Light and shade of a complex Eden
DURING THE PANDEMIC, locals in Granada have come to two realisations. The first: it’s lovely and quiet without all those folk clutching Rough Guides and heading for the palace of the Alhambra (below). The second: but how on earth can we make a living? As joint authors of City of Illusions: A History of Granada Helen Rodgers and Stephen Cavendish state: “Jobs in tourism can be precarious.” That is something of an understatement of late. Yet it is just another phase in the life of a city with a long, complicated past that has witnessed highs and lows aplenty, with more than its fair share of atrocities, double-crossings and deceptions.
During the good times, Granada
