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New Ticketing System for Visitors of Alhambra Palace

The Alhambra palace in Granada, although one of 21 finalists, missed out on being named one of the new seven wonders of the world/ Jose Luis Roca / AFP
The Alhambra palace in Granada, although one of 21 finalists, missed out on being named one of the new seven wonders of the world/ Jose Luis Roca / AFP
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New Ticketing System for Visitors of Alhambra Palace

The Alhambra palace in Granada, although one of 21 finalists, missed out on being named one of the new seven wonders of the world/ Jose Luis Roca / AFP
The Alhambra palace in Granada, although one of 21 finalists, missed out on being named one of the new seven wonders of the world/ Jose Luis Roca / AFP

Alhambra Palace in Andalusia, southern Spain, plans to use a new ticketing system that allows tourists to book online in advance.

Visitors will be able to purchase tickets between three months and two hours before their planned visit, according to the Spanish Tourism Office.

The visitor will also be able to print his personal non-transferable tickets at home instead of taking them from the ticketing office.

All what visitors have to do is show tickets on arrival. The new system will enter into force on 1 January 2018.

Visitors will be required to present their passports or ID number when purchasing electronic tickets. According to the German News Agency (DPA), the tourism office said this request aims to prevent the resale of tickets.

Tickets will remain available at the ticketing office in Alhambra, but cash will not be accepted, and payments will only take place via credit card.

Booking in advance is recommended. Alhambra Palace attracts about 2.7 million visitors a year and is considered an important feature of the Moro architecture.

It is added on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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International Space Station Welcomes 1st Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom-4 crew of four astronauts lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom-4 crew of four astronauts lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom-4 crew of four astronauts lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.

The crew of four will spend two weeks at the orbiting lab, performing dozens of experiments. They launched Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

America’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson, is the commander of the visiting crew. She works for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the chartered flight.

Besides Whitson, the crew includes India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, a pilot in the Indian Air Force; Hungary’s Tibor Kapu, a mechanical engineer; and Poland’s Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, a radiation expert and one of the European Space Agency’s project astronauts on temporary flight duty.

No one has ever visited the International Space Station from those countries before. In fact, the last time anyone rocketed into orbit from those countries was in the late 1970s and 1980s, traveling with the Soviets.

It's the fourth Axiom-sponsored flight to the space station since 2022. The company is one of several that are developing their own space stations due to launch in the coming years.