Granada Trip Overview
Granada being a mountainous city and practically everything beautiful in the historic center is found in hills, we have thought that the best thing for our private visits is to accompany the tour with a private car so we cover our entire program and clients can explore the secrets and the millenary history of Granada.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Granada, Spain
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Granada, Andalucia, Spain
Granada being a mountainous city and practically everything beautiful in the historic center is found in hills, we have thought that the best thing for our private visits is to accompany the tour with a private car so we cover our entire program and clients can explore the secrets and the millenary history of Granada.
Stop At: Plaza Nueva, Granada Spain
The Plaza Nueva was formerly one of the most important parts of the city where various tournaments, games and bullfights were held.
Spread over the Darro River, which now runs underground, it was founded in the Christian era.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: El Banuelo, Carrera del Darro 31, 18010 Granada Spain
The ritual of physical and spiritual cleansing. One of the best-preserved public Arab baths of the Peninsula. Traditionally, it has been dated tot he 11th century, that is to the Zirid period. For L. Torres Balbás, the construction of the Bañuelo was within a second construction period of the Zirid dynasty, corresponding to the reigns of Badis and Abd Allah (1038-1090), characterized by the use of the concrete walls.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Paseo de los Tristes, Paseo del Padre Manjon 2, 18010 Granada Spain
Walking along the Paseo de los Tristes is one of the essentials when you come to the city, but why isn’t it on the maps? When you arrive in Granada, if you are looking for the Paseo de los Tristes, map in hand, you can go crazy touring the city. In no street map or GPS you will find reference to this famous place in the city. It is one of the most recommended places in any travel guide and by any self-respecting Grenadian, but it does not appear anywhere.
The Paseo de los Tristes is in the Valle del Darro, between the hills of the Alhambra and the Albaicín, an idyllic place. For many, the most beautiful street in the world next to Carrera del Darro. Colors and essences, palaces, churches, convents, museums and medieval buildings surround it, making it the ideal place to sit and rest or enjoy the beauty of Granada.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Sacromonte, Granada Spain
Traditionally the neighborhood of the Granadian Romani, who settled in Granada after the Christian conquest of the city in 1492, it is one of the most picturesque neighbourhoods of the city, with cave houses installed in whitewashed caves
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Mirador de San Nicolas, Calle Espaldas a San Nicolas s/n, 18009 Granada Spain
Place of crossroads of cultures and the most beautiful sunsets in the world. What else can be done in this viewpoint apart from contemplating the Alhambra
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Palacio de Dar al-Horra, Callejon de las Monjas Albayzin s/n Barrio Albaicin, 18010 Granada Spain
View of the Dar al-Horra on the hilltop of the Albaicin
The palace is dated to the 15th century when Granada was the capital of the last Muslim Emirate on the Iberian Peninsula, under the leadership of the Nasrid dynasty. It was probably built under the reign of Yusuf III (1408–1417).Near the end of the dynasty, the palace was used as a residence by Aisha al-Horra (or Aixa), the wife of Sultan Abu’l-Hasan Ali (also known as “Muley Hacén”; ruled 1464–1482 and 1483–1485) and mother of the last Nasrid sultan, Muhammad XII (also known as “Boabdil”; ruled 1482–1483 and 1487–1492). The name “Dar al-Horra” (“House of the Free Woman”) comes from this association
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Royal Chapel of Granada, Calle Oficios S/N Plaza de la Lonja, 18001 Granada Spain
Visit From outside
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: La Madraza, Calle Oficios Centro Historico, 18001 Granada Spain
Visit from outside
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Corral del Carbon, Calle Mariana Pineda, 18009 Granada Spain
Visit From outside
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Catedral de Granada, Costado Este del Parque Central, Granada 43000 Nicaragua
Visit from outside
Duration: 10 minutes
