Alhambra Ticket question

Yes!

The website has good suggestions for itineraries. The ALCAZABA-PALACES-GENERALIFE order worked well for me earlier this year. I visited the Alcazaba early in the morning. I had it all to myself! Then the palace at 10:30 as I recall. The palace opens out to the gardens. Other areas are unticketed and can be wandered freely.

https://www.alhambra.org/en/maps-plans-alhambra.html

Thank you!

As of 2019 there were a few other parts of the complex--aside from the Nasrid Palaces--that could be entered only once on each ticket, though the entries were not timed. The one I remember is the Charles V Palace, which holds the museum. I'm not positive about the Generalife and Alcazaba. Check at the Visitor Center when you arrive so you don't end up with incomplete visits to some parts of the complex.

I went a few years ago, but as someone else said, it's quiet in the morning. I just showed up with no ticket and got right in. It was actually nicer - later the bigger crowds came. The best view of the place is on that other hill. There is a small park of sorts where RS filmed his video and you can see the Alhambra in the background. I found it by chance, and then returned at 7 am, and it was staked out by guys with tripods and big cameras.

Go first thing in the morning, before the tour groups arrive. We took a taxi to get up there -- 6 euiros.

I'll be staying in Cordoba and taking the train to Granada for the day, so didn't want to get a morning ticket in case I wasn't able to be there in time. To be honest, seeing the inside of palaces and all the opulence isn't so important to me, but I do enjoy gardens and elaborate parks (think Quinta de Regaleira or Monserrate Palace) where you can just wander. Still, this might be the only time I'm in Granada since there are so many other places in Europe I want to see, so I'm glad for the chance to see it. I'm also planning to see the Mosque in Cordoba, which looks unique.

Thanks for the input everyone!

One doesn't visit the Alhambra in search of opulence; there's really none to be found there. What's astonishing is the age and advanced design and construction methods employed by the Moorish people who created the palace. The history and the engineering of the entire facility were to me almost overwhelming.

Be aware that the train station is a fair distance from the entrance to the Alhambra. It may take a while to get from one to the other.

Make sure you have your passport on you. We had to show our passport several times this past September. You can wander the grounds before and after but just make sure you are at the Nasrid Palace on time for your entry. We actually left in the afternoon and returned early evening to finish seeing the Generalife but this was before our ticket expired that evening at 8:00 PM.

Just a note to say that we recently came back from Spain, and the first ticket I could get for the Alhambra was 6 weeks in the future, even trying to use third party and skip the line websites.

A note to the OP, the Alcazar in Cordoba is rather lovely, particularly the gardens.