The Alcaz­a­ba in Mala­ga is a mil­i­tary palace dat­ing back to the 11^th cen­tu­ry when the south­ern part of Spain was under Moor­ish rule. 

The Alcazar in Seville and the Alham­bra in Grana­da are larg­er and more spec­tac­u­lar, but impos­si­ble to expe­ri­ence in soli­tude due to ever-present throngs of tourists (of which I am admit­ted­ly one). 

I got up a bit ear­ly on a Tues­day morn­ing and had the place large­ly to myself, oth­er than a few main­te­nance staff start­ing their day. It felt pret­ty magical.