A Definitive Ranking of the Top 10 Sights in the World

The palace complex of Granada's Alhambra is one of the most extraordinary structures on the planet, perhaps the most refined example of Islamic art anywhere in the world and the most enduring symbol of 800 years of enlightened Moorish rule in medieval Spain. From afar, Alhambra's fortress towers dominate the Granada skyline, the sheer red walls rising from woods of cypress and elm, set against a backdrop of the Sierra Nevada's snow-capped peaks. Inside is a network of lavishly decorated palaces and irrigated gardens, which are the source of scores of legends and fantasies.