Where to stay in Granada
The Alhambra above, and a flat city worth sleeping in below
Specific guides to Granada
Focused comparisons to choose the right area and hotel for the trip you actually want.
Where to stay in Granada: sleep on the flat, not on the hill
Every hotel in Granada sells the Alhambra and almost none can give you it. The useful question is which part of the city you want to walk back to after dinner.
6 September 2026 · 9 min read
Seville, Córdoba and Granada in autumn: four hotels to explore on foot
By October the heat has eased in Andalusia's cities, and they are made for walking again: courtyards, rooftops and old quarters at an easier pace. Four city hotels to do it from.
14 September 2026 · 7 min read
Spain in November: where to go, and what it is really like
November is the month Spain splits in two. One half keeps a sea you can swim in; the other trades the beach for cities you can finally walk. Four kinds of November trip, eight hotels, and an honest account of what closes.
16 September 2026 · 9 min read
Spanish cities in winter: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Granada and Córdoba
The months when the cities belong to the people who live in them: shorter queues, lower rates, museums at their best and a sun that still comes out at lunchtime.
22 September 2026 · 7 min read
Granada: good to know
Where should you stay in Granada?
The flat centre, between the cathedral and the Realejo. The Albaicín has the Alhambra views but is steep, hard to reach by car and a climb at the end of every evening; the Alhambra hill itself is beautiful and completely cut off from the city. Central means you walk to dinner.
Do you need to book Alhambra tickets in advance?
Yes, and well in advance — they routinely sell out weeks ahead, and the Nasrid Palaces carry a timed entry you cannot change. Book the ticket before the hotel, not after; no hotel can produce one at short notice.
How many nights are enough in Granada?
Two, if one of them is built around a morning at the Alhambra. Three lets you add the Albaicín, the Cartuja and an afternoon doing nothing, which in a city this walkable is time well spent.
When is the best time to visit Granada?
March to May and September to November. Granada sits at 700 metres with the Sierra Nevada behind it, so it is colder in winter and hotter in summer than the coast — July and August regularly pass 35 °C, and January nights drop close to freezing.