Granada Trip Overview
Learn how it all started. A tour where you will visit the origin of Granada, from the Realejo through the Alhambra, seeing its most emblematic parts and then entering the most iconic neighborhoods of the capital El Albaicin and Sacromonte, immersing ourselves among its streets, squares and viewpoints without forgetting the magnificent caves loaded with History, centuries and Flamenco
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* Duration: 35 minutes
* Starts: Granada, Spain
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Granada, Andalucia, Spain
Learn how it all started. A tour where you will visit the origin of Granada, from the Realejo through the Alhambra, seeing its most emblematic parts and then entering the most iconic neighborhoods of the capital El Albaicin and Sacromonte, immersing ourselves among its streets, squares and viewpoints without forgetting the magnificent caves loaded with History, centuries and Flamenco
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Pass By: The Alhambra, Calle Real de la Alhambra, s/n Palacio de Carlos V, 18009 Granada Spain
The Alhambra is a monumental complex on an Andalusian palatial city located in Granada, Spain. It consists of a set of old palaces, gardens and fortress initially conceived to house the emir and the court of the Nasrid Kingdom, later as a Castilian royal residence and its representatives.
and we will pass through these points of interest within the route of the Alhambra, La Alcazaba
Nasrid Palaces
Bermejas Towers
Gate of justice
Palace of Carlos V
The Genaralife
Pass By: Murallas del Albayzin, Plaza Mariana Pineda 10, 18009 Granada Spain
The Albaicín (or Albayzín) is the oldest neighborhood in Granada. Located in front of the Alhambra hill, on the San Cristóbal hill, and surrounded by the Sacromonte, Elvira street and the Darro river, the Albaicín is a world apart. It has always been a city closed in on itself within Granada, perhaps due to the strong Muslim influence it has had since its inception. and we will pass through the following streets telling you our anecdotes Plaza and Iglesia de Santa Ana
Church of San Pedro and San Pablo
Darro Race
Mariana Pineda Palace
Walk of the sad
Saint Nicholas’ lookout
Pass By: Sacromonte, Granada Spain
The Sacromonte is a picturesque and idyllic place, on the outskirts of the urban center of Granada and is the traditional suburb of Granada’s gypsies. They speak in caló. Originally from India, they arrived in Spain in the 15th century, after wandering through Europe and Africa. They traditionally lived in the famous caves of this neighborhood. They were masterfully portrayed by the poet Federico García Lorca in his book ‘Romancero Gitano’. The Sacromonte Interpretation Center-Museum of the Caves preserves in their original state 11 of these caves open to the public and explains the history and way of life of its inhabitants and we will pass through the following streets and we will tell you the essence of the neighborhood
Chapiz House
Long Square
San Cristobal viewpoint
Sacromonte Abbey
The Sacromonte Caves
Pass By: Realejo-San Matias, Granada, Spain
The Jewish quarter of Muslim Granada, centuries of history and rabid modernity come together in a neighborhood that is much closer to the Alhambra than many visitors think. The Realejo neighborhood is the perfect place to drop in after visiting the Nasrid citadel. Fifteen or twenty minutes of walking through unpredictable streets that leave you in the Plaza del Realejo, the central axis of what was once the Jewish quarter of the city of Granada.
and we will go through the following streets telling their anecdotes,
House of Shots
Mariana Pineda Square
Church of Santo Domingo
Campo del Príncipe (Christ of favors)
Pass By: Alcazaba, Calle Real de la Alhambra Conjunto Monumental de la Alhambra y el Generalife, 18009 Granada Spain
Add d The citadel (from the Arabic, القصبة al-qaṣbah “the citadel”) was an urban construction or fortified enclosure, whose function was to serve as a residence for a governor1 to presumably defend a specific place and its surroundings, housing a garrison that , frequently, it formed a small military neighborhood with houses and services, constituting a citadel.2 They used to be associated with a fortress or castle located at one of its ends, although this was independent from the fortress itself and from the rest of the city. and in the event of a siege, the populations of the urban centers where they settled would seek refuge behind the walls of said alcazabas.
Pass By: Nasrid Palaces, Calle Real De La Alhambra, 18009 Granada Spain
The Nasrid Palaces, also called the Old Royal Quarter, are a palatial complex of the Alhambra in Granada made up of two independent palaces, the Palace of Comares and the Palace of the Lions, and annexes, Mexuar, chosen by the Catholic Monarchs to inhabit them in their rooms. in Granada of the endless palaces, mansions, large houses and towers-palaces that the palatine city of the Alhambra has housed. These residences were replaced according to the Islamic precepts of not building anything that would be perpetuated in time and the tradition that each sultan made his palace to demonstrate his personal power. The decision of the Catholic Monarchs guaranteed its preservation, against other mistreated, abandoned or destroyed by the French, almost all
Pass By: Torres Bermejas, Granada Spain
Aggregate de Torres Bermejas, is a fortress located on the Mauror hill, in front of the Alhambra, in Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which was part of the wall of Muslim Granada.
Currently there are three towers of mortar, with an open door between two of them, with a bastion in its part that faces the Albaicín, and a cistern under it. The three towers are of different sizes, the largest being the one in the center, with three floors.1
Originally, they were part of a castle, “Hizn Mawror”, which was located on the eastern fence of the new city, next to the neighborhood of the same name. With the expansion of the city towards the East, in Almoravid times, it remained within the enclosure. It was built as early as the 9th century, although it underwent successive renovations in the Nasrid period, and in the 16th and 20th centuries.
Pass By: Puerta de la Justicia, 18009 Granada, Spain
Add descriptionOf the four exterior gates of the Alhambra’s walled enclosure, the most monumental is the Puerta de la Justicia, built in 1348.
Next to it you can see a circular bastion of Christian artillery from which a carved stone wall descends, before which one of the masterpieces of the Granada Renaissance was carved, the Pillar of Carlos V.
In the middle of the Esplanade there is another pillar, much more modest, dedicated to the writer Washington Irving by the city of Granada, on the occasion of the centenary of his death (1859).
The Puerta de la Justicia is also known as the Puerta de la Esplanade because of the wide space that stretched out before it. His majestic figure presides over the entire space and has become one of the symbols of the Alhambra.
Pass By: Palace of Carlos V, Alhambra, 18009 Granada Spain
The Palace of Carlos V is a Renaissance construction located on the hill of the Alhambra in the Spanish city of Granada, in Andalusia. Since 1958, it has been the headquarters of the Granada Museum of Fine Arts and, since 1994, it has also been the headquarters of the Alhambra Museum. Add description
Pass By: Generalife, Granada, Spain
The Generalife (in Arabic, جَنَّة الْعَرِيف) is the villa with gardens inhabited by the Nasrid kings of Granada as a resting place, located in the Spanish city of Granada, in Andalusia. It was conceived as a rural village, where ornamental gardens, orchards and architecture were integrated, in the vicinity of the Alhambra. The origin of the name is disputed. Some advocate Yannat al-Arif as “the architect’s garden,” or “the architect’s garden,” although it may have meant “the highest garden.” This royal garden was common in the Spanish-Arab courts and is the result of the reforms and additions that the different sultans contributed. Due to its older decorative elements, the palace must have been built in the late 13th century by the second sultan of the Nasrid dynasty, Muhammad II (1273-1302) 2. It was declared, together with the Alhambra, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984.
Pass By: Plaza de Santa Ana, Pl. de Sta. Ana, Granada, Spain
Plaza de Santa Ana is a small square attached to Plaza Nueva. Located at the foot of the historic neighborhood of La Almanzora in the Spanish city of Granada, an autonomous community of Andalusia, right in front of the church of San Gil and Santa Ana, at the beginning of Carrera del Darro, around geographic coordinates 37 ° 10′37.74 ″ N 3 ° 35′42.10 ″ W. It has a trapezoidal plan with sides of 46, 37, 35 and 36 meters that enclose an area close to 1,525 square meters.
The square was initially reduced to the compass closed with an iron fence of the church of San Gil and Santa Ana, which had been erected between the years 1540 and 1560, on the spaces occupied by the old mosque of the neighborhood located at the foot of the Alhambra in the left bank of the Darro river, with the Arabic name “Rabad al-Mansura”, located between what is now Cuesta de Gomerez Street and Almanzora Alta Street.
Pass By: Carrera del Darro, Granada Spain
The Carrera del Darro de Granada is a street in this city, which is located within its Old and monumental Quarter.
It begins in the central Plaza Nueva and ends in what is known as Paseo de los Tristes, today renamed Paseo del Padre Manjón.
It is a street of medium length and uneven width, but generally narrow. It has a very irregular layout that runs parallel to the Darro river, which is seen almost bull-o’clock along its route, and starting from the aforementioned Plaza Nueva it advances between the two historic hills of the city of Granada: that of La Alhambra, which is seen to the right along almost the entire route, and the Albaicín, which is on the left.
Pass By: Palacio De Mariana Pineda, Carrera del Darro, 9, 18010 Granada, Spain
It was in this palace that Doña Mariana de Pineda was born in the 19th century, considered by many to be a “heroine of Liberty” for supporting the constitutionalist revolution in defense of the freedoms of the people.
The building preserves a magnificent central courtyard in which a wonderful pillar with an original shield of that time stands out, its lower part is supposed to be the work of Diego de Siloé (16th century) and the upper part of the year 1644 built by the noble family of the Pisa . From the bright main patio you can access the different original rooms and the five rooms, most of them with spectacular views of the Alhambra and the emblematic Rio Darro. The impressive exposed brick winery is connected with the aforementioned central patio, where an ancient well is preserved, which collected the waters of the Darro River.
Pass By: Paseo de los Tristes, Paseo del Padre Manjon 2, 18010 Granada Spain
The Paseo de los Tristes or Carrera del Darro is described by many as one of the most beautiful streets in the world. A cobbled street parallel to the Darro River (River that gives gold) 500 years ago, since it is practically the same, as if paralyzed in a magical moment in time. Although many people associate its poetic name with the melancholy of the landscape, with the river running at its feet, and the majestic Alhambra in the background, its name is due to the fact that the funeral processions passed through it that were heading to the cemetery next to the Alhambra, in the highest area of the Sabika, the hill on which the Alhambra rests.
Pass By: Mirador de San Nicolas, Calle Espaldas a San Nicolas s/n, 18009 Granada Spain
The church of San Nicolás occupying the entirety of an irregularly closed block, delimited to the north by Calle Espaldas de San Nicolás, to the east by the extension of Cuesta de las Cabras, to the south by Plaza Mirador de San Nicolás, where there is a splendid panoramic view of the Alhambra, and to the west by the Plaza del Cementerio de San Nicolás where the cistern is located.
It is a single central nave with a rectangular floor plan, with attached side chapels (five on each side) separated by the starts of the four pointed diaphragm arches that allow the space to be covered. In the area of the head -major altar- there are remains (up to the height of the pendentives) of the Gothic ribbed vaults that covered this space (two sections) and that according to Barrios Rozúa, these vaults may not be the original ones and have been rebuilt in the nineteenth century after the destruction of part of the temple by a lightning strike.
Pass By: Casa del Chapiz, Cuesta Chapiz 22, 18010 Granada Spain
La casa del Chapiz is a unique building, located in the Spanish city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, declared a Site of Cultural Interest. It consists of the rehabilitation of two Moorish houses (16th century) located in the Albaicín neighborhood of Granada, located on the Cuesta del Chapiz corner with the Sacromonte road. It has been the headquarters of the School of Arab Studies since 1932.
Pass By: Plaza Larga, Albayzin, Granada Spain
The city of Granada (in Arabic, غرﻧﺎﻃﺔ ġarnāṭah), as an urban entity, dates back to the 11th century, when Medina Elvira, capital of the Cora de Elvira, was abandoned as a consequence of the disappearance of the Caliphate of Córdoba and the foundation of the zirí kingdom of Granada.1 Afterwards, it will remain as head of the successive political and administrative divisions of its territory, until it becomes the capital of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada. When it came to the power of Castile, in 1492, works were gradually undertaken that significantly modify its urban structure, until it became a convent city.2
This article deals with the organization and urban structure of the city of Granada, between the 11th and 16th centuries.
Pass By: Mirador de San Cristobal, Carretera de murcia sn., Granada Spain
If there is something that could not be missing in Granada, they are viewpoints to have a good perspective of the city. The Mirador de San Cristóbal is one of them and I think it is an essential one on the list.
It is located dominating the west of the Albaicín and is a key point to have a spectacular panoramic view of Granada. You can see from here the main points of the city: the 11th century wall, built by the Zirid kings, the Cathedral, the Church of San Cristóbal, the Convent of Santa Isabel la Católica or the palace of Dar al Horra, among others. Granada highlights.
From here you can even see part of the Alhambra, with the Torre de la Vela imposing itself on the mountain before our eyes. Although if you want to have the best views of the Alhambra, you should go to the Mirador de San Nicolás, which we have already talked about in Diario del Viajero and which, in my opinion, is one of the most magical places in Granada. It is about a 10 minute walk from this other viewpoint. Description
Pass By: Museo Casa de los Tiros – House of the Shots Museum, C. Pavaneras, 19, 18009 Granada, Spain
The Casa de los Tiros Museum was built between 1530 and 1540 similar to the Granada palaces of the time, it receives its name from the cannons that appear between its battlements. It was part of the wall of the Potters neighborhood, hence its appearance as a military fortress.
Of the original building, only the Torreón remains, around which it has been built later. The polychrome coffered ceiling of the Golden Square or main hall stands out, as well as the Plateresque doors.
In 1921, the Casa de los Tiros Museum became the property of the State and since then it has been the headquarters of the Casa de los Tiros Museum and houses the library and newspaper archive on Granada themes.
Pass By: Iglesia de Santo Domingo, Plaza Santo Domingo 6 Realejo, 18009 Granada Spain
Its construction began in 1512, and is part of the Convent of Santa Cruz la Real 1. It began in the Gothic style, with no record of who was the author of its traces or the director of the works. Important elements of the Gothic aesthetic are preserved, such as its arches and vaults. It was later completed in the Renaissance, Baroque and Contemporary times by various artists, who make this temple one of the most unique religious buildings in Granada.
Pass By: Campo de Principe, Barrio Realejo, 18009 Granada Spain
Known in the Nasrid times as the Campo de la Loma, it was where massive public events and equestrian festivities were held in the open air, surrounded by numerous orchards, recreational farms and palaces with gardens owned by the Nasrid sultans. In 1497, to celebrate the wedding of Prince Don Juan with Margarita de Austria, the city decided to create here a large public space with a commercial function in the Castilian way, becoming the largest square in the city. In 1513 he continued his arrangement to turn it, together with the Bib-Rambla square, into a great stage to celebrate cane and bull games, jousts and religious celebrations such as autos-da-fé and ritual processions.
