Declared UNESCO’s World Heritage Site , the Albaicin or Albaycin is one of the oldest areas of Muslim Granada and a traditional area for tapas. This area is a network of narrow streets that remind the visitor of its Arab past. It is perfect for wondering around or enjoying the local cuisine. The most typical tourist site is, however, the Mirador de San Nicolás, a viewpoint from where you will be able to enjoy one of the most beautiful panoramic views of La Alhambra and the Generalife standing proud against the background of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and with the city in the foreground.

The Realejo was the Jewish area during the Arabic kingdom of Granada. It is recommended to visit the famous square known as The Prince’s Field (El Campo del Príncipe), San Cecilio’s Church, built on an old mosque, or the Convent of the Discalced Carmelitas. It is also the place to be for those who love their tapas, because it has many different bars where you can enjoy the real cuisine from Granada.

The Sacromonte belongs to the district of Albaycin and it is the traditional area of the Grenadine gypsies who had already started settling down in the mountain of Saint Michael in the 18th century. Its caves are famous, especially those used for the celebration of the zambras, the typical flamenco dance of the Grenadine gypsies. This area has always been a focus of attraction for artists, bohemians and curious people from all over the world.

Founded in the 14th century, the Alcaiceria was the former silk market of Granada. Currently, many craft stalls and shops fill its streets, the perfect environment to wander around taking in the colours and shapes of all of these products.

This “Walk of the Sad” is officially called Paseo del Padre Manjón and in the past it was also known as Paseo de la Puerta de Guadix. Funeral processions used to drive down this avenue in the past, and hence its name. The Paseo de los Tristes is a wonderful area, it does not only have amazing views of the Alhambra, but it is full of bars and cafés as well as Arab style shops.

In spite of its name, it is the oldest square in Granada. The Christians called it the Plaza Nueva (New Square) because it was the first one they built in the 16th century to cover the area of the city where the Darro river still flowed. Around this square you will find important monuments like the Royal Chancery or the House of the Pisa, that is home nowadays to the San Juan de Dios Museum and was built by the Pisa family in the 15th century.

It was inaugurated in 1995 and it has become one of the most popular tourist sites of the city. This complex offers a series of permanent and temporal exhibitions that will help visitors to learn about the different disciplines of sciences in an interactive way. The complex houses a butterfly house as well as a planetarium under a dome where visitors can enjoy the view of 7,000 stars projected on its cealing and it has space for 80 people.

In this house lived one of the most ingenious composers of the 20th century, the gaditano (native from Cadiz) Manuel de Falla, who authored works as significant as El Sombrero de Tres Picos (the Three-Cornered Hat) or El Amor Brujo (The Witch Love). The house was restored when he died and now it exhibits objects that belonged to Falla, like his piano, his writing machine or his record player. It is the ideal place for music lovers and those nostalgic people who want to learn more about this great man.

It is situated in the Barranco de los Negros in front of la Alhambra and here we can find the Etnographic Museum, which offers an insight into the caves of Granada, their history and their inhabitants, and the Nature Classroom, where visitors can learn more things about the local wildlife. It also offers interesting flamenco shows as well as other cultural events.

This museum, housed in a Renaissance palace known as the House of Castril, exhibits archaeological artefacts dating back to the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods that were found in the city as well as other Phoenician, Arab or Roman objects.

It is in the House of the Pisas, founded by the Pisa family in the 15th century. This museum was created in 1931 to preserve the patrimony of the Hospitalary Order, whose founder, the Portuguese Saint John of God, died there. In this museum you will find Iconographic representations of the founder as well as many pictorial works, like engravings, furniture and porcelains.

It was the place where the Grenadine poet used to spend his summer holidays and where he lived the days before his arrest and assassination in 1936. There he wrote an important part of his work, Bodas de Sangre(Blood Wedding) or Yerma (Barren). In this museum you will find some works of art and interesting pictures, drawings and manuscripts that belonged to this illustrious poet.

• The Albaycín
• Calle Elvira
• Plaza Nueva
• The Bullfighting Ring
• The area around the Cathedral

• The Paseo de los Tristes
• The Realejo
• Campo del Príncipe
• Calle Navas
• Puerta Real

• La olla de San Antón (pork meat stew)
• Broad beans with ham
• Potatoes Poor Man Style (a lo pobre)
• Porridge with paprika (gachas pimentoneras)
• Sacromonte’s omelette
• Rice with sea food (arroz marinero)
• Grenadine remojón with cod and orange

• Guadix’s Tocinillos de cielo (egg, sugar and water)
• Pestiños from Vélez Benaudalla (fried cakes)
• Los Roscos de Santo Tomás (doughnut shaped cakes)
• Fig Cake from Alpujarra (pan de higo)
• Huevos moles de San Antón (egg, cinnamon and sugar)
• Los piononos de Santa Fe (custard filled pastry)

• Salaílla (bun stuffed with tuna)
• Bomba (baked potato stuffed with meat)
• Cardoons
• Pipirrana (tomato, peppers and onions salad)
• Stuffed chard stems