe Real Alc\u00e1zar is one of the most beautiful buildings in Europe and consistently underrated relative to the Alhambra. The gardens behind the palace, planted with orange trees, fountains, and long shaded pathways, are where you want to spend the afternoon. In the evenings, a private horse-drawn carriage through the Maria Luisa Park at sunset seems slightly too obvious until you actually do it, at which point it is simply perfect.\r\n\r\nFlamenco here is its own subject. Skip the tourist tablaos and find a smaller venue in the Triana district across the river, where the performers are local and the audience is mixed. The difference is considerable.\r\n