Granada's Alhambra (day trip)

Alhambra y Generalife, Granada

Peak Moorish Spain; your Nasrid Palaces time slot is everything

⚠ Named tickets, sell out weeks ahead

Hours

1 Apr–14 Oct daily 08:30–20:00; 15 Oct–31 Mar daily 08:30–18:00; separate night visits

Tickets

General (Nasrid Palaces, Generalife, Alcazaba) about €22.27 online incl. fee; gardens-only or night Nasrid visit about €12.73 each. Book on the official site; ID checked against the name

Address

On the Sabika hill above Granada; minibus from Plaza Nueva, or a 20-minute uphill walk

Inside the Nasrid Palaces every wall and ceiling is carved plaster, and you don't know where to look first. In the Court of the Myrtles the Comares Tower hangs upside down in a long pool; in the Court of the Lions twelve stone lions carry a fountain on their backs. The ceiling of the Hall of the Two Sisters is a honeycomb dome of thousands of tiny pieces. Walk out along the water channels of the Generalife gardens and the day disappears. As a day trip from Seville it means more than five hours on trains, so many travellers suggest staying a night in Granada if you can.