Everything you need to make your visit to Granada as close to perfect as possible.
Here you’ll find information about the city and province of Granada, recommendations on what to do and short guides to help you plan your trip.
We gather this information from other websites, so now and then some of it may be out of date. We do our best to keep it current, and in each guide we link to the sources we used in case you’d like to check them.
Guides to make your stay in Granada easier.
The best viewpoints to see the Alhambra from the Albayzín and the Sacromonte: San Nicolás, San Cristóbal, San Miguel Alto, La Lona and quieter corners.
How to buy Alhambra tickets on the official website, which ticket to choose, the Nasrid Palaces time slot and how to walk up from the Sacromonte.
Handicrafts, taracea marquetry, Fajalauza pottery, souvenirs and unique shops: charming places in Granada to find a lovely keepsake of your trip.
The best day trips from Granada: Guadix, Montefrío, Alhama, Loja, Úbeda and Baeza, Córdoba, Sierra Nevada, the Alpujarra and the coast, with distances.
All about Granada's Federico García Lorca airport: getting into the city centre by bus or taxi, flights, airport services and car hire.
What the weather is like in Granada month by month: hot, dry summers, cold winters with frost, the best times to visit and what clothes to pack.
Ideas for visiting Granada with children: the Science Park, the Alhambra as an adventure, the Sacromonte caves, parks, snow and handy practical tips.
A guide to skiing in Sierra Nevada from Granada: getting up by car or bus, car parks, equipment hire, ski passes and what else to do there.
How Granada's free tapas work: a tapa with every drink, the best areas to go for tapas, what time to head out and the local customs worth knowing.
How to visit the Alpujarra from Granada: Lanjarón, Órgiva, the Poqueira Gorge, Trevélez and its ham, walking routes and getting there by car or by bus.
What to see on the Costa Tropical from Granada: Almuñécar, La Herradura, Salobreña and its castle, Motril, its coves and how to get there by car or bus.
What to see in Granada's Sacromonte: cave houses, flamenco zambra, the Sacromonte Caves Museum, the Abbey and the best spots to look at the Alhambra.
A 2 or 3-day Granada itinerary from the Sacromonte: the Alhambra and Generalife, the Albayzín and its viewpoints, the historic centre and the tapas.
How to get around the city of the Alhambra.
The small city buses up to the Alhambra, the Albayzín and the Sacromonte: lines C30, C31, C32 and C34, how to pay, where to catch them and handy tips.
Buses from Granada to the Alpujarra, the coast, Málaga, Seville, Córdoba or Sierra Nevada: the bus station, local routes and getting there from the house.
What to know before hiring a car in Granada: the rental companies at the airport, the rental conditions to check and the city's traffic restrictions.
Getting to Granada by train: the station on Avenida de Andaluces, the AVE from Madrid, links with Barcelona and Andalusia, and the bus up to the house.
Granada's city buses explained: single fares, Credibús top-up cards, timetables and the best apps for getting around the city of the Alhambra.
The Granada metro: route, opening hours, cards and fares for the light rail line that crosses the city from north to south, Albolote to Armilla.
What Granada's low emission zone is, how it differs from the Albayzín and Sacromonte access bollards, and where to park if you arrive by car.
Taxis and Uber in Granada: how to book one, typical fares between the Alhambra, the centre and the bus station, and how to spot an official taxi.
Granada customs, history and slang.
Lorca's Granada: the Huerta de San Vicente, his birthplace in Fuente Vaqueros, Valderrubio, the Lorca Centre, Víznar and Alfacar, and cante jondo.
Granada's festivals month by month: Toma de Granada, San Cecilio, Holy Week, Día de la Cruz, Corpus, the Music and Dance Festival and San Miguel.
Customs and opening hours in Granada: when people eat lunch and dinner, the siesta, Sundays, tapas, tipping and how to get along with the neighbours.
Talk like a local: the first instalment of typical Granada words and expressions, with their meanings and examples so you never feel lost.
The second instalment of Granada slang: more local words and expressions from Granada, explained with examples and plenty of good humour.
The third instalment of Granada slang: malafollá, chambi, follisca, hartible and more local words from Granada, explained with examples and humour.
What to eat in Granada: Sacromonte omelette, broad beans with ham, remojón, plato alpujarreño, Trevélez ham, piononos and other local dishes.
