Word: alhambra
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...began by knifing two former neighbors in the Bogotá neighborhood of Alhambra. Later he returned to the apartment he shared with his 72-year-old mother and fatally shot her. He wrapped the body in paper and set the gruesome bundle on fire. Then he knocked on neighbors' doors and, one by one, shot them as they answered. After leaving the building, Campo Elias Delgado Morales, 51, strolled to the swank Pizzeria Pozzetto restaurant, placed an order and began reading...
...PAULO A hit at Sara J?ias, Van Cleef & Arpels' Moorish-inspired Vintage Alhambra necklace ($3,300) was launched in 1974 but still attracts young stars like Keira Knightley...
...SPAIN In 1928 the Spanish government began rescuing its architectural treasures by converting them into paradores, or inns. One of the finest is the Parador de Granada inside the Alhambra?the sprawling 14th century Moorish palace comprised of royal quarters, court complexes, a mosque and exquisite gardens. Visitors stay in a converted Catholic convent built in the palace by 15th century monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. Guests can enjoy the famous Generalife gardens by moonlight long after the gates are shut to day-trippers. Rooms from $283 per night. tel: (34-958) 22 14 40; www.parador.es...
...glass chandeliers - are enough to make an old archduke weep. Rates vary by season. tel: (39-041) 522 6480; www.hoteldanielivenice.com SPAIN In 1928 the Spanish government began rescuing its architectural treasures by converting them into paradores, or inns. One of the finest is the Parador de Granada inside the Alhambra - the sprawling 14th century Moorish palace comprised of royal quarters, court complexes, a mosque and exquisite gardens. Visitors stay in a converted Catholic convent built in the palace by 15th century monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. Guests can enjoy the famous Generalife gardens by moonlight long after the gates are shut...
...modern clientele. Gone are the burly bath attendants and sadistic scrubbing mitts of old. In their place are gentler staff touting New Age aromatherapy massages. Experience one for yourself at the Hammam Ba?os ?rabes, tel: (34-958) 22 99 78. Set in the shadow of the stunning Alhambra palace of the Nasrid emirs, the 15th century Hammam was once the private, wood-fired bathhouse of a fabulously wealthy family, and still looks like something straight out of the pages of A Thousand and One Nights. Lit by star-shape skylights and flickering candles, its waters are perfumed with a heady...