Walking
The historic centre is small enough to cross in twenty minutes on the flat. ⚠️ Very little of it is flat. The Alhambra, the Albaicín and Sacromonte are all climbs, on cobbles, often in heat.
The small buses
Minibuses run up into the Albaicín, Sacromonte and the Alhambra on routes ordinary buses cannot manage. They are the reason you do not have to walk up if you do not want to.
⚠️ Fares and route numbers change; the operator publishes them and this site does not.
Getting here
Granada has its own airport with limited connections, and a rail link. ⚠️ Málaga is the bigger airport and many visitors arrive that way and continue overland. Córdoba and Seville are both reachable by train for a day out.
Booking the practical bits
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Three things people actually need here: a driver from the airport or the station, somewhere to leave a bag on the day of a timed Alhambra slot, and a data plan that works before you land.
