Granada is music and poetry, pure monumental art, millenary culture. It is a province that reaches the sky from the craggy peaks of the Sierra Nevada; cities of impressive architecture, white villages and beaches of the Costa Tropical.
The province of Granada is a privileged tourist destination, allows the traveler to practice skiing in the Sierra Nevada, venture through the remote Alpujarra villages, travel the last frontier of Al-Andalus among many other things.
Here we give you some ideas of what to do in this wonderful city:
- Cultural tourism
- Rural tourism
- Snow tourism
- Active turism
- Tourism of congresses and conventions
- Beach/Sun tourism
CULTURAL TOURISM in Granada
In the Valley of Sierra Nevada National Park, one of the most interesting cities of eastern Andalusia is located. Its impressive Andalusian legacy adds to Renaissance architectural gems and the most modern facilities of the 21st century.
The fact of being the last city reconquered by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492 gives Granada an unmistakable Arabic flavor. Its gastronomy, craftsmanship and urbanism are determined by its glorious historical past. Fountains, viewpoints and cármenes (characteristic dwellings surrounded by gardens), contribute to create unforgettable corners. Not in vain, one of its old neighborhoods, the Albaicín, has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO together with La Alhambra and El Generalife.
RURAL TOURISM in Granada
The peace that’s breathed in its small white villages, the five natural parks and the Sierra Nevada National Park, make Granada a paradise for those seeking rest, tranquility and contact with nature during their holidays -National Park of Sierra Nevada / Natural Park of the Sierra de Baza / Natural Park of the Sierra de Huétor-Santillán among others
SNOW TOURISM in Granada
In Andalusia, land famous for its beaches and the abundance of sun, you can ski!!!. Sierra Nevada is currently one of the best winter resorts in Spain.
This privileged geographical situation also guarantees a large number of sunny days in the middle of winter. The station has 115 tracks with different degrees of difficulty and a total length of 103 kilometers, where you can practice both skiing and snowboarding.
One of the main attractions of Sierra Nevada is sky at night with a specially conditioned track.
It also has a 6-kilometer circuit for cross-country skiing, a discipline that can also be practiced at the second station, La Ragua.
ACTIVE TURISM in Granada
The “adventure” sports fan can complete the activities practiced in the Sierra Nevada with scuba diving and windsurfing on the Costa Tropical; golf in the four existing courses in the province; In addition, all the regions of the province treasure beautiful places ideal to be traveled on foot, by mountain bike or on horseback. In Río Verde you can practice the descent of ravines and also more relaxed activities, such as fishing for trout, in Riofrío. The Cueva del Agua, in Iznalloz, is ideal for beginners in caving.
TOURISM OF CONGRESSES AND INCENTIVES
The congresses and business incentives are one of the emerging tourism segments in Granada. Since the construction of the Palace of Exhibitions and Congresses, communication infrastructures and hotel services have increased in quantity and quality to meet the high demand of this tourism, which brings great economic benefits to the province.
BEACH/SUN TOURISM
Lots of beaches and small coves with crystal clear waters. 320 days of sunshine per year. And an average annual temperature of 20 degrees. These are the credentials of the Costa Tropical, the 73 kilometers of coastline of the province of Granada. Its name is due to the exceptional bonanza of the climate during all the seasons of the year, which allowed it two centuries ago to become the only place in Europe where tropical fruits such as mango, custard apple and avocado are grown.
And where do the people who come to Granada stay?
Granada, with a daily tourist pressure of 11.7%, is the most crowded urban destination in all of Spain.
Although Granada is the city subject to greater pressure, it is not a destination in which the ‘tourism phobia’ has developed that has been occurring in recent years in capitals such as Barcelona, which has made the slogan “tourist go home” sadly famous. .
A total of 81,972 tourists arrived in the province chose to stay in one of the 1,349 registered tourist accommodation in Granada .. The figure assumes that, in average, 16,394 tourists each month chose to stay in a tourist apartment in the province of Granada. Almost 10,000 of them did it in the capital.
Hotels, hostels, cave houses, tourist apartments / houses with luxury views of the Alhambra … more and more the traveler wants to feel the comfort of being at home and mingling with people and living their day to day and have more comfort. For these and many other reasons, the seasonal rental is in full swing!
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