🗓️Best time to visit
March–May and October–November; summer tops 38°C and midday Alhambra visits drain you.
📸Top activities & landmarks
- Alhambra, Nasrid Palaces and Generalife — book weeks ahead
- Albaicín and the San Nicolás sunset viewpoint
- The cathedral and Alcaicería souq
- Sacromonte and its cave houses
🏨Where to stay
Central near the cathedral is practical on foot; Albaicín hotels charm, but luggage on those stairs is real suffering.
⚠️Tips & warnings
The Nasrid Palaces slot is mercilessly strict — be at the gate 30 minutes early. The city is all hills and stairs: proper shoes mandatory, and many restaurants close between lunch and dinner.
📍 On the ground
Local safety: Granada is generally safe, but beware the 'rosemary scam': women press a sprig of rosemary into your hand near the cathedral and the Alhambra car park, then read your 'fortune' and insistently demand money — sometimes paired with an accomplice's pickpocketing while you're distracted. Don't take the sprig at all, say you have no money, and walk on.
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⏱️How many days?
2 days
Suggested plan:
- Day 1: The full Alhambra morning, then the center
- Day 2: Albaicín, San Nicolás, Sacromonte
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