WELCOME TO GRANADA

PROGRAMS

In Granada, our groups will enjoy many options in our programs. They will visit monuments such as the Cathedral, the Royal Chapel, the Alhambra, the Albaycin neighborhood and other beautiful places. They will also be able to do thematic visits: Federigo Garcia Lorca, Manuel de Falla..., and trips to the Alpujarras' villages, the Tropical Coast, etc.

On the right menu, you can check the main activities for the programs in this city.

Granada is a city in and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous region of Andalusia, Spain, with around 250,000 inhabitants.

Moorish forces took the city in 711. They referred to it under the Iberian name "Ilbira", the remaining Christian community calling this "Elvira", and it became the capital of a province of the Caliphate of Cordoba. On January 2nd, 1492, the last Muslim leader, Muhammad XII, known as Boabdil to the Spanish, surrendered complete control of Granada, to Ferdinand and Isabella, Los Reyes Catolicos ("The Catholic Monarchs"), after the city was besieged.

The Alhambra (which means "The red fortress") is one of the most famous remnant of the Muslim historical legacy that makes Granada a hot spot among cultural and tourist cities in Spain. The Alhambra is now one of Spain's major tourist attractions exhibiting the country's most famous Islamic architecture.

Albaycin: a hill located on the right bank of the river Darro, transports the visitor to a unique world: the site of the ancient city of Elvira, so-called before the Zirid Moors renamed it Granada.

Granada is also well-known within Spain due to the prestigious University of Granada and, nowadays, vibrant night-life.

The Cathedral (Cathedral of the Annunciation) was designed at the peak of the Spanish Renaissance.

On the 13th September 1504, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand decided Granada would be their final resting place, and to this end they signed a Royal Warrant for the creation of the Royal Chapel.