Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Granada, Spain

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 13 km
Ascend 586 m
Descend 737 m

Experience Granada in Spain in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Granada

Sight 1: Abadía del Sacromonte

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Abadía del Sacromonte

The Sacromonte Abbey is an old abbey, from the seventeenth century, today the residence of canons, parish and ecclesiastical museum, located in the northeast of the Spanish city of Granada, which is well accessed by the Sacromonte road, which begins at the Peso de la Harina located in the middle of the Cuesta del Chapiz, or along the old road of the Fargue starting from Haza Grande.

Wikipedia: Abadía del Sacromonte (ES)

1562 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 2: Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte

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The Museo-cuevas del Sacromonte, or Centro de Interpretación del Sacromonte, is an ecomuseum and museum of ethnology located in the Barranco de los Negros, near the top of the Sacromonte Hill, in the city of Granada, Spain.

Wikipedia: Museo-cuevas del Sacromonte (FR), Website

1139 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 3: Mezquita de Granada

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The Granada Mosque is located adjacent to the Plaza San Nicholas in the Albaicin district of Granada, Spain. It was the first mosque built in the city since 1492, when the conquest of Granada by Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon concluded the reconquest of Spain by the Catholic Monarchs. Funded mainly by overseas donations, and local support, the mosque was opened in 2003.

Wikipedia: Granada Mosque (EN), Website

76 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Iglesia de San Nicolás

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The Church of San Nicolás was built in Mudejar style in 1525 and is located in the historic Albaicín neighborhood of the Spanish city of Granada.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Nicolás (Granada) (ES)

603 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Maristán hospital

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The Maristan of Granada was a bimaristan (hospital) in Granada, Spain. It was built in the 14th century during the Nasrid period and demolished in the 19th century.

Wikipedia: Maristan of Granada (EN)

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Sight 6: El Bañuelo

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The Bañuelo or El Bañuelo, also known as the Baño del Nogal or Hammam al-Yawza, is a preserved historic hammam in Granada, Spain. It is located in the Albaicin quarter of the city, on the banks of the Darro River. It was used as a bathhouse up until the 16th century at least, before becoming defunct and being converted to other uses. In the 20th century it underwent numerous restorations by Spanish experts and is now open as a tourist attraction.

Wikipedia: El Bañuelo (EN)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Iglesia de San Pedro y San Pablo

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The church of San Pedro and San Pablo in the Spanish city of Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia, is of Mudejar and Renaissance styles, designed by the architect Juan de Maeda, it was built in the sixteenth century, between the years 1559 and completed in 1567.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Pedro y San Pablo (Granada) (ES)

955 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Generalife

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The Generalife was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain.

Wikipedia: Generalife (EN)

1126 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 9: Silla del Moro

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The Moorish chair or Castle of Santa Elena, is a small Nasrid era castle, located in the northern skirt of the Santa Elena hill at a level near about 853 meters above sea level, which was part of the Generalife defensive system and La Alhambra, in the city of Granada, Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain.

Wikipedia: Silla del Moro (ES)

606 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Los Albercones

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Los Albercones

Los Albercones is the name given to a hydraulic complex from the Nasrid period, located in the Generalife, within the Alhambra enclosure, in Granada. Together with the Acequia Real and the Pozos Altos, it forms one of the most important medieval hydraulic systems in Spain.

Wikipedia: Los Albercones (ES)

875 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 11: Alhambra

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Alhambra

The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world, in addition to containing notable examples of Spanish Renaissance architecture.

Wikipedia: Alhambra (EN)

236 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Palacios Nazaríes

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The Nasrid palaces, also called the Royal Viejo Fourth are a palatine set of the Alhambra de Granada formed by two independent palaces, the Palace of Comares and the Palace of Los Leones, and annexes, Mexuar, chosen by the Catholic Monarchs to inhabit them in their stays In Granada of the end of palaces, palacetes, large house and towers-palacios that the palatine city of the Alhambra has housed. These residences were replaced according to the Islamic precepts of not building anything that is perpetuated in time and the tradition that each Sultan made their palace to demonstrate their personal power. The decision of the Catholic Monarchs guaranteed their conservation, compared to other abused Arab monuments, abandoned or destroyed, mostly by the Napoleonic troops in their attempt to destroy the citadel to their flight. Some of these palaces were hosting the Nazarí Court, performing administrative functions, protocol, residential and enjoyment. Chronologically they were raised after the Alcazaba, the Generalife and the partal, being its construction of the first third of the fourteenth century.

Wikipedia: Palacios nazaríes (ES)

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Sight 13: Court of the Myrtles

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The Court of the Myrtles is the central part of the Comares Palace inside the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain. It is located east of the Mexuar and west of the Palace of the Lions. It was begun by the Nasrid sultan Isma'il I in the early 14th century and significantly modified by his successors Yusuf I and Muhammad V later in the same century. In addition to the Court of the Myrtles, the palace's most important element is Hall of Ambassadors, the sultan's throne hall and one of the most impressive chambers in the Alhambra.

Wikipedia: Court of the Myrtles (EN)

7 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Museo de Bellas Artes

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The Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada is a fine arts museum in Granada, Spain. Since the 1950s it has been housed in the Palace of Charles V which also houses the Museo de la Alhambra.

Wikipedia: Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada (EN)

4 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 15: Museo de la Alhambra

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The Alhambra Museum is located in the city of Granada, located in the south wing of the ground floor of the palace of Charles V in the Alhambra. It houses objects, belongings, books and architectural remains of Hispano-Muslim art dating from the middle of the eighth century to the last years of the Nasrid culture, the result of excavations carried out in the city of Granada itself and donations from other points. It consists of seven rooms where the objects are distributed thematically and chronologically.

Wikipedia: Museo de la Alhambra (ES)

755 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 16: Torres Bermejas

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Torres Bermejas

Torres Bermejas is a fortress located on the Mauror hill, in front of the Alhambra, in Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which was part of the wall of Muslim Granada.

Wikipedia: Torres Bermejas (ES)

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Puerta de las Granadas

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The Gate of the Pomegranates is an historical access point of a pathway that leads through the Forest of the Alhambra to the Nasrid palace that is the Alhambra, located in the city of Granada, Spain. The path starts in the city centre, Plaza Nueva, and continues up the Cuesta de Gomérez, before reaching the monument.

Wikipedia: Gate of the Pomegranates (EN)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Iglesia de San Gil y Santa Ana

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The church of Santa Ana, officially the parish church of San Gil y Santa Ana is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Church in Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is part of the group of Mudejar churches in the city; it is located on the left bank of the Darro River, in a small square annexed to the space dominated by the Plaza Nueva, at the beginning of the Carrera del Darro and at the foot of the Alhambra, near the Royal Chancery and the Pilar del Toro fountain.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa Ana (Granada) (ES), Website

189 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Palacio de los Olvidados

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The Palace of the Forgotten is a museum in Granada, Spain, dedicated to the Spanish Inquisition, Jewish history, and Granada's and Andalusia's heritage. The building is located in the Albaicín, a neighbourhood declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 as an extension of the monumental complex of the Alhambra and the Generalife.

Wikipedia: Palacio de los Olvidados (EN), Website, Facebook, Instagram

606 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 20: Casa de los Tiros

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The Casa de los Tiros is a museum and property located in the Spanish city of Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is located in the Realejo neighborhood, on Pavaneras Street. Its name is due to the artillery pieces on its battlements. It is currently the headquarters of the Casa de los Tiros Museum in Granada; for some years, it was also the headquarters of the Ateneo de Granada.

Wikipedia: Casa de los Tiros (ES), Facebook

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 21: Iglesia de San Matías

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The Imperial Church of San Matías is an exponent of the religious architecture of Granada of the sixteenth century, located in the neighborhood of the same name, where other contemporary works are located that participate in the process of Christianization initiated in 1501 by the Catholic Monarchs, based, to a large extent, on the construction of religious buildings and systematic reuse of the pre-existing Muslim ones.

Wikipedia: Iglesia Imperial de San Matías (ES)

364 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 22: Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo

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The Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo is a former Nasrid palace and convent in Granada, Spain. It is located in the Realejo quarter of the city.

Wikipedia: Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo (EN), Website

630 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 23: Bib-Rambla Square

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The Plaza de Bib-Rambla, or Bibarrambla, is a public space located in the Spanish city of Granada, in Andalusia.

Wikipedia: Plaza de Bib-Rambla (ES)

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: Alcaicería

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AlcaiceríaJesus Abizanda from Barbastro, Huesca, Spain / CC BY 2.0

The Alcaicería de Granada is an alcaicería located in the vicinity of the Cathedral of Granada in Granada, Spain. Today, it is dedicated to Granada's craft shops, where the popular Fajalauza earthenware, wood inlay or inlay, and coloured glass lampposts are sold. It also includes shops such as bookshops, jewellery shops and hospitality establishments.

Wikipedia: Alcaicería de Granada (ES)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Royal Chapel

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The Royal Chapel of Granada is an Isabelline style building in Granada, Spain. Constructed between 1505 and 1517, it was originally integrated in the complex of the neighbouring Granada Cathedral. It is the burial place of the Spanish monarchs, Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand, the Catholic Monarchs. Apart from these historical links, this building also contains a gallery of artworks and other items associated with Queen Isabella.

Wikipedia: Royal Chapel of Granada (EN)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Catedral de Granada

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Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Granada, capital of the province of the same name in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia, Spain. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Granada. Like many other cathedrals in Andalusia, it was built on top of the city's main mosque after the reconquest of Granada.

Wikipedia: Granada Cathedral (EN), Website

310 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 27: Centro Federico García Lorca

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Centro Federico García LorcaJunta Granada Informa from Granada, España / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Federico García Lorca Centre is a cultural institution aimed at the study and research of the life and work of the poet Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), as well as the dissemination of his literary production and the conservation of his documentary legacy. In addition, it is a space designed to house all kinds of contemporary artistic manifestations, preferably those related to the author. It is managed by a consortium made up of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Spain, the Ministry of Culture of the Junta de Andalucía, the City Council of Granada and the Provincial Council of Granada. Its headquarters are located in the Plaza de la Romanilla in Granada, in the heart of the historic center of the city.

Wikipedia: Centro Federico García Lorca (ES), Website

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 28: Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Granada

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Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Granada No se ha podido leer automáticamente información sobre el autor; se asume que es Javier martin (según los derechos de autor reclamados). / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Botanical Garden of the University of Granada is a small botanical garden located in the Spanish city of Granada. It depends administratively on the University of Granada.

Wikipedia: Jardín botánico de la Universidad de Granada (ES), Operator Website

1291 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 29: Parque Federico García Lorca

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Parque Federico García Lorca No machine-readable author provided. Pedro González assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Park Federico García Lorca is a park situated in Arabial St., Granada, Spain. It is named after the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. It is designed with avenues and palm trees. The park is opened to the public during daylight hours. Admission is free.

Wikipedia: Park Federico García Lorca (EN)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 30: Casa-Museo Federico García Lorca

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Casa-Museo Federico García Lorca

The Casa-Museo Federico García Lorca, better known as Huerta de San Vicente, was the García Lorca family's historical summer home, from 1926 to 1936.

Wikipedia: Huerta de San Vicente (EN)

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