Granada City

In Granada city The most emblematic gardens in Granada are those of the Alhambra and Generalife.

A 'Carmen' is typical house of the old quarter of Granada with a walled garden. The word comes from the Arabic word 'Karm' for garden. They became fashionable in the sixteenth century when wealthy Christians purchased 3 or 4 town houses and demolished parts to make a walled garden. They often employed Moorish craftsmen to ornate them. One of the most interesting is Los Cipreses, which has a Moorish pool, also Los Chaplets.

Casa del Chapiz has a patio with pool similar to that of Comares in the Alhambra and has a recently laid out garden in the Renaissance style. Los Marties is the largest Carmen from the beginning of the 19th century where water is abundant but it isn't in the Moorish style. Other worthy Carmens are Acosta - modern - Nuestra Sra. de la Angustias of San Agustin and Manuel de Falla.

Province of Granada

On the road to Sierra Nevada ski resort and National Park is the Paseo del Salon with is long wide avenue.

At Viznar is Cuzco; a Palace with an 18th century garden with French and Italian influence and some Moorish features and is particularly charming, especially in the way it unites the leafiness of northern gardens with the light of the skies; it has a good quantity of fruit trees with two magnificent century old magnolia trees and a marvellous view of Sierra Elvira.

Just outside Loja is the Narvaez garden which has an original Romantic design consisting of flower beds with box tree hedges and laurel galleries. It is possible the garden was designed by one of the last members of the Boutelou family who were the gardeners of Bourbons.

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