Granada: Alhambra Ticket and Guided Tour with Nasrid Palaces
Duration: 3 hours
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Fast-Track Alhambra & Nasrid Palaces Guided Tour
Product ID: 30360
Explore one of the most popular monuments in Spain on a tour of more than 3 hours. Walk with official guides through the Moorish palaces and visit the stunning summer palace and gardens of the Generalife.
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Duration 3 hours
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Spanish
Experience
Highlights
- Avoid the long lines to explore Spain's most popular monument with fast-track entrance
- Wander the Nasrid Palaces of the Alhambra
- Get superb city views from the Fortress
- Learn about the Moorish history of Granada from an expert guide
- Stroll around the fragrant gardens of the Generalife summer residence
Full description
Learn about the history of Granada on this 3-hour guided tour of the Alhambra and Generalife summer palace. An informative guide will lead you around the vast complex, dating back more than 600 years. Marvel at a magnficent mix of Islamic art and culture.
Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, the Alhambra was a courtly city where the sultans of the Nasrid Dynasty lived. In addition to the ornate palaces of the sultans, your guide will take you the military fortress for rewarding views of Granada and the surrounding mountains. Then walk over to the Generalife.
Built as a place of leisure for the Moorish Kings of Granada in the 14th century, its beautiful gardens are abundant with diverse flora and stunning water features. One writer poetically described it as the "water that cries."
Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, the Alhambra was a courtly city where the sultans of the Nasrid Dynasty lived. In addition to the ornate palaces of the sultans, your guide will take you the military fortress for rewarding views of Granada and the surrounding mountains. Then walk over to the Generalife.
Built as a place of leisure for the Moorish Kings of Granada in the 14th century, its beautiful gardens are abundant with diverse flora and stunning water features. One writer poetically described it as the "water that cries."
Includes
- Expert local guide
- Tickets to the Alhambra Palace Complex (Nasrid Palaces, Generalife Gardens and Alcazaba)
- Entrance to the Charles V Palace
What’s Not Included
- Pick-up and drop off
- Lunch
Not suitable for
- People with mobility impairments
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Meeting point
Meet at the Café Bar, next to the ticket office of the Alhambra
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Important information
Know before you go
• Please note you must bring identification (e.g. your passport) to enter the Alhambra.
• Please wear comfortable shoes.
• As per Alhambra policy and in order to conserve the monument, time slots can be changed prior to your tour date.
• As part of the regulations for entering the Alhambra all babies and children must have their own ticket. Please do not forget to book it together with the rest of the group/family members.
• The local partner acquires the Alhambra tickets through the Patronato de la Alhambra. The conditions of these purchases are published in the Boletín de la Junta de Andalucía of January 22, 2020. The Patronato de la Alhambra requires that tickets have to be nominated at the time of purchase. The quota of tickets is submitted to the purchase demands of each day. If there is no availability of tickets for the date you desire, the full amount paid will be refunded.
• Please wear comfortable shoes.
• As per Alhambra policy and in order to conserve the monument, time slots can be changed prior to your tour date.
• As part of the regulations for entering the Alhambra all babies and children must have their own ticket. Please do not forget to book it together with the rest of the group/family members.
• The local partner acquires the Alhambra tickets through the Patronato de la Alhambra. The conditions of these purchases are published in the Boletín de la Junta de Andalucía of January 22, 2020. The Patronato de la Alhambra requires that tickets have to be nominated at the time of purchase. The quota of tickets is submitted to the purchase demands of each day. If there is no availability of tickets for the date you desire, the full amount paid will be refunded.
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Fast-Track Alhambra & Nasrid Palaces Guided Tour
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