{"id":8339,"date":"2018-06-07T09:43:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacazalladeronda.com\/2018-6-3-a-one-day-trip-to-granada\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:08:00","slug":"2018-6-3-a-one-day-trip-to-granada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacazalladeronda.com\/es\/2018-6-3-a-one-day-trip-to-granada\/","title":{"rendered":"A One Day Trip to Granada"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As we continue to discover and share ideas and activities for our guests to enhance their stay with us (should they ever decide to leave the sun loungers besides the pool, that is), it occurred to us that an article on the Andalusian city of Granada was long overdue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n


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True, there’s an awful lot to appreciate within just a one day visit: the beauty and intricacy of the Alhambra Palace, glowing warmly in front of its backdrop of the Sierra Nevada mountains; the winding cobbled streets and colourful bazaars of Albaic\u00edn; the humbling magnificence of the Cathedral; and the dazzling glory of the Basilica of St John of God. But these delights and more are why you simply must<\/em> go. Wake up with the valley’s birdsong and take the easy two-hour drive from La Cazalla<\/a>, stopping on the way for molletes with olive oil, tomatoes and garlic (honest – don’t knock this Andalusian breakfast until you’ve tried it!) and spend your day soaking in the multicultural ambience of the city of Granada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n


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Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers: the Darro, the Genil, the Monachil and the Beiro. The region surrounding the city has been populated since at least 5,500 BC and experienced Roman and Visigothic influences, and occupation by Sephardic Jews and the Nasrid dynasty Muslims (who aligned themselves with Fernando III of Castile, officially becoming the Emirate of Granada in 1238).<\/p>\n

The greatest artistic wealth of Granada is its Spanish-Islamic art \u2014 in particular, the compound of the Alhambra and the Generalife, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. For this reason, we recommend that you start your day’s visit to the city here:<\/p>\n

1. The Alhambra Palace and the Generalife<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n


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Firstly, to avoid any unnecessary queuing or disappointment on the day, we advise our guests to book the entrance ticket to the palace in advance. This can be done on the Alhambra and Generalife’s official ticket sale website<\/a> from 2 hours to 3 months in advance of your visit and costs just \u20ac14 per person for ‘access all areas’. Entrance to the Nasrid Palaces is controlled to avoid congestion, and ticket holders receive a time for their visit so that everyone will have an opportunity to explore these incredibly beautiful buildings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n


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Alhambra itself is really a walled city within a city, comprising royal apartments, a defensive zone (the Alcazaba), forts, pavilions, and the Generalife palace, gardens and orchards. Moorish poets described it as “a pearl set in emeralds” – an allusion to the colour of its buildings and the woods surrounding them. Each palace is different, as the Muslim rulers who lived there extended the complex and left their mark on Alhambra, with high towers, intricate Islamic architecture and mosaics, columned walkways, and landscaped courtyards with fountains and reflecting pools. Each new section added followed the consistent theme of “paradise on earth”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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