46 curiosities to discover
Granada Botanical Garden
Granada, Spain
Once the kitchen garden of the Jesuit College of San Pablo, this plot beside the law faculty…
Paseo del Salón
Granada, Spain
This broad promenade beside the River Genil was the romantic boulevard of Granada's middle…
Church of El Salvador
Granada, Spain
In the heart of the Albaicín, this church rests on the foundations of the quarter's former…
Church of San Pedro y San Pablo
Granada, Spain
Facing the Archaeological Museum on the Carrera del Darro, this church stands on the site of…
Basilica of the Virgen de las Angustias
Granada, Spain
This 17th-century basilica is dedicated to the patroness of the Archdiocese of Granada. Behind…
Monastery of San Jerónimo
Granada, Spain
Founded by the Catholic Monarchs, this monastery holds the tombs of the Gran Capitán and his…
Alcaicería
Granada, Spain
In Moorish times this walled silk market stood beside the main mosque and was locked at night.…
Alhambra
Granada, Spain
The Nasrid rulers raised a palace city of towers, courtyards and gardens on this hill, now a…
Church of Santa Ana
Granada, Spain
At the start of the Carrera del Darro stands this Mudéjar church, formally the Church of San…
Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo
Granada, Spain
The main survivor of this 13th-century Nasrid palace in the Realejo is its qubba, a richly…
Church of San Juan de los Reyes
Granada, Spain
The only parish church in the Albaicín with three naves, it occupies the site of the first…
Church of Santo Domingo
Granada, Spain
Begun in 1512 in the Gothic style and continued from 1532 in the Renaissance manner, this…
Church of El Sagrario
Granada, Spain
Together with the cathedral and the Royal Chapel, this Baroque parish church forms the…
Church of Santos Justo y Pastor
Granada, Spain
Set on the lively University Square, this church was built over an Arab cistern and the mosque…
Cripta de Fray Leopoldo
Granada, Spain
Fray Leopoldo was a Capuchin friar who collected alms for Granada's poor from 1914 until his…
Hospital Real
Granada, Spain
Founded by the Catholic Monarchs for the sick, the poor and pilgrims, this cruciform hospital…
Puerta de Elvira
Granada, Spain
Built under the Zirids in the 11th century, this was for a long time the city's main gate, and…
Arco de las Pesas
Granada, Spain
Also known as the Puerta de las Pesas, this old city gate on Plaza Larga led into the…
Campo del Príncipe
Granada, Spain
The Realejo's best-known square was once at the centre of the old Jewish quarter. A statue of…
Casa del Chapiz
Granada, Spain
Linked by a plaster arch, these two 14th-century Moorish houses on the corner with the Camino…
Casa Morisca Horno de Oro
Granada, Spain
This restored house in the Albaicín is a striking example of Moorish domestic architecture,…
Maristán
Granada, Spain
Only the southern gallery remains of this 14th-century Nasrid hospital near El Bañuelo, the…
Parque Federico García Lorca
Granada, Spain
Covering just over seven hectares, this city park surrounds the Huerta de San Vicente, Lorca's…
Corral del Carbón
Granada, Spain
Merchants slept and stored their goods in this Nasrid building from the reign of Yusuf I, and…