Granada Travel Guide
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Granada, like other modern cities, continues to grow and change with the times. Yet, one thing remains the same: the Alhambra and the four districts around it are still the center of attention for locals and tourists alike. Each of the districts has something different to offer. The Realejo is a friendly, easy-going district where neighbors gather in the … Read Granada introduction
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Catedral de Santa María de la Encarnación
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Granada's cathedral is huge, but you don't appreciate its size unless you see it from above because so many other buildings crowd around it. Make sure to look at it from the Alcazaba de la Alhambra (Alhambra fortress) or even further back, …
Hotel Dauro
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This comfortable modern hotel is popular with individual tourists and tour groups from other parts of Europe and the USA. The bedrooms are decorated in …
Jardines Alberto
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This is a good spot to choose if you're visiting the Alhambra . Easily accessible by car, the restaurant has its own private car park and offers excellent views over the Generalife gardens . The terrace is a nice place to sit and eat on sunny …
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This city has everything. Bars, Restaurants, History, Exploration and the sea and mountains both within driving distance. You have to try Chile Grande if you get the chance, its brilliant! http ... more
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Introduction
Spain's most visited monument, the Alhambra palace, presides over a city full of architectural and historic treasures. Today, Granada's Islamic past is being reinvented for the 21st century in the shops, restaurants, tearooms and mosque of a growing North African community in and around the …
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Catedral Adjoining the Capilla Real but entered separately, from Gran Vía de Colón, the cavernous Gothic-Renaissance cathedral was begun in 1521, and directed by Diego de Siloé from 1528 to 1563. Work was not completed until the 18th century. The main façade on Plaza de las …
Facts for the Traveller
Population : 238000 Area : 12635km² Longitude / Latitude : 3.983333 / 37.28333 Currency : euro (EUR) Weights & Measures system : Metric
Getting there & Getting around
Getting there Planes fly daily to and from Madrid and Barcelona from Granada's airport, 17km (10.5mi) west of the city. Some budget carriers fly from the UK. Buses operate from the Carretera de Jaén, 3km (2mi) northwest of the city centre. International services, as well as services to …
History
Recent History Granada's first new mosque for 500 years was opened in the summer of 2003 to a backdrop of anxiety following the post-September 11 focus on radical extremism. Despite fears the leaders of the mosque, built in Granada's old town district of Albayzin, went out of their way to welcome …
Weather
Between June and September the weather remains hot enough in Granada to lease a sombrero and sleep with the windows open. The heat remains for much of the year during the day, cooling down at night in autumn and spring. From November to April the windows stay closed and the layers come out, though …
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Overview
From the dark mountains of the Sierra Morena down to the mighty, snowcapped peaks of the Sierra Nevada, Andalusia (Andalucia in Spanish) rings with echoes of the Moors. These North African Muslims dwelled here for almost 800 years, from their first conquest of Spanish soil (Gibraltar) from the …
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