Hotel Alhambra Palace - Granada, Spain
Situated next to Granada’s splendid UNESCO-listed historic monument, Hotel Alhambra Palace pays homage to the city’s Moorish heritage. Beautiful arches, grand pillars, and colorful tiles decorate its majestic interiors, and the spacious rooms come with exquisite décor, ambiental music, and private terraces overlooking Granada and the snow-capped Sierra Nevada. Equally impressive, the hotel’s restaurant serves a fusion of traditional and modern Spanish cuisine in an warm, historic atmosphere.
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ISIS conquest of the historic city of Palmyra, the Unesco world heritage site, marks the first time the group “has seized an entire city from Syrian government forces.”
“The Islamic State militants now control about half of Syria’s territory. Nearly all of that is desert, although the militants have seized critical roads, oil and gas fields, and many sites where valuable antiquities can be excavated, now chief among them Palmyra.“
NYT