Granada Essential - Sights in Granada and What to Do in Granada

The Alhambra and the Generalife gardens are one of the most visited monuments in the world, the most visited in Spain, more than eight thousand people crossing every day its doors, and represents the zenith of Arab art.

The ancient Arabic and Moorish quarter of Granada is a picturesque maze of streets and white houses and is located on a hill among baroque churches, Renaissance palaces and Arabs minarets.

Sacromonte caves have been home of gypsies for centuries, bohemians and Flemish artists. Although the flamenco shows are overly commercial, it is imperative to visit a Zambra in a cave of the Sacromonte.

Banuelo are impressive and well-preserved Arab baths of the eleventh century. In the Carrera del Darro, at the foot of the Alhambra, it shows the level of refinement that the Spanish Arabs were a thousand years ago

Granada Cathedral was built by Queen Isabella is a masterpiece of Spanish Renaissance style. Shows impressive facades, the best works of Siloam, and a stunning interior with a great altarpiece and several chapels. In the burial chamber are the tombs of the Catholic Kings.

Corral del Carbon in the heart of the city, this ancient Arabic inn of the fourteenth century is one of the great monuments of Granada and is beautifully restored. Yo can visit to visit several interesting institutions that are licated in the yard, such as El Legado Andalusi.

Church of Santa Ana in Granada, just at the entrance of Carrera del Darro, is a small air Mudejar church built in 1501 in place of the mosque of Almanzra. A beautiful church on the banks of the river Darro.

Carthusian monastery, about two kilometers from the city center, this monastery was founded by order of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, the Great Captain, on an ancient Arab carmen. Contains a beautiful seventeenth century Baroque church and a beautiful cloister.

Despite its name, is the oldest square in Granada. From here you can walk up to the Alhambra or sit in one of the terraces after the visit to the monument. Around rise buildings of importance and near the lively Elvira street, from which you can go to the Albaycin.