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Granada itinerary

Every place in “12 Top Places to Visit in Granada, Spain”. Save places in the guide to make this list yours.

  1. 1

    Alhambra - The Most Iconic Landmark in Granada

    Topping every list of places to visit in Granada, the Alhambra is one of the most-visited monuments in Spain and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hilltop complex covers 142,000 square metres and combines three…

    Address
    Calle Real de la Alhambra, s/n, 18009 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Alhambra (C30 microbus from Plaza Isabel La Católica), 2-min walk to ticket office
  2. 2

    Generalife Gardens - The Royal Summer Palace and Gardens

    Just east of the main Alhambra fortress, the Generalife served as the Nasrid emirs' summer retreat from the late 13th century. The name comes from the Arabic Jannat al-Arif, meaning 'the architect's garden', and that…

    Address
    Calle Real de la Alhambra, s/n, 18009 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Alhambra (C30 microbus), 5-min walk from Alhambra ticket office
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    Albaicín - The UNESCO Old Moorish Quarter

    The Albaicín is Granada's old Moorish quarter, a tangle of whitewashed houses and steep cobbled lanes climbing the hillside opposite the Alhambra. UNESCO added it to the Alhambra's World Heritage listing in 1994 as the…

    Address
    Plaza Larga, 18010 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Plaza Larga (C31 microbus from Plaza Nueva), 0-min walk
  4. 4

    Mirador de San Nicolás - The Iconic Alhambra Viewpoint

    Mirador de San Nicolás is the photograph you have already seen - the wide stone terrace high in the Albaicín where the Alhambra fills the view, framed by the Sierra Nevada when the peaks are snow-covered. The platform…

    Address
    Plaza Mirador de San Nicolás, 18010 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Mirador de San Nicolás (C31 microbus stop), 1-min walk
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    Granada Cathedral - The Renaissance Centrepiece of the City

    Granada Cathedral (Catedral de la Encarnación) was begun in 1518 on the foundations of the city's main mosque, finished only in 1704, and stands as one of the great Spanish Renaissance churches. Architect Diego de Siloé…

    Address
    Calle Gran Vía de Colón, 5, 18001 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Catedral (Granada Metro line 1) or Catedral bus stop, 2-min walk
  6. 6

    Royal Chapel of Granada - Burial Place of the Catholic Monarchs

    The Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) is the royal mausoleum that Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon built next to the future cathedral, and where their bodies still rest. Completed in 1521 in late Gothic…

    Address
    Calle Oficios, 3, 18001 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Catedral bus stop (multiple lines), 2-min walk
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    Sacromonte - The Cave-Dwelling Flamenco Quarter

    Sacromonte rises above the Albaicín on the next hillside east, a steep slope honeycombed with cave dwellings carved into the soft tufa rock by Roma communities since the 16th century. Many of the cuevas are still…

    Address
    Cuevas del Sacromonte Museum, Barranco de los Negros, s/n, 18010 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Cuevas del Sacromonte (C32 microbus from Plaza Nueva), 1-min walk
  8. 8

    Carrera del Darro & Paseo de los Tristes - The Most Beautiful Street in Granada

    This narrow, pedestrian-only riverside lane runs along the Darro between Plaza Nueva and the foot of the Alhambra, and is widely considered Granada's most photogenic street. The Río Darro - actually a stream most of the…

    Address
    Carrera del Darro, 18009 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Plaza Nueva (Granada Metro line 1 / multiple bus lines), 1-min walk to street start
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    Alcaicería - The Restored Moorish Silk Market

    The Alcaicería is the small grid of covered alleys behind the Granada Cathedral that once housed the city's grand silk and spice market under Nasrid rule. The original 15th-century complex was ten times larger - the…

    Address
    Calle Alcaicería, 18001 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Catedral bus stop, 2-min walk
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    Monasterio de la Cartuja - Granada's Baroque Masterpiece

    A short C5 microbus ride northwest of the centre, the Carthusian Monastery of La Cartuja looks plain from the outside but contains one of the great Spanish baroque interiors. Built between 1506 and the late 18th…

    Address
    Paseo de Cartuja, s/n, 18011 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Cartuja stop (C5 microbus from Gran Vía), 2-min walk
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    Realejo - The Old Jewish Quarter and Tapas District

    Realejo, the slope below the Alhambra to the south of the centre, was Granada's medieval Jewish quarter (Garnata-al-Yahud) before the 1492 expulsion. Today it is a residential neighbourhood crisscrossed with murals by…

    Address
    Campo del Príncipe, 18009 Granada
    Nearest transit
    Realejo bus stop (multiple lines), 2-min walk
  12. 12

    Sierra Nevada - Mountain Day Trip from Granada

    Just 32 km southeast of Granada, the Sierra Nevada national park contains mainland Spain's highest peak, Mulhacén (3,479 m), and Europe's southernmost ski resort, Pradollano. From November through April, snow lies thick…

    Address
    Estación de Esquí Sierra Nevada, Plaza Pradollano, s/n, 18196 Sierra Nevada (Granada)
    Nearest transit
    Tocina coach (Bus 24 / Bus 36) from Granada main bus station, 45-min ride to Pradollano

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