The prelude to paradise
We leave the Mexuar, expectant on what surprise is coming next. So far expectations are been fulfilled. I take my time before entering the next room, the next surprise...
If you visit the Alhambra the best piece of advice is: take your time, forget about the other visitors, I follow the cadenced rhythm of the water in every corner and enjoy all the details, although they seem imperceptible like: the smell of the myrtle, the sound of water, the contrast of lights...
The Patio Dorado (Golden Lawn) is small compared to the rest of the complex of the Royal Palace; to the actual visitor it is like a stop, like the prelude of everything to come. I can imagine how the visitors of the time must have felt arriving at the Palace and made to pass through this small place before the audience with the Sultan.