Apartment placed 5 minutes to the city of Granada, 30 minutes to the sky station of "Sierra Nevada"
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5 Reasons to visit Granada

Patio de los leones, en la Alhambra, Granada
Patio de los leones,
"La Alhambra", Granada
  1. MONUMENTAL HERITAGE
  2. SIERRA NEVADA
  3. TROPICAL COAST AND "LA ALPUJARRA"
  4. GRANADA CUISINE
  5. ADVENTURE TOURISM
1. MONUMENTAL HERITAGE

Granada is considered as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The history, the town, and villages, the varied artistic style of its monuments, its tradition and the lovely character of its inhabitants makes Granada a dream of a city to visit. the large cultural heritage, and the wonderful palaces of "La Alhambra" and "El Generalife", the morish Albaicin quarter, the Cathedral, The Caholic Monarch´s mauselum inside the Royal Chapel, the Science Park and a lot of narrow streets where the visitor is introduced in the history of Granada.

The town has a great variety of activities: Festivals of music and dance, Festivals of Tango and Jazz, Cinema, Theatre, and of course, beautiful flamenco events at tipical caves in "Sacromonte".

2. SIERRA NEVADA

Granada has the Europe´s most southern ski resort, with a total lenght of 65 kilometers of pistes where one can either ski or go snowboarding. also more than 8 kilometers cross-country skiing circuits at "La Ragua", the province second winter resort (near to Guadix).one of the main attractions of Sierra Nevada is the many sunny days in the middle of winter, and that one can ski at night on a specially fitted floodlit piste, which is a unique experience.

3. TROPICAL COAST AND "LA ALPUJARRA"

Granada Tropical Coast is a heavenly enclave and one of the most beautiful places in Andalucia. The climate is very mild average annual temperature of 20° Celcius. has long beaches, where a whole range of Blue Flags flutter all year round, that welcomes thousands of visitors and without suffering from the problems of overcrowding. Actually, the villages have keeped out their traditions. Visitors should visits the tipical Spanish white villages like Almuñecar, Salobreña, Motril, La Herradura, Torrenueva, Calahonda o La Rabita.

There´s another rural area in Granada called "La Alpujarra" with small and beautiful villages which welcomes thousand of visitors. Those villages are in the mountains, and most of them are isolated from the rest of the world.

4. GRANADA CUISINE

Atardecer sobre el Albaicín
The morish Albaicín
Granada has a marvelous cuisine, one of the main attractions is the "tapa". Tapas are small pieces of food that you get completely free when you order a drink. Is a tipical tradition in Granada to go out at lunch or dinner time and taste different kinds of "tapas". Between the main traditional local dishes are soft broad beans with cured ham, pipirrrana salad, the famous gazpacho,, the "Sacromonte Ommelette" made from cooked brains, bull testicles and eggs, the traditional "Olla de San Antón" The "plato alpujarreño" with andalusian style potatoes, chorizo sausage, black pudding and fried eggs, the Trevelez cured ham, bread dough migas, gallic fried calf, fish and seafood from Motril, and of course tropical fruits from the coast like crabs apples, avocados and mangos. Granada has a great variety of foods which are cooked with the greatest care.

5. ADVENTURE TOURISM

Granada is placed in a privilege geoghrafic situation with five natural parks a National Park. People who love rural tourism will find in Granada an opportunity to practice trekking through beautiful routes at National Park of Sierra Nevada. Other sports you can practice in the province are: horseback,riding mountanbike, climbing, 4X4, hot-air balloon trips, hand gliding, fishing, golf, etc. In the Tropical coast you can practice diving and windsurfing or just swim or sunbath.

Panorámica de la Alhambra
"La Alhambra"


Telephones and address
  address Telephone Web page
Bus station Avda. Jaen S/N 958185480  
Bus Madrid Granada   958185480 www.continental-auto.es
Airport Chauchina, Autovía -92 958245200  
Iberia   902400500 infoib@iberia.com - www.iberia.es
Tele Taxi   958280654  
RENFE (train station) Avda. Andaluces S/N 902240202 www.renfe.es
Tourist office   958225990/226688 www.turismodegranada.org


Web pages of monmental heritage
Alhambra www.alhambradegranada.org
Cathedral www.granada.org
Monastry de San Jerónimo www.turismodegranada.org
Museum of Manuel de Falla www.manueldefalla.org
Museum of Federico García Lorca www.garcia-lorca.org/huerta.htm
Science Park www.parqueciencias.com
National Park of Sierra Nevada www.mma.es/parques/lared/s_nevada
Congress Palace www.siapi.es/palacio