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Day trip details
To see current prices for each rate (adults, children, students and infants), select your preferred date in the booking calendar. The price shown in the calendar is always the final price.
Check the available days and times directly in the booking calendar: it updates in real time according to the season.
There are three pick-up points in central Seville. The one you choose is also where the day ends.
C. Trajano 6, Casco Antiguo, 41001 Seville · View on Google Maps
C. Zaragoza 1, Casco Antiguo, 41001 Seville · View on Google Maps
C. Rastro 12A, 41003 Seville · View on Google Maps
Not every pick-up point is available on every date: the booking calendar shows which ones you can choose and the exact time. We recommend arriving with time to spare.
Round-trip transport from Seville and a professional guide for the day.
A guided walk through the Albaicin, the old Moorish quarter of Granada, taking in its viewpoints over the city.
Free time in the centre of Granada to carry on at your own pace.
The Alhambra is not included on this day trip, neither the admission nor a guided visit of it. You see it from the Albaicin, across the valley, which is the view the city is famous for. We run a separate day trip with the Alhambra and the Nasrid Palaces included.
Food and drink are not included. There is free time for lunch.
The order of the visits may change depending on the group or the time of year.
Comfortable footwear, and this one is not a formality. The Albaicin is built on a hill of steep cobbled lanes and worn paving.
It is a long day, around thirteen hours, with roughly five of them on the road. Come rested.
Granada sits at the foot of the Sierra Nevada and is noticeably colder than Seville in winter and cooler at night all year. Bring a layer.
Bring some water and a snack for the road. In summer add sun protection and a hat.
There is free time for lunch. You can eat at a local bar or restaurant, on which your guide can make recommendations, or bring your own picnic.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the activity. You can cancel from the confirmation email you receive when you book.
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The old Moorish quarter, and the view everyone comes for
Granada was the last Muslim capital in Spain, and the neighbourhood that climbs the hill facing the Alhambra has barely changed its street plan since. This day trip walks it with a guide, and leaves you the afternoon in the city.
East to the foot of the Sierra Nevada
The drive from Seville takes about two and a half hours, across olive country and up towards the mountains. Granada sits at around 700 metres with the snow line of the Sierra Nevada behind it, which is why the light and the air feel different from the rest of Andalusia.
A guided walk through the Albaicin
The Albaicin is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the oldest quarters in Granada, laid out when this was the centre of the Islamic city. Its lanes are narrow, steep and cobbled, with whitewashed walls and hidden gardens, and the walk with the guide is how you make sense of what you are looking at.
The Alhambra from across the valley
The viewpoints of the Albaicin, the San Nicolas among them, look straight across to the Alhambra on its wooded hill with the mountains behind. It is the image of Granada that everyone knows. This day trip does not go inside the Alhambra: you see it from here.
Free time in the city
After the guided walk the afternoon is yours. The cathedral and the streets around it, the tea houses of the lower Albaicin, and the tapas bars, where in Granada a drink still comes with something to eat. Enough time to sit down properly before the drive back.
Important: the order and format of the route may vary depending on the time of year, the weather, road conditions and each town’s local holidays. Your guide will organize the day in whatever way works best for the group.
Your questions answered
Frequently asked questions
No. This day trip does not include admission to the Alhambra or a guided visit of it. What it gives you is the Albaicin with a guide and the view of the Alhambra from across the valley, plus free time in the city.
We would not count on it. The Nasrid Palaces work with timed entry slots that sell out weeks ahead, tickets are issued in the visitor’s name, and the site takes hours to see properly. It does not fit into an afternoon of free time. If the Alhambra is what you came for, take our day trip that includes admission to it instead.
Around thirteen hours, of which roughly five are on the road. The exact departure time for your date appears in the booking calendar.
Spanish and English only on this route, unlike most of our day trips. You choose when you book.
Yes. A professional guide leads the walk through the quarter and its viewpoints. The time afterwards in the centre of Granada is free.
No. There is free time for lunch, at a local bar or restaurant, on which your guide can make recommendations, or you can bring your own picnic. Granada is a good city for this: most bars still serve a free tapa with a drink.
From central Seville. There are three pick-up points and the booking calendar shows which ones are available on your date. The pick-up point is also the drop-off point.
Yes, round trip. You travel in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle, van, minibus or coach, depending on how many travelers have booked for that date. Some have a toilet on board; if yours does not, you can ask your guide to stop at a service area.
It depends on the bookings for each date, and groups are usually small. In high season the group is split into two or more subgroups: as a rule, groups are no larger than 30 people.
More than on most of our day trips, and it is uphill. The Albaicin is a hill of steep cobbled lanes and steps, with no way round them. Comfortable shoes are not optional here.
Yes, and there is a reduced rate for children. Bear in mind the climb through the Albaicin and a thirteen-hour day, so it suits children who walk well.
We would not recommend it. The Albaicin is one of the steepest quarters in Andalusia, laid on cobbles and steps, and there is no level alternative route.
Yes. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the activity.
Planning your visit to Granada
Practical questions about the city itself, useful background before you travel.
Yes, and well in advance. The Nasrid Palaces admit a limited number of visitors per half hour and the slots sell out weeks ahead in spring and summer. Tickets carry the visitor’s name and identity document, so they cannot be resold or transferred. Same-day tickets at the gate are rare.
From outside, yes, and it is one of the great views in Spain. The viewpoints of the Albaicin look straight across the valley at the whole complex with the Sierra Nevada behind. The grounds around the walls and the Cuesta de los Chinos path are also open without a ticket. What needs one is the interior, above all the Nasrid Palaces.
The old Moorish quarter of Granada, on the hill facing the Alhambra, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994. It kept the street plan of the Islamic city after the conquest of 1492, which is why the lanes are so narrow and so steep, and why the houses turn inwards onto private gardens.
A small square in front of a church at the top of the Albaicin, and the most famous vantage point in Granada. It faces the Alhambra head on with the mountains behind it. It fills up at sunset, so late morning is often the more comfortable time to be there.
Largely, yes. Granada is one of the last Spanish cities where ordering a drink brings a plate of food with it at no extra charge, and the tapa usually gets more interesting with each round. You do not choose it: the bar decides.
About 250 kilometres, or two and a half hours by road. It is the furthest of the great Andalusian cities from Seville, which is what makes a day trip there a long one.
The quarter above the Albaicin, historically home to Granada’s Roma community, where houses were dug into the hillside as caves. It is where the zambra, the local flamenco form, is performed, and several of the caves still hold shows in the evening.
Spring and autumn. Granada sits at 700 metres against the Sierra Nevada, so winters are genuinely cold and there can be snow on the peaks well into May, while July and August are hot though drier and cooler at night than Seville.
