Grenade He receives people from all over Spain and has become an ideal destination for a weekend, and much more for a bridge, for many reasons, but among them without a doubt because it is (relatively) close to everything. And that Granada is (relatively) close to everything is something that can be checked without much effort. Let’s go to it.
Let’s put as first example Madrid. It is four hours by car, four and a half hours by bus, half with which there are numerous connections throughout the day and night and that is also amazingly cheap, and more than three hours by high -speed train.
The latter must be linked, and never better, with other destinations that are in turn well connected to the capital of Spain by AVE, such as Zamora, Toledo or Segovia. Arriving from those places to Granada implies an almost insignificant extra effort, two hours at most.
If the traveler comes from other points of Andalusia, it also has it easy. Seville It is two and a half hours if the displacement is by car. From Malaga It reaches more than an hour and from Cordovain two. Almería It is just under two hours, Jaén to a walk that barely arrives at the time and Huelva and Cádiz, The two farthest capitals require a walk, but that does not arrive at four hours.
If the starting point is in the Levante, the distances are not to give up. Murcia and Granada have enough bond ties (bachelor parties, for example, although there are surely more cultural links) because the traveler fits from one place to another in three hours or until less.
A rare chapel in the abbey of the Sacromonte
g. Ortega
Alicante It is reached in less than four hours already Valencia It takes a little longer, like five hours, but always on the highway. Already above, Barcelona It is linked to Granada by plane and, if the squares are caught enough, the trip does not leave expensive.
Speaking of flights, the airport connects with other national destinations: Madrid, Asturias, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Melilla, Palma de Mallorca and Tenerife. They are direct links to an aerodrome quite close to the Granada capital and well connected to it by bus and taxis.
Conclusion: Who does not come to Granada is because he does not want. And in view of how on weekends and national tourism bridges, that is a conclusion to which many people have reached. More and more, in fact. At any time of the year, which includes winter, which is no longer as rigorous as it is once.
Granada is perfect for a weekend or for a bridge because it is not a city too large, you do not escape your hands. It gives time to see its main attractions in two or three days. Obviously, if you spend one of them in the Alhambra -A great idea, no doubt, it will be less time for the rest, but organizing well, the essential is possible to visit it.

A good idea is to take a break and a tea on Alcaicería Street, very close to the cathedral
g. Ortega
What is essential? Well, that goes for tastes, Granada has so many charms that it is difficult to opt. But it is clear that the cathedral It deserves a stop. The main facade is a sober masterpiece of Renaissance, but they are not far behind the door of forgiveness, with baroque elements, nor the annex Real chapelwhere the Catholic Monarchs are buried, who are on Calle Offices, one of the most beautiful in the city.
The rest is to walk. A lot of vestiges (especially religious) of the Renaissance and the Baroque, such as the Church of San Juan de Dioswith its imposing altarpiece, or the convent of San Jerónimo. Although the architecture is not homogeneous and precious buildings with shoe boxes placed vertically without any value, the set is worth it.
It is essential to see the Albaicínof course, and get lost (literally) for its narrow alleys. But if in addition to that there is time, the visits to other less known spaces are very comforting, such as the viewpoint of The churrawhich is just below the Alhambra, or the neighborhood of the Realejowhich retains its flavor, its essence and magnificent corners such as the Church of Santo Domingo and the adjoining dressing room of the Virgen del Rosario.
Away from the center, but equally valuable, there is the Cartujaanother old monastery with baroque elements of great interest. And if the getaway is long enough, two suggestions go as an extra ball: the neighborhood of the Sacromontewith a stop at the abbey of the same name, and the path of the source of the hazelnut, silent and repairing, only accompanied by the murmur of the Darro River that runs below. Pure magic, like almost everything in Granada.
#Andalusian #city #fashionable #perfect #getaway #winter