Granada - Granada

Disambiguation - For toponyms of identical name, see Granada (disambiguation).

Granada is a city ofAndalusia, capital of the homonymous provinceSpanish.

To know

Granada owes its tourist fame to the Alhambra, declared a World Heritage Site in 1984 together with its gardens (Generalife) and the Albayzín district (Albaicín). The cultural heritage of the city is however very varied and includes about twenty museums, among which the Science Park of Granada stands out, the second most visited scientific museum in Spain after the "The City of Arts and Sciences" of Valencia. The geographical position has also contributed to the tourist fortunes of Granada: in the Sierra Nevada it is possible to ski for most of the winter while in the nearby centers of the Tropical coast, the tourist season begins in spring.

Granada closed the tourist year of 2016 with a record number of 2,831,193 visitors which marks an increase of 6.46% over the previous year. Many of the visitors are between the ages of 18 and 28. Granada is in fact, on a par with Barcelona, an increasingly important destination for youth tourism, very popular among the Anglo-Saxons, as well as of course, among the Spaniards.

Granada itself is a city of young people: Its university is fourth nationwide in terms of the number of students and many of these are of non-Spanish nationality who attend its courses under the Erasmus program. Statistics tell us that 19% of the total population is under the age of 20 and 29% is between the ages of 20 and 40. Many young people permanently resident in Granada come from the Maghreb. In particular, the Moroccan community amounted to 3241 units in 2010. Going around the city you will notice a large number of catering establishments run by elements North Africans.

Geographical notes

Granada is located in the center of the "Vega de Granada", a vast basin at about 600 meters above sea level, limited to the east by the buttresses of the Sierra Nevada, the highest massif of the Iberian Peninsula. The Genil river and its tributaries bathe Granada, which with their sediments made up of limus and clays have contributed to the fertility of the soils and also to the creation of gold deposits.

Background

The oldest remains found in the city of Granada have been dated to the mid-7th century. C. Most scholars and archaeologists agree in identifying these remains with those of ancient Ilturir, a walled Iberian settlement that stood on the hill of today's Albaicín neighborhood. In the following century Ilturir expanded and then fell into the orbit of the Bastetani, a people of the Iberian lineage and later of the Carthaginians. The center, then known as Iliberri, entered the Roman sphere of influence during the Second Punic War. According to what was narrated by Tito Livio, the troops of Lucio Emilio Paolo they were defeated in Ilurco, around the year 190 a. C. and only ten years later the praetor Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus he managed to subdue the area thanks to treaties with local populations. From Caesar it obtained the title of city with the name of "Municipium Florentinum Iliberitanum" and in the sources of the following centuries it is mentioned with the name of "Florentia". For some scholars Florentia was an important city which, in addition to being the birthplace of three Roman senators, was the seat of a Christian council in 304. However, archaeological investigations have shown that the site was semi-deserted in the late Roman age and in the subsequent Visigoth period. The Arabs did not settle on the Albaicín hill but in Medina Elvira, a center 10 km further west that appears to be inhabited without interruption from the pre-Roman era until 1020, which has led some scholars to identify Medina Elvira with the Ilturir of the time Celtiberian and with the Florentia of the Roman era. But the debate is still open.

Today's Granata was founded in 1013 with the name of Madinat Garnata da w: Zāwī ibn Zīrī, a Berber chieftain who moved the capital from Medina Elvira there because it was in a better defensible position. In fact, the Berber chief managed to repel the troops of the Caliph of Cordoba.

How to orient yourself

Neighborhoods

• Old Town - The central square of Granada is Plaza Isabel La Catolica, near the cathedral and at the intersection of the avenues Gran Via de Colon (with north-south trend) and the Calle Reyes Catolicos coming from the south-west and ending in the nearby Plaza Nueva, a pedestrian area at the foot of the Alhambra hill and the contiguous one of Albayzín. The other pedestrian area around the cathedral has pleasant squares such as the Plaza de Bib-Rambla starting point of the Easter processions.
• Alcaiceria - Small neighborhood south of the cathedral whose alleys housed a silk market from the time of Emperor Justinian. There are still numerous souvenir shops on Calle Paños and adjacent alleys, the oldest of which date back to the late 19th century, coinciding with the arrival of the first tourists.
• Albayzín - Neighborhood east of Alahmbra, characterized by uphill streets literally invaded by tourists and full of clubs addressed to them as tapas bar, tea rooms and night club with flamenco shows. Albayzin is also the favorite neighborhood of university students.
• Sacromonte - The neighborhood of the gypsies who still perform spontaneous flamenco dances.

How to get

By plane

Granada has a small airport, the 37.185-3.77691 Federico-Garcia-Lorca-, located about 15 km west of the center. International flights also from Italian airports are operated by low cost Vueling. The journey from the center to the airport or vice versa takes half an hour under normal traffic conditions. Bus lines^{[link not working]} they shuttle to the center, making various stops along the way. Of course, you can also count on several taxi companies.

On the train

Three trains a day of RENFE make the journey from Algeciras touching the picturesque centers of Antequera is Ronda. Trains on the line also stop at Granada station Almeria-Seville.

From Madrid or from Barcelona, the quickest (and most expensive) solution is to board an AVE (high-speed) train and get off at the nearby Cordoba.

There 37.184-3.60922 Railway station it is on the central Avenida de la Constitucion. At the present time (2017) the station is undergoing expansion works to accommodate AVE (high-speed) trains.

By bus

There 37.1996-3.61373 Bus Station it is located in the Almanjáya district of the northern district about 3 km from the center. It can be reached in about 15 minutes by bus. At street level there are the docks (28 in all) where all the extra-urban buses (regional, inter-regional and international) terminate. In the underground there are the cafeteria, the bar and the toilets. Among the many bus lines there are Movelia is ALSA.

How to get around

What see

Alhambra and Generalife

The Alhambra is a complex of palaces on the Sabikache hill that served as the residence of the Nasrid kings (Palacios Nazaries) and their court but also as a fortress (Alcazaba), where the garrison was based and from Medina where craftsmen and officials lived in the service of the Nasrids. The Alhambra was therefore a city within the city with its own defensive system of walls.

The complex is today one of the most visited monuments of Spain; in 2015 it welcomed 2 474 231 visitors, slightly less than the number boasted by the Sagrada Familia temple in Barcelona. Visitors are concentrated at Easter and in the summer. The huge flow of tourists has created problems for thebody in charge of the administration of the complex who was obliged to introduce the limited number. The interior of the palace (Palacios Nazaries) and the fortress (Alcazaba) and the gardens (Generalife) can only be visited upon showing the ticket and at set times, but access to the remaining areas is free and can be done at any time.

The timetables are published on the official website of the patronage but the reservation is recommended for the reasons specified above. You can book tickets online by credit card on the site tickets.alhambra-patronato.es or through this Italian website of the Alhambra.

• 37.17708-3.591761 Alcazaba. 
• 37.176944-3.5894442 Palace of Charles V (Palacio de Carlos V).  
• 37.17739-3.589993 Palacios Nazaries. 
• 37.176944-3.5852784 Generalife.  

Old Town

• 37.17599-3.599045 Cathedral (Cathedral of Granada), Gran Via de Colon 5 (Gran Via bus stop 1), ☎ 34 958 225 488. €4. March-August: Mon-Sat 10: 45-13: 30 and 16: 00-20: 00, Sun and holidays 16: 00-20: 00; September-February: Mon-Sat 10: 45-13: 30 and 16: 00-19: 00, Sun 16: 00-19: 00. Built in the 16th century, it is the largest cathedral in Spain after that of Seville.  
• 37.175986-3.5990366 Royal Chapel (Capilla Real), c / Oficios, ☎ 34 958 227 848. €4. Autumn-Winter: Mon-Sat 10: 15-13: 30 and 15: 30-18: 30, Sun and holidays 11: 00-13: 30 and 15: 30-18: 30; Spring-Summer: Mon-Sat 10: 15-13: 30 and 16: 00-19: 30, Sun and holidays 11: 00-13: 30 and 16: 00-19: 30. The royal chapel houses the tombs of the Catholic Kings Ferdinand and Isabella, of Giovanna la Pazza (doña Juana la Loca), of Philip the Beautiful and of the infant Miguel. It was erected in 1506 by order of the Catholic Monarchs who thus wanted to rest in the city they had conquered. It has a single nave Gothic-style interior on which numerous side chapels open. The sacristy houses a museum with paintings and sacred objects of great value.  
• 37.17492-3.597957 Corral del Carbón, Calle Mariana Pineda, ☎ 34 958 225 990. Free admission. Mon-Fri 9: 00-19: 00, Sat-Sun 10: 00-14: 00. A rare construction from the time of the Moors that has come down to us in almost intact conditions. It is a 14th century caravanserai that after the reconquest it was transformed into a theater where works by the playwright Lope de Vega were staged. Later it was used as a wood and coal market, hence the name.  
• 37.17767-3.595338 San Juan de Dios Museum, C / Convalecencia 1, ☎ 34 958 222 144. €3. Collections of sacred art. 
• 37.1758-3.598679 José Guerrero Center (José Guerrero Museum), Calle Oficios 8, ☎ 34 958 220 109, @[email protected]. Free admission. Tue-Sat 10: 00-14: 00 and 16: 30-21: 00, Sun 10: 30-14: 00. Art gallery where works by the painter and engraver José Guerrero (1914-1991), a native of Granada and later a naturalized American, are exhibited. The artist is a leading exponent of abstract expressionism.  
• 37.179228-3.60390110 Monasterio de San Jerónimo, C / Rector López Argueta 9, ☎ 34 958 279 337. 4 €. March-August Mon-Sun 10: 00-13: 00 and 16: 00-19: 30 Sep-Feb Mon-Sat 10: 00-13: 00 and 15: 00-18: 30.  
• 37.1919-3.5994311 Charterhouse of Granada (Monasterio de la Cartuja), ☎ 34 958 16 19 32. Thursday free admission upon reservation. Summer hours Mon-Sun 10: 00-13: 00 and 16: 00-29: 00 Winter hours Mon-Sun 10: 00-13: 00 and 15: 00-18: 00.  

Albayzín

• 37.18216-3.6001812 Puerta de Elvira.  
• 37.18216-3.6001813 Puerta Monaita.  
• 37.178333-3.59277814 El Bañuelo.  
• 37.17855-3.5915815 Casa de Castril.  
• 37.17855-3.5916816 Iglesia de San Pedro y San Pablo.  
• 37.1811-3.5963617 Convent of Santa Isabel la Real, Calle Sta. Isabel la Real, 15, ☎ 34 958 27 78 36.  
• 37.17864-3.5961618 Iglesia de San José, C /. Cementerio de San José, 2, ☎ 34 958 227 671. 
• 37.18128-3.5927519 Church and Belvedere of San Nicola (Iglesia y Mirador de San Nicolas), Plaza San Nicolas. Free admission.  
• 37.18125-3.59361120 Major Mosque of Granada (Mezquita Mayor de Granada), Plaza San Nicolás, ☎ 34 958 20 25 26. Free admission.  
• 37.181633-3.59636721 Dar al-Horra.  
• 37.186222-3.59152822 Puerta de Fajalauza.  

Sacromonte

• 37.1828-3.584223 Cuevas Sacromonte Museum, Barranco de los Negros, ☎ 34 958 215 120, @[email protected]. €5. Summer: Mon-Sun 10: 00-14: 00 and 17: 00-20: 00; Winter: Mon-Sun 10: 00-14: 00 and 16: 00-19: 00. 
• 37.183056-3.57666724 Sacromonte Abbey (Abadía del Sacromonte).  

Events and parties

• Toma de Granada. January. Annual festival that celebrates the capture of the city by the Catholic Monarchs 
• Easter (Semana Santa en Granada). 
• International Music and Dance Festival of Granada (http://www.granadafestival.org). April. 
• Día de la Cruz. May. 
• Cines del Sur. Film festival dedicated to emerging films produced in the south of the planet (Latin America, Africa, and southern regions of Asia). It was founded in 2001 by a university professor, Alberto Elena, to help overcome the monolithic image of southern cinema by showing its variety and experimentalism on the contrary. The review lasts one week. 
• Corpus Christi. June. 
• Virgen de las Angustias. September. Patronal feast 
• Granada International Jazz Festival. November. 

What to do

• 37.16606-3.545121 Aquaola, C / García Lorca, 53 (Free shuttle bus service departing from Plaza de Villacantoria every 15 minutes), ☎ 34 958 48 61 89. 7.50€. 15:00-20:00. A water park with slides and swimming pools. 
• 37.17774-3.594042 Gran Hammam Baños Arabes, C / Santa Ana, 16 (close to Plaza Nueva, behind the church of Sant'Anna), ☎ 34 958 229 978. 22/32€. 10:00-24:00. Thermal baths in spectacular Moorish style rooms (reconstructed). 

Shopping

As in the rest of the Spain, the shops close in the interval of siesta (approximately 13:00 to 17:00), with the exception of the "El Corte Inglés" department store. All shops are closed on Sundays.

The main shopping area is the one around Puerta Real, where, between Calle Acera del Darro and Calle Carrera de la Virgen, there are also the department stores 37.1706-3.59764 El Corte Inglés.

In the pedestrian area of 37.17454-3.60045 Calle Mesones stand a large number of clothing stores. Souvenir shops are concentrated in the very narrow streets of Alcaceira, the neighborhood south of the cathedral. Another shopping area is Calle Arabial, east of the center and a little out of the way. Here is the big shopping mall 37.1681-3.60736 Neptune.

How to have fun

Shows

• 37.17331-3.588771 Manuel de Falla Auditorium, Calle de Antequeruela Alta, ☎ 34 958 22 21 88.  
• 37.17275-3.598772 Municipal Theater Isabel La Católica, Calle Acera del Darro, ☎ 34 958 22 29 07. 
• 37.17275-3.598773 The Alborea, Calle Pan, 3, ☎ 34 958 22 2907. Tablao Flamenco 
• 37.17633-3.595164 Casa del Arte Flamenco Granada, Cuesta de Gomérez, 11, ☎ 34 958 56 5767. 
• 37.189-3.60765 ^{[link not working]}Plaza de Toros de Granada, Avenida Doctor Oloriz, 14, ☎ 34 958 27 2451. 5€. 

Night clubs

Granada has a lot of clubs both in the center and in the adjacent neighborhoods of Realejo and Albaicín, advertised by various guides and therefore frequented by crowds of tourists. In the peripheral areas there are large discos and concert halls where tourists do not poke their noses but appreciated by the residents who regularly flock to them on weekends. Suburban nightclubs have nothing special, if not the increased size and can easily be neglected. The situation is different for the concert hall El Tren reported later that could also deserve a detour by aspiring tourists. In fact, its program includes evenings with live music enlivened by flamenco artists or by Hispanic pop and rock stars not internationally known but highly appreciated locally.

A row of well-known and cheap clubs, as frenetic and crowded as those of tourist Granada, overlook the long one-way straight "Pedro Antonio de Alarcon", an area somewhat neglected by tourists. You will find there bar de copas, bar de tapas, chupiterías where you can taste liqueurs and spirits in the characteristic chupitos, small glasses known in Italian as cicchetto (shots in English) and kebab houses.

• 37.17667-3.599926 Granada 10, c / Cárcel Baja, 3, ☎ 34 958 22 40 01. 10 € including drink after midnight. If you "like" the club's Facebook page you will be entitled to a discount.. Elegant nightclub set up in a 1930s movie theater decorated according to the Art Deco canons. It has a large central runway and 4 bars. It is frequented by young people and students but people dressed casually are not allowed. It has been defined as a place for arrogant and pompous little beards, very concerned with their outward appearance and little or not at all interested in music and dancing. 
• 37.17698-3.599497 Boom Boom Room, Calle Cárcel Baja, 10,, ☎ 34 608 66 66 10. New disco 
• 37.17696-3.597668 El Son Pub, Calle Joaquín Costa, 13, ☎ 34 958 22 56 05. Mon-Sun 22: 00-04: 00. A venue that functions as a ballroom on the ground floor and a night bar upstairs. It begins to fill up at three in the morning and continues well past dawn. El Son is a place where people go to get drunk rather than dance. Let's say that dancing is just a way to go wild after the hangover. Proof of this is the fact that the rhythms are the most diverse and follow each other at random. Despite these apparent defects it is a place to try. 
• 37.18167-3.600099 Pata Palo, Naranjos, 2, ☎ 34 665 93 59 78. Another overcrowded place where on Friday night we make our way through the jostling of boys holding one, even two chupitos. Recommended, like the previous one, for its genuine atmosphere, where the girls, as in the past, spontaneously go up on the tables to dance. 
• 37.17758-3.5997210 Entresuelo, Plaza de San Agustín, 2, ☎ 34 692 21 35 61. Mon-Sun 21: 00-03: 00. Reggae and dancehall venue, renowned for its extravagant décor. 
• 37.17637-3.6041511 Plantabaja, Calle Horno de Abad, 11. Mon-Sun 21: 00-03: 00. Very famous live music venue almost exclusively of underground genre. 
• 37.18295-3.6034212 Boogaclub, Calle Sta. Bárbara, 3, ☎ 34 958 29 57 63. Another renowned live music venue, blues and reggae genres (especially dub). 
• 37.18074-3.6009213 ^{[link not working]}New Orleans Aphrodisias Club, Calle Almona del Boquerón, 10. Live music venue, 100% original Black Music, Aphrodisia is a little more expensive than the previous ones but its customers get away with it by buying beers from the shop next to a Chinese. 
• 37.17834-3.593914 Efecto Club, Cuesta de Sta. Inés, 4, ☎ 34 958 05 97 28. Bar de copas sometimes with live music (Friday jazz, Saturday flamenco) Otherwise electronic DJ music. Opened in 2014. Gay friendly. 
• 37.17687-3.608915 The Marisma, Calle Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, 87, ☎ 34 958 20 32 30. A place where the old custom of throwing (plastic) glasses on the ground after drinking is still in force. As the hours go by, this unusual carpet gets thicker and creaks continuously under the footsteps of the patrons. 
• -3.6073437.1743116 Soma, Calle Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, 57. Another place in the east of the center deserted by passing tourists, el Soma is a small but cozy bar de copas where you can listen to metal music. 
• 37.17497-3.606817 Chupiteria69, Calle Sócrates, 12. A small bar de copas with a student clientele and a large choice of chupitos (suave, medium or fuerte) all for € 1. 
• 37.17334-3.600418 Aliatar nightclub, Calle Recogidas, 2, ☎ 34 958 26 19 84. Even if the term disco does not suit him, the Aliatar is always a very crowded place, frequented by middle-class people mostly. 
• 37.18097-3.5863319 El Camborio, Camino del Sacromonte, 47, ☎ 34 958 33 22 11, 34 958 22 12 15. Traditional Spanish pop disco, also popular with tourists, as it is located in one of the many caves of the Sacromonte barrio. 
• 37.1734-3.5933720 Casa Lopez Correa, Calle Molinos, 5, ☎ 34 958 22 37 75. Tapas bar in the heart of the Realejo, the old one barrio judío, open until 2 am. 
• 37.17328-3.5915521 Prínce Room, calle Campo del Príncipe, 7, ☎ 34 958 22 80 88. Renowned nightclub in the Realejo bar, right next to the university campus in the center. The Sala Principe is a relatively small but well furnished room with a nice atmosphere. Dj evenings enlivened by punished cubists. Frequented by wealthy students. There is a dress code elegant. 
• 37.17413-3.5947122 Paddy's Pub, Santa Escolastica, 15, ☎ 34 958 22 99 53. 
• 37.1906-3.6353223 El Tren room, Carretera de Málaga (Bobadilla), ☎ 34 958 29 62 07. 
• Mae West. Mae West is a very large suburban nightclub, currently in fashion but you have to see how long the trend will last. Its clientele is of various ages but generally always well dressed in line with its environments considered elegant. This will be the reason why the disco has more expensive drinks and admission tickets than elsewhere. The Mae West is divided into three floors and has three tracks reserved respectively for the commercial, dance and Iberian pop genre. 
• 37.1305-3.583724 Industrial Copera, Calle Desmond Tutu, ☎ 34 958 63 78 37. Great nightclub far from the center, according to some better than Mae West in terms of character and atmosphere also because it is frequented by young non-exhibitionists. 
• 37.1603-3.608625 Forum Plaza, Calle Jose Luis Perez Pujadas (Forum building), ☎ 34 677 44 70 68. Another stereotype of a recent and exclusive disco with all the defects that derive from it. Deserted by young people, the Forum Plaza survives thanks to an aging clientele. 

Gay clubs

Granada boasts a long gay translation and harks back to the life and works of one of its most distinguished citizens, Garcia Lorca. He also claims to have a large variety of gay clubs. Despite all these assertions, Granada is likely to disappoint. The reason lies in the fact that the meetings are not limited to specific places but take place very easily in any other place. The advice therefore is not to direct you to one of the exclusively gay clubs listed below but to also and above all consider those that declare themselves gay friendly. One last tip: if you care about your skin, completely ignore the indications of certain gay guides regarding outdoor places to recruit people of your own sex.

• 37.17836-3.6009426 Six Colors, Calle Tendillas de Sta. Paula, 6, ☎ 34 958 20 39 95. Dance club opened in 2004 and since then a meeting place for the LGBT community of Granada. As the name indicates, it is a colorful place, not only for the furnishings but also for the often unusual clothing adopted by its patrons. (Have you ever seen the video clip "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell or the equally old ones by Boy George?). 
• The Gayedra, c / Tendillas de Santa Paula 6. The Six Colors club restaurant. It offers drag queen shows and is therefore a bit expensive. 
• 37.17731-3.6041227 TIC Tac, Calle Horno De Haza, 19. 
• 37.17869-3.600328 La Sal Pub, Calle Sta. Paula, 11, ☎ 34 958 27 64 55. The oldest gay club in Granada still in operation. It opened as a lesbian bar in the last decade of the 20th century and over the years it has become increasingly popular forcing its managers to make a more rigid selection at the entrance. Lesbians have been joined by gays of the preppy type. Those who do not have a face corresponding to this cliché are rejected by the bouncer on duty. 
• 37.17435-3.5949529 Bar Candle, Calle Sta. Escolástica, 9, ☎ 34 958 22 70 10. A traditional tapas bar where it is customary to offer a sausage or cheese tapa with the first glass of alcohol ordered. The age of the customers varies from 25 to 40 years and their extraction is above all bourgeois. For many members of the LGBT community of Granada, the Candela bar represents the first stop on a night itinerary (Tapeo) which ends at the Sala Vogue. 
• 37.17902-3.6033830 ^{[link not working]}Vogue room, Calle Duquesa, 39, ☎ 34 657 75 95 73. An after hours disco club, where hardened night owls make a bet before going to bed for good. It has a reputation as a place where wallets easily spread wings. 
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Where to eat

tapa is an essential element in the gastronomic landscape of Granada. Go from local to local (El tapeo) tasting the specialties, is a custom rooted in the life of Granada to which the residents dedicate themselves at least once a week. It is also a pretext to get to know the city and its most hidden corners. Tourists have enthusiastically adapted to this local custom. In 2017 the price of a tapa with drink was around € 2 with slight price fluctuations (on average / - 20 cents.) Depending on the place. As is customary, the tapa comes for free with the first glass of beer (or other drink) ordered. However, this means that the right to choose is inhibited. In others bares de tapas the opposite rule applies: with the first tapa ordered, the drink also arrives free, which is almost always a beer but could also be non-alcoholic like a coke.

Moderate prices

• 37.17263-3.596081 Los Diamantes, Calle Navas 28, ☎ 34 958 227 070. Despite being on a street full of bares de tapas, recommended by renowned guides and therefore very popular with tourists, Los Diamantes is an exception as it still enjoys the unconditional favor of the Granadini. It is always full at any time of day or night and to win your tapa you will have to fight with your elbows and scream as hard as you can in any popular club in any city in Spain. You will not be able to choose the tapa and you will have a good chance you will touch a plate of fried fish but its price is lower than those of the competitors (€ 1.70 in 2017). Other "bares de tapas" have been opened with the same sign in other locations in the center. One of these is on the Plaza Nueva. 
• 37.172718-3.5961172 Taberna La Tana, Calle del Rosario / Placeta del Agua, 3, ☎ 34 958 22 52 48. Mon-Sun 13–16: 30, 20: 30–00: 00. Much less crowded than 'Los Diamantes', La Tana still offers a similar tapas service that you can enjoy much more calmly for € 2. The tapa here is montadito style, (served on a slice of bread). The price also includes a beer prepared in a glass goblet. 
• 37.17687-3.596893 Antigua Bodega Castañeda, Calle de Almireceros, 1, ☎ 34 958 21 54 64. Mon-Sun 11: 30-16: 30 and 19: 30-01: 30. Not to be confused with another homonymous bodega which is located on the parallel street. Another place renowned among the Granadini for its vast selection of wines as well as for tapas. 
• 37.17841-3.608484 K-Ito, Calle Goya 20. Tue-Sun 13: 00-17: 30 and 20: 00-01: 00 Closed Mon. Tiny and inexpensive, very popular with students from the nearby Faculty of Science for the quality and abundance of portions. 
• 37.17805-3.596615 Arrayanes, Cuesta Marañas, 4 (Albayzín neighborhood), ☎ 34 958 22 84 01. Renowned place of typical Moroccan cuisine a short distance from the cathedral and the plaza Nueva which however only serves soft drinks such as tea or various juices. 
• 37.174-3.60336 Oum Kalsoum, c / Jardines 18. 20:00-24:00. Tapas bar run by Muslims who have no problem serving alcoholic drinks. Go early (at 8pm) if you want to eat seated. 
• 37.17439-3.603417 Bar Poë, c / Verónica de la Magdalena 40. 20:00-00:30. Tapas bar run by an English couple living in Granada. Tasty but not abundant tapas. 
• 37.18399-3.593678 Torcuato del Albayzin house, Calle Pagés, 31, ☎ 34 958 28 81 48. Classic Andalusian tavern that also features an unrivaled assortment of tapas and efficient service. More than generous portions. 

Where stay

Moderate prices

• 37.17314-3.6073191 AB Pension Granada, Infanta Beatriz 3, ☎ 34 958 253 129. 12€. Check in: 12:00, check-out: 11:00. Affordable and comfortable guesthouse run by a very friendly local family. Free Wi-Fi in the reception areas. 

• 37.17118-3.600392 Granada Inn Backpackers Hostel, Father Alcover, 10 (100 meters from the Puerta Real), ☎ 34 958 26 62 14, @[email protected]. Beds from € 12, breakfast included. Check in: 13:00, check-out: 11:00. Hostel consisting of apartments where shared beds are placed. Wifi. 
• 37.178134-3.5971373 Oasis Backpackers' Hostel, Placeta Correo Viejo, ☎ 34 958 215 848, @[email protected]. bed from 15 €. A lively hostel on the edge of the Albayzin district. 24 hours tea & coffee, welcome drink, daily activities, internet & Wi-Fi, a romantic patio and a large terrace accessible to guests. 
• 37.182162-3.5882684 Rambutan, 5 Vereda de Enmedio, ☎ 34 958 220 766. €14.50. Check in: 08:30, check-out: 11:30. Private hostel suitable for young people traveling with a bag on their shoulders. It is surrounded by a large garden. It does not charge either a towel or a bicycle. 
• 37.178766-3.5910065 White Nest Hostel, Calle Santísimo San Pedro 4, ☎ 34 958 994 714, fax: 34 958 995 701, @[email protected]. €13. A good budget hostel with shared and non-shared rooms. 

Average prices

• 37.181736-3.6032416 Abadia Hotel Granada, Triana Baja 7, ☎ 34 958 271 979. €49. Check in: 12:00, check-out: 11:00. Hotel with an internal courtyard (patio) from the 16th century and rooms furnished with antiques. 
• 37.17872-3.599277 Granada Five Senses Rooms & Suites, Gran Vía, 25, 18001, ☎ 34 958 285 464, @[email protected]. Modern downtown hotel. 
• 37.17706-3.596038 Hotel Macià Plaza, Plaza Nueva, 5 18010, ☎ 34 958 227 536, @[email protected]. 
• 37.16802-3.594999 Monasterio de los Basilios hotels, Paseo de los Basilios, 2, @[email protected]. 
• 37.18408-3.6037410 Hotel Condor Granada, Av. De la Constitución, 6, (Station area, next to the Triunfo gardens), ☎ 34 958 283 711, @[email protected]. 
• 37.18022-3.6117211 Hostal Granada Eurosol, Camino de Ronda 166, ☎ 34 958 27 99 0. Rooms with air conditioning and private bathroom. 
• 37.17631-3.602212 Hostal Zurita, Plaza de la Trinidad, 7, ☎ 34 958 275 020. Nice hostal near the cathedral, run by a very friendly young couple. The rooms have air conditioning and some private bathroom and balcony on the square. 
• 37.1634-3.54570913 ^{[link not working]}Cerro del Sol Hotel, Salvador Dalí 1, ☎ 34 958 486200. Double from € 50 per night including breakfast. Design hotel with 15 rooms with a view. Indoor swimming pool, garden and parking. Free access to the network. Ticket reservation for the Alahmbra. 
• 37.17345-3.597714 Navas Hotel, Calle Navas, 22, ☎ 34 958 22 59 59. Double from 60 €. Check in: 12:00, check-out: 12:00. Central location in a busy pedestrian area at night due to the presence of numerous tapas bars. Comfortable rooms with air conditioning. Free access to the network. 
• 37.17707-3.596215 Plaza Nueva hotel, Plaza Nueva, 2, ☎ 34 958 215 273, @[email protected]. Double from € 50, breakfast not included. Check in: 13:00, check-out: 12:00. Hotel in the center with restaurant and internal parking (€ 20 per day per parking space). Non-smoking rooms and free Wi-Fi. 
• 37.17441-3.5977116 Hesperia Granada, Plaza Gamboa, S / N, ☎ 34 958 018 400. Rooms from 69 €. Hotel in an old building in the center which has been completely renovated. Comfortable rooms attractively furnished. The hotel also offers a limousine service. 
• 37.18331-3.589717 House in the Mirador Cruz de la Rauda, Calle Cruz de la Rauda 10 (Albaycin), ☎ 34 958 201 557. €85-€200. Check in: 15:00, check-out: 12:00. Traditional house of 140 m2 in the upper area of ​​the Albaycin district, also available for rent for very short periods. Suitable for those traveling with cars. 
• 37.17719-3.5975918 NH Inglaterra, Cettie Meriem, 6, ☎ 34 958 221 559. In the center of town. 
• 37.18137-3.6025119 Pension Alcazaba, San Juan de Dios 38, ☎ 34 958 291 380. Double with bathroom from 32 €. Cheap and clean rooms with comfortable beds. The manager also speaks English and is generous with information on what to see, do and where to eat in Granada. 
• 37.17064-3.5893320 ^{[link not working]}Pension Suecia, Huerta de los Ángeles, 8 (just off Calle Molinos), ☎ 34 958 225 044. 40€. A quiet guesthouse south of the center, in the former Jewish quarter, right at the foot of the Alhambra and with a lovely terrace used as a breakfast room. 
• 37.17656-3.5958321 Pensión Venecia Gomérez (formerly Hostal Venecia), Cuesta de Gomérez, 2, 2nd floor, ☎ 34 958 224 803, @[email protected]. €33 . Check in: 14:00-23:00, check-out: 12:00. Pension with very quiet non-smoking rooms despite the central location. Free Wi-Fi. Pets accepted only on express request. 
• ^{[link not working]}Casa de San Luis, ☎ 34 666 951 289. € 600 per week. Traditional house from the Albayzin neighborhood with beautiful views of the Alhambra. It has 3 bedrooms and a suggestive environment obtained from a cave. 
• 37.178766-3.59100622 Hostels Granada Nest (Hostels Granada Spain), Calle Santísimo, 4, ☎ 34 958 994 714, fax: 34 958 049 788, @[email protected]. 
• 37.174245-3.59883823 Granada Nest Style Hotel, Plaza del Carmen, 29, ☎ 34 958 058 708, fax: 34 858 991 998, @[email protected]. 

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