sábado, 29 de marzo de 2008

Granada, a Dream Between the Sea and the Mountain

Granada is one of the beautiful cities but of Spain. Their history, culture, climate and geography converge to make it only, with exceptional conditions for the visitor.

The city of Granada is in one of the eight provinces Andalusian, to the south of Spain. This Andalusian city limits with the Fertile valley of Granada and it is crossed by the rivers Genil and Darro, both of them cross it by the city center. Thus, they separate the hill of the Alhambra, that dominates all the large city, of the one of the Albaycín. Granada city has a surface of 88.2 kilometers square.

Turismo Granada
Granada Golf

Covering with its shade the City of Granada, is Sierra Nevada , the ski resort greatest of the south of Europe. The station is located in the locality of Monachil, almost 32 km of Granada and only about 45 minutes in car. In 1996, she was host of the World-wide Championship of Alpine Ski.



The amount of snow that there is in the tracks depends on how much it has rained in center of Granada, but as a rule, the ski resort from the beginning lasts of December until end of April/May principles . Thanks to the artificial snow tubes, the station can even open when there is not natural snow.

The highest summit of the Sierra Nevada is Mulhacén to about 3,481 meters, and the second highest one is Veleta to about 3,398 meters.




What attractions can you visit if you decide to spend a couple of days in Granada?




The granadian gastronomy and andalusian in general, are rich and varied. It is without a doubt a good reason to visit the City.
There are many restaurants and bars in which to taste succulent plates, between which we could emphasize: migas, remojón, habas with jamón, the tortilla of the Sacromonte, gazpacho…
In addition in Granada it will be able to discover “the art of the tapeo”. With their consumición the bars free offer a sample of their kitchen.
They emphasize the zones of the Albaicín, Field of the Prince, Realejo, Bullring and Zone Center


Rutas de tapas

Granada Costa

After Granada, Motril is the most populated city, its port, the industry and the agrarian industry has also been gotten up like a tourist centre of Andalusia.

As results of development, we can see the Motril beaches and the commercial streets in the New Street or in Capuchins’ Boulevard. In the intersection of the Salobreña avenue Arabian Castle with Andalusia Avenue, it is the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Head of baroque style it was a convent of Franciscans and the Bishop Palace, stays intact and it was constructed on an old one

Las Alpujarras


The Alpujarra or Alpujarras, as many please to say, making reference to that they are located in the provinces of Granda and Almeria, is one of the regions Andalusian with greater personality, which, in the last years, has been increasing vertiginously in tourist interest. The beauty, forces and contrasts of its landscape, mainly by the changes of altitude - of the Mulhacén to the Coast of the Sun in 50 km, the structure of their towns and the amiability of their inhabitants, next to an historical past where still the Muslim resonances can be heard, make of this region a totally complete zone from the tourist point of view.



The National Airport of Granada, to 15 km. of the city by the A-92 railcar, in the municipal zone of Chauchina, it offers an important service for the socioeconomic development of Granada and its area of influence like the provinces of Jaén and Cordova.

The airport has regular flights of connection with Madrid and Barcleona. Also the English air lines Ryanair and Monarch began to operate with direct flights from London (Stansted-Gatwick) and Liverpool. The bus to Granada costs 3 € The approximated prices of the taxis are: to Granada 16 €, Alhambra 21 € Albaycín 18 €and 55 Sierra Nevada

From Madrid the passage in train to Granada takes 5 hours and average and from Seville four.

Transfer from Granada Airport

Edreams flies

Granada-Miami

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