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Granada, Spain travel guide
The airport serving the province and city of Granada, Spain is the Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport. It is not used for travel to Jaén, although Jaén is in its name. Located near to Chauchina and Santa Fe, Granada airport is about 15 km west of the city centre. You can reach the city easily along the A-92 motorway by Granada Airport car hire.
Enjoy some of Spain's most important cultural and architectural patrimonies. With more than a thousand years of recorded history, Granada is home to sights such as the Alhambra, the world renowned palaces and fortresses of the Nasrid dynasty, and the historical Moorish Albaicin quarter. Most of these areas are designated as World Heritage sites by UNESCO.
- Local time in Granada, Spain:
- GMT+1
- Population of Granada, Spain:
- 234.325
Tourist attractions at Granada, Spain
The Cartuja
Home of the Carthusian monastery, this district features many buildings created with the extension of the famous University of Granada. The monastery started in large Gothic style with Baroque exuberant interior decorations.
Sacromonte
Located on the extension of the hill of Albaicín along the Darro River, the Sacromonte neighborhood is famous for its cave houses. In the nineteenth century the area was inhabited predominantly by Gitanos, who choose to dig their houses into the hillside. Sacromonte is also known as a major center of flamenco song and dance, including the Zambra Gitana, an Andalusian dance originating in the Middle East.
The Alhambra
Granada is very popular among cultural and tourist cities in spain due to its Islamic historical legacy. The Alhambra is a famous Moorish citadel and palace meaning literally "the red one". The interior is adorned with columns, muquarnas, and stalactite-like ceiling decorations.
The Alhambra, through all of its restorations and alterations has maintained its original form, designed to reflect the very beauty of Paradise itself. It is made up of gardens, fountains, streams, a palace, and a mosque, all within an imposing fortress wall flanked by 13 massive towers. By Airport Granada car hire head towards the southeastern border of Granada to the top of the hill of the Assabica.
Recommended daytrips from Granada, Spain
Local Cuisine
A Granada car hire can help you get around to all the different tapas restaurants. The gastronomy of Granada and the Andalusia region is rich and diverse, and a reason unto itself to visit the area. There are many eateries where you can taste succulent dishes like migas, remojón, habas con jamón, gazpacho, and the Sacromonte omelet.
However, their famous tapas are really an art form. The most popular places are Albaicin. Campo del Principe, Realejo, and Plaza de Toros.
Zaidin
Take a car hire Granada over to Zaidin on a Saturday morning for a shopping trip at its large outdoor market, where many gypsies come and sell their wares of fruits and vegetables, clothes and shoes, and other sorts of odds and ends.
Archaeological Museum of Granada
This stunning museum was built inside the Castril palace dating from the 16th century. No where else will you find a collection of artifacts from so many diverse civilizations than here in Granata's Archaeological Museum. Featuring findings of the Carthaginians, the Phoenicians, the Romans, and the Arabs, all bundled into a magnificent Palace.
The features of the Palace include a one of a kind Renaissance Patio. Plan your day with ease in a cheap car rental Granada, Spain and visit the original Moorish houses and wide-range of restaurants Albayzin has to offer. Perhaps you will be in the mood for North African fare? A cuisine available to you at the eateries around the Archaeological Museum of Granada.
Hotels at Granada, Spain
Hotel Carmen
Acera del Darro , 62
18005 Granada
Spain
Tel. 95 825 83 00
Fax. 95 825 64 62
Email: reservas@hotelcarmen.com
Hotel Juan Miguel
ACERA DEL DARRO 24
GRANADA
Spain
958521111
958258916
reservas@hotel-juanmiguel.com
Airport Information
- Airport name:
- Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaen Airport
- Airport code:
- GRX
- Phone number:
- +43(0)958 245 223
- Fax number:
- +43(0)958 245 207
- Address:
- Aeropuerto Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén 18329 Granada Spain
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- Distance from airport to Granada:
- Granada city || 9.4 Miles / 15 km / 25 minutes by rental car from Downtown Granada
- Car Rental office location:
For car rental in Granada Airport, you can easily access desks of most rental companies from the arrival area as well as from outside.
Counters for major car hire companies are right before the exit gate of the arrival area. Conveniently located for you to collect your prebooked rental car in Granada Airport, Spain.
The following car rental companies operate in Granada Airport:
- Hertz
- Europcar
- Helle Hollis
- Avis
- Atesa
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