Nasrid Palaces

The Queen's Dressing Room, also known as Boudoir or Mirador, was built around the year 1537 at the top of Abu l-Hayyay's Tower and it is so called because the Empress Isabel, Charles V's wife, lived there. This tower was also called the «Tower of the Stove». The fresco paintings are of interest, especially the ones representing Charles V's campaign to Tunisia in 1535.

The Patio of the Wrought Iron Grille is so known because of the wrought iron grille that is on the southern wall.

Daraxa's Garden was also called Garden of the Orange Trees and Garden of the Marbles. The patio is demarcated by Daraxa's Mirador and the Hall of the Two Sisters to the south, by the Emperor's Chambers to the north and by the galleries built by the Emperor to the east and the west. The big central marble fountainwas made with the big basin that was in the Patio of the Gilded Room. To the south of the patio, there were the basements of the Hall of the Two Sisters, which form a series of rooms surrounding the Hall of the Secrets.

The Baths were built following the model of Roman thermal baths. The Hall of the Beds is the first chamber that you will find when you enter the baths, this room was where people undressed before going into the bath. The next chamber is the cold chamber. The central hall is the warm hall, which is connected with the other halls by arches. Finally there is the steam hall, which was the hot hall of the bath.