Granada Buses - Guide to Services Outside the City Limits, Year 2025
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- City, local or urban buses: provide service within the city limits. These buses are restricted from traveling to the suburbs or other villages, with few exceptions. Granada's city buses are are always red.
- Suburban and rural buses provide service to other villages nearby, covering longer distances within a radius of approximately 20 km. Suburban buses are usually white.
- Intercity buses or coaches travel to towns or villages further away, such as Madrid, Malaga or Almuñecar, managed by the company ALSA. Alsa buses are blue, but since subcontractor companies are also used, the buses can be any color.
- If you’re not planning to travel outside the city, you will only need City Buses or Metro. However, if you plan to travel within the province of Granada or outside it, you will need suburban or intercity buses, depending on your destination.
- For nearby villages, you will need to take rural buses that depart from three main points in Granada. Suburban buses do not depart from Granada bus station.
- To reach areas like the Alpujarra, Sierra Nevada, or Costa Tropical, you will need to take intercity buses from Granada's bus station.
Direct Connections from Granada to Other Cities
From Granada, you can catch direct buses to numerous destinations. The locations served by these routes are illustrated on this map:
Coaches to Madrid, Sevilla, Málaga & Other Cities
Granada’s intercity bus routes to other Spanish cities are operated exclusively by ALSA buses. ALSA is Spain’s leading long-distance bus company.
Previously, several companies offered these services at the bus station, but now only one remains.
Prices and Schedules
Traveling by bus is quite affordable, you can get from Granada to Málaga for around 13 euros, there are also discounted prices available, as low as 8 euros. Or to Madrid for about 22 euros, discounted price 9 euros.
There are also Supra higher-class services available at about double the price.
For information on regular routes, schedules, and prices, you can visit Alsa website or call 902 422 242 (official phone number).
This customer service line does not provide information about the bus station's services, such as how to get there, lost and found, restaurants, ticket offices, parking, taxis, etc., but you can find all this information right here.
If you lose an item on an Alsa bus, you can call the customer service office at 913 270 540 and inquire whether the lost item has been found.
Buses from Granada to Malaga Airport
To travel from Granada to Malaga Airport, you have two options:
1. On a direct bus from Granada to Malaga Airport:
» There are approximately 15 buses departing daily from the Granada Bus Station, providing direct service to Malaga Airport.» The trip lasts between 2 hours and 2 and a half hours.
» The first bus departing from Granada to Malaga Airport leaves at 7:00.
2. From Granada to Málaga with a Transfer at Málaga Station:
» The buses traveling from from Granada to Malaga have more frequent departures, with approximately 30 buses running per day.
You can get off at the Malaga Bus Station, where there is a direct service to the airport.
» It is bus line number 19 and departs from platform 39. The journey takes about 40 minutes, and it operates every 30 minutes.
» The first bus departing from the Malaga bus station to the airport leaves at 06:40, and the last one departs at 23:40. Timetables may be subject to change.
Buses From Granada to Seville, or Córdoba
It is cheap and quick to travel from Granada to Córdoba by bus. The journey lasts between 2 hours 30
minutes and 3 hours, and it costs about 17 euros (one way).
There are also frequent buses from Granada to Seville. The ticket price is approximately 26 euros (one way), and the journey takes 3 hours to arrive.
There are often discounts available, so the prices may be even lower.
Buses from Granada to Madrid Airport
There is a direct bus that departs from the Granada Bus Station and takes you to Madrid-Barajas Airport T4.
The trip lasts approximately 4 hours and 45 minutes. The ticket price starts at 21 euros.
The bus makes a stop along the way for about 20 minutes.
There are 3-5 buses daily. You can view the schedules, prices, and purchase tickets on the alsa.es.
How to Travel Between Small Towns in Granada Province
Normally, there are no direct buses connecting the smaller towns within the province of Granada, unless they are located next to each other.
Travelers often need to transfer in Granada.
For example, you cannot go to Sierra Nevada from Costa Tropical, you’ll need to go to Granada first and transfer at the main bus station.
You also can’t travel directly from Málaga Airport to Granada Airport by bus.
Don't forget to buy your ticket in advance, as there are usually no tickets available for the next bus departure.
How to Reach Villages Near Granada
This map of Granada's suburban bus lines illustrates the connections between different villages around the city and indicates the locations of the stops.
If you arrive in Granada (bus station) but your final destination is a village, you’ll likely need to transfer to a regional or suburban bus or taxi to reach your destination.
For example, if you arrive in Granada, but your destination is La Zubia
or Huétor Vega, you will have to use the city bus route 33 that stops in front of the bus station and get off at Escolapios (30 mins ride),
where you can transfer to a suburban bus to continue your journey.
The metro also stops at the bus station and can take you to some villages: Albolote, Armilla and Maracena.
Fares for Granada Suburban Buses
The price of your trip depends on the area you’re traveling to and whether you buy a single ticket or use a travel card. But in general,
it’s quite affordable, usually between 1 and 5 euros.
Traveling with a travel card is cheaper, but please note that a deposit of 2 euros is required to obtain it, you must top it up with a minimum of 5 euros, and the remaining balance, neither the deposit are not refunded when you no longer need it.
If you plan to travel only 3 or 4 times, it's better to buy a single ticket. But there’s another advantage to using a travel card, it also allows you to travel on urban buses and the Granada metro, however, the trip price is slightly higher when using a city bus travel card. This travel card is called 'Consorcio'.
Transfers to another bus within a one-hour window are either free or discounted, depending on your destination.
Where to Buy and Recharge the 'Consorcio' Travel Card
This travel card cannot be purchased directly on the bus.
You must buy it at one of the official sales points before boarding the bus.
However, on the bus, you can purchase a single ticket by paying directly to the driver.
The Granada intercity bus card can be purchased and recharged at most newspaper kiosks and tobacco shops located throughout the city and in the towns.
Additionally, there are points of sale in metro stations and in some shops.
Normally, there will be a sign at the entrance with the logo of the Granada Metropolitan Transport Consortium.
You can find a full map of points of sale on the Granada Consortium’s website. https://siu.ctagr.es
Additional Guides on Granada Buses
Granada City/Urban Buses
Bus fares, travel cards and single tickets, destinations, bus stops,
network maps and timetables of Granada city buses.
Granada Bus Station
Where to buy tickets, their prices, bus companies, parking information,
restaurants, available services, ATMs, and taxis.
Granada Airport Buses
Bus service to and from Granada Airport, timetables, bus stops, time
between stops, ticket prices, maps, and opinions.
Costa Tropical Buses
Here you will find bus routes connecting Granada with Costa Tropical, including schedules and ticket info.
Sierra Nevada Buses
Sierra Nevada internal buses, buses connecting Granada with the Sierra Nevada,
bus stops, timetables, journey time and fares.
Buses to The Alpujarra
Buses between Granada and the Alpujarra. Information on where to buy tickets, routes,
bus stops, timetables and bus fares.
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Opinions about Granada Buses
Have a click on bus stop and time showing up
Haven't been there before, so do no know the street names to link to the bus stops.
Can your website have a time that shows up when you click on a certain bus stop.
Have a timetable with streets and time the bus arrives.
Could not buy travel card on bus
We asked on 3 different buses but unable to buy a card on any. It sounds like a great idea and selling on a bus would not be difficult.
Indicating all the lines
Overall, there are good connections, but bus drivers do not speak English.
It would be helpful to have details at the bus stops indicating all the lines that stop there. For those of us who are not from the area, it can be challenging to figure out which bus we need to take without this information.
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Granada City Buses
The buses throughout the city are regular and reliable.
If you are in a small group or plan on using several buses consider buying a 'Bono' which is a credit sized bus card you buy on board for 2 euros and top up with a minimum of 5 euros - it reduces the cost of a bus jou
ey to just over half price and 1 card can be used for several people.
Also if you use a second bus within 45 mins you don't get charged the second time (Jacqui).
