Granada is a city where Catholicism and Islam perfectly coexist both in architecture and in everyday life. Announcements about the lessons of flamenco are glued here on the walls of houses interspersed with the advertisement of "accelerated courses" of belly dancing, and typically the Moorish buildings inside are hung with icons. At night, it's noisy here: they smoke hashish right on the street, they go around the wine shops (analogues of our "wine-glasses") and clubs.
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How to get to Granada
Granada Airport accepts domestic flights from Barcelona and Madrid, as well as international ones: Ryanair from London (Stanstead Airport) and Liverpool, and Monarch from Gatwick Airport in London. Information about flights on the phone: +34 (95) 824 52 37.
The airport is 18 km from the city center, you can get there either by bus (fare 3 EUR) or by taxi (~ 20 EUR). The bus runs on schedule and leaves from the airport at 9:00, 12:45, 13:40, 17:20, 18:15 and 19:45. Stops: La Caleta, Gran Vía, Fuente de las Batallas and Palacio de Congresos.
Granada Bus Station is located on Carretera de Jaén (continuation of Madrid Avenue) 3 km from the center. From here you can catch buses to Las Alpujarras, Cordoba (seven or eight flights per day), to Seville (nine flights per day), Malaga (13-14 flights), as well as to Jaen, Baeza, Ubedu, Cazorlu, Almeria, Almuñécar and Nerja.
The railway station of Granada is located 1, 5 km from the city center, on the avenue la Constitución. From here three times a day trains leave for Antequera, Seville and Almeria. There is a Talgo train going to Madrid (one day at 15:40 and one overnight train). Every day trains run to Valencia and Barcelona.
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City districts
Granada consists of 8 districts:
- Albaicin, includes the neighborhoods of Albaicín, El Fargue, Haza Grande, Sacromonte, San Ildefonso and San Pedro;
- Beiro: Cercado Bajo de Cartuja, Joaquina Eguaras, La Cruz, Los Pajaritos, Plaza Toros-Doctores-San Lázaro and San Francisco Javier;
- Centro - Centro-Sagrario and Realejo-San Matías;
- Chana, includes the neighborhoods of Angustias-Chana-Encina, Bobadilla and Cerrillo de Maracena;
- Genil;
- Norte;
- Ronda;
- District Zaidín.
The climate of Granada is
Granada is quite high in the mountains, so the weather there is very changeable. From morning until noon, until the air warms up, and also in the evening when the sun sets, it's pretty cool and you need warm clothes (even in the hottest months). But from lunch to sunset, the sun takes its own and can be very hot.
Clearly +17 ° С in the afternoon +5 ° С at night ° С water |
Clearly +21 ° С in the day +8 ° С at night ° С water |
Clearly +22 ° С in the day +10 ° С at night ° С water |
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Granada hotels - $
A large number of hotels in Granada complicates the life of the traveler, because you need to make a lot of decisions: stay in the center or in the quieter area, look for a budget place or relax with chic, closer to the sights or to the shops ... Well, the sweeter the moment, if on arrival on the site it is found that the selected hotel is ideal in all respects.
Book popular Granada hotels at the best prices
| Hospes Palacio de los Patos from 9 649 rubles Granada Solarillo de Gracia, 1 | Fontecruz Granada from 4 963 rubles Granada Gran Vía de Colón, 20 | Nazaríes Business & Spa from 5 307 rubles Granada Maestro Montero, 12 |
| Hotel Saray from 3 102 rubles Granada Profesor Tierno Galván, 4 | NH Collection Granada Victoria from 5,445 rubles Granada Puerta Real, 3 | Vincci Albayzin from 4 136 rubles Granada Carrera de la Virgen, 48 (antigua Carrera del Genil) |
| Santa Isabel La Real from 4 480 rubles Granada Santa Isabel La Real, 17 y 19 | Hotel Casa 1800 Granada from 4 687 rubles Granada Benalua, 11 (Plaza Nueva) | Hotel Inglaterra from 2,688 rubles Granada Cettie Meriem, 4 |
| Hotel Párraga Siete from 3,446 rubles Granada Párraga, 7 | Presidente from 2 068 rubles Granada Recogidas, 11 | Habitat Suites Gran Vía 17 from 3,722 rubles Granada Gran Vía, 17 |
Entertainment, sightseeing and sightseeing in Granada
The fortress of the Alhambra ("Red Fortress"), the only surviving monument of the Moors in Granada, is located on a steep ridge above a wooded hill. From the walls of the Moorish fortress of Alcazaba you can admire the palace, the Generalife, Albaicin and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Near the Alhambra is an old summer palace of sultans with many pools, fountains and a magnificent Generalife garden.
Other sights of the city: an ornate cathedral, the Monastery of the Kartukha, the fortress wall, the Albaisin area with a lot of "mirador" (panoramic grounds), from which fantastic views of the Alhambra open..And most importantly - an endless number of orange trees, which bear a purely decorative function: their fruits are completely tasteless .In addition: the Church of the Holy Resurrection (1512 g .), the Church of St. Jose, the Abbey of Sacromonte (according to legend, under the church in the catacombs was buried the martyr San Cecilio, the first bishop of the city, now St. Granada), the old University, the towers of Bermejas, the Basilica of St. John, Elvira gate .
- Take a couple of lessons of flamenco.
- And then compare your achievements with the skill of professionals, going to the caves of the Sacramonte Quarter.
- Climb the Mirage - a viewing platform, which in Albaicino set.
- Try to eat an orange directly from the tree and see for yourself the ingratitude of this lesson.
- Walk in the hot afternoon on the Generalife gardens.
- Treat yourself to a spa that used to be a traditional hammam.
And in Granada you can visit the place Fuente Vaqueros, where Gabriel Garcia Lorca was born. Also open and Huerta de San Vincente, an old farm in the vicinity of Granada, where Lorca wrote several famous works.
On Calle Calderería (also known as Calle de las Teterías) you can taste traditional Arabic food, teas and desserts from North Africa. Under the full program, the Arabic atmosphere of Granada can be felt by going to the Arab baths (Hammam), which now represent a modern spa in the entourage of ancient Muslim baths. Well, the main entertainment in all of Andalusia still remain bullfight, flamenco and wine in arbitrary combinations. Photo of Granada (63)