Granada, places to visit | 20 NOV

Granada, places to visit

We will visit the typical and tourist-cultural corners of the city, while we will not let pass those areas where entertainment and fun set the pace in this beautiful city.

Granada is the destination of a large number of visitors, both national and international, thanks to its extensive artistic, monumental, cultural and ethnological heritage. There is also a significant amount of sports tourism as a result of the ski resort in Pradollano (Sierra Nevada). The most visited place in Spain is the Alhambra and its surroundings, with the Albaicín and Sacromonte districts also standing out.

The Alhambra, the Nasrid palace city declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984, is undoubtedly the most important monument in Granada. It consists of a defensive area, the Alcazaba; another residential and representative area, the Nasrid Palaces; and a leisure area, the Generalife, which consists of a palace, gardens and vegetable garden. The Generalife is an area of gardens annexed to the Alhambra that became a place of recreation and rest for the Muslim kings of Granada when they wanted to escape from the official life of the palace. The Cathedral sits on top of the Great Nasrid Mosque of Granada, in the centre of the city. The Royal Chapel is the most important Gothic building in the city. Its construction began in 1505 after the Catholic Monarchs decided to build a mausoleum for themselves and their descendants in the city.

The Albaicín (or Albayzín), a district of Andalusian origin, preserves the remains of several sections of the ancient Arab wall such as the Zirid wall of the Alcazaba Cadima, the Nasrid wall or the towers of the Alcazaba. The viewpoints of San Cristóbal or San Nicolás, from where you can contemplate both the Alhambra and the city, and at night it is a real delight to visit them.

On the other hand, the district of Sacromonte is the old district of the gypsies, who settled in Granada after the conquest of the city. It consists of one of its most picturesque neighbourhoods, full of typical, whitewashed caves, where strumming guitars, songs and "quejíos" sound, so that over time it has become one of the most peculiar corners of Granada.

And entering into the playful aspect of the city, we are going to mention some of its most interesting corners, and which are a reference for all visitors and locals.

The Town Hall area, from the Plaza del Carmen, rises Navas Street, one of the main streets for tapas in the centre of Granada. The sidewalk of Darro and Camino de Ronda above all, Calle San Antón and Calle Alhamar, a place to live it especially at night. The surroundings of the Bullring of Granada, between the Hospital Virgen de las Nieves and the Hospital San Cecilio, where the large area of tapas bars invite you to meet friends and experience the city every minute.

But since man does not live by bread alone, but also by stimulating his five senses, it can be said that not having sight in Granada is the worst suffering, as the poet Francisco de Asís de Icaza recited: "there is nothing in life like the pain of being blind in Granada". So, let's stop the hustle and bustle and take a leisurely stroll through the city to enjoy its people and its corners.