Alhambra group walking tour
Visit Alhambra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and get to know the last historically Arabic city in Spain. This tour takes you back 600 years, when this fortress was reconstructed and converted into a magnificent royal palace by the Sultan of Granada.
Visit Alhambra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and get to know the last historically Arabic city in Spain. This tour takes you back 600 years, when this fortress was reconstructed and converted into a magnificent royal palace by the Sultan of Granada in 1333. The complex offers sweeping views of nearby villages and the jagged Sierra Nevada mountain.
The complex sits atop a hill and offers sweeping views of nearby villages and the jagged Sierra Nevada mountain range in the distance. Upon arrival at hte meeting point, your guide regales you with stories about the site's construction and transformation over the centuries.
Enter the sprawling complex, gazing up at its sheer stone walls designed with contemporary Nasrid architecture. This former fortress was converted into a palace in the 14th century, so you're greeted by delicate stonework and ornate ceilings with each chamber you enter.
Step into the Royal Complex and see the quarters that Charles V once called home, and then wander the former sultan's recreational area and lush Moorish gardens. Hear more stories about Alhambra's origins as a military fortress before its transformation into an extravagant hilltop palace.
What is included
Entrance fees
Professional guide
Headsets to hear the guide clearly for groups over 6 pax
What to bring
- Passports. The Alhambra staff can require you to show them the passports to verify the ownership of your nominative tickets. If you don't bring them with, they can not let you get inside the monument.
- This activity operates in all weather conditions. In the case of rain the tour will run as usual, so please bring an umbrella or a suitable rain gear.
- In summertime it can get very hot so don’t forget your sunglasses, sun-tan lotion and a bottle of wáter.
- Please wear comfortable shoes.
Important information
- Passport required
- Accessible for those with limited mobility
- The start time and meeting point will be provided by email once the booking is confirmed. It depends on the tickets available that we have on the tour date.
- Alhambra group tour includes entrance tickets + group tour guide + earphones.
- Not suitable for pets, unless they are assistance dogs. In this case, client must provide their assistance dog identification card. If a ticket to a monument is included, the regulations that the monument indicates regarding the right of access or not for the assistance dog will be complied with.
Cancellation policy
Group tour in English on Wednesdays
- Cancellation within 168 hours before the experience: 100% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 720 hours before the experience: 50% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 8760 hours before the experience: 25% cancellation charge.
Group tour in English on Tuesdays
- Cancellation within 168 hours before the experience: 100% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 720 hours before the experience: 50% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 8760 hours before the experience: 25% cancellation charge.
Standard rate Spanish
- Cancellation within 168 hours before the experience: 100% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 720 hours before the experience: 50% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 8760 hours before the experience: 25% cancellation charge.
Standard rate French
- Cancellation within 168 hours before the experience: 100% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 720 hours before the experience: 50% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 8760 hours before the experience: 25% cancellation charge.
Standard rate German
- Cancellation within 168 hours before the experience: 100% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 720 hours before the experience: 50% cancellation charge.
- Cancellation within 8760 hours before the experience: 25% cancellation charge.
Please check the conditions for your selected rate before booking.
Guide languages
Spanish, English, French, German
Itinerary
Group walking tour at the Alhambra - Itinerary
Discover the Monumental Complex of the Alhambra, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO, that is the last historically Arabic city in Spain. We’ll go back 600 years to visit the 11th wonder of the world: the Alhambra.
The meeting point with your guide will be at the entrance of the Alhambra. Let’s start visiting the Generalife palace, recreational area of the sultans, and its garden. Then pass by the Franciscan Parador Hotel that was a convent built in the 15. century. Next visit the Church with some important images of the 17.th and 18.th century.
Admire the Palace of Charles V, an awesome Christian palace with Renaissance style. Wander along its military fortress and finish visiting the renowned Nasrid Palaces: Mexuar, Comares & Lion’s palace while listening to stories, legends and important facts about the Alhambra & Granada from the hand of the guide.
The walk through the palaces and the gardens takes about 2.5 hours.
At the end of the visit, if you wish, you will go back to the starting point.
Meeting points
At the main access gate of the Alhambra (by the umbrella with the sign "guides")
Paseo del Generalife 1F, 18009, Granada, Andalucía, ES
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