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The water stairway
This stairway, protected by a laurels dome, is designed following the uses of the medieval sultan
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To reach the highest part of the Generalife you take the Water Stairway (Escalera del Agua), leftover—if substantially altered—from an earlier site, famous for its water, which flowed from the Sultan’s Canal through pipes in the walls.
Water once flowed into three circular basins from as many pipes, now lost; however, water from the Royal Canal (Acequia Real) continues to flow down inverted pan tiles along the stairway parapets.
Water once flowed into three circular basins from as many pipes, now lost; however, water from the Royal Canal (Acequia Real) continues to flow down inverted pan tiles along the stairway parapets.
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15 October - 31 March
Monday - Sunday
08:30 - 18:00
TICKET OFFICE: 08:00 - 18:00
April 1 - October 14
Monday - Sunday
08:30 - 20:00
TICKET OFFICE: 08:00 - 20:00
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