Spain
Things to do in Granada
27 places18 stories3 routes
Sightlore has 27 places to explore in Granada, and 18 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Granada's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Puerta de Elvira
The Gate of Elvira is an arch located in Granada, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1896. It is located at the beginning of Calle Elvira (Elvira Street), on the edge of the Albaicín neighbourhood.
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Madrasah of Granada
The Madrasa of Granada also known as the Palacio de la Madraza or the Madrasa Yusufiyya, is a historic building and former madrasa in Granada, Spain. It was founded in 1349 by the Nasrid monarch Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.
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Palacio de los Olvidados
The Palace of the Forgotten is a museum in Granada, Spain, dedicated to the Spanish Inquisition, and Granada's and Andalusia's heritage.
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Alhambra
The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and the only well-preserved palace from the medieval Islamic world.
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Royal Chapel of Granada
The Royal Chapel of Granada is an Isabelline style building in Granada, Spain. Constructed between 1505 and 1517, it was originally integrated in the complex of the neighbouring Granada Cathedral.
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Monasterio de San Jerónimo
The Royal Monastery of St. Jerome is a Roman Catholic Hieronymite monastery in Granada, Spain. Architecturally, it is in the Renaissance style.
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Arc of Granadas
The Gate of the Pomegranates is an historical access point of a pathway that leads through the Forest of the Alhambra to the Nasrid palace that is the Alhambra, located in the city of Granada, Spain.
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Alcazaba of the Alhambra
The Alcazaba is a fortress at the western tip of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Its name comes from the Arabic term al-qaṣabah ('the citadel' or kasbah), which became Alcazaba in Spanish.
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Generalife
The Generalife was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain.
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Baños árabes del Bañuelo
The Bañuelo or El Bañuelo (a diminutive of Spanish baño "bath"), also known as the Baño del Nogal ("Bath of the Walnut") or Hammam al-Yawza, is a preserved historic hammam (Islamic bathhouse) in Granada, Spain, dating from the 11th or 12th century.
Discovery routes in Granada
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Granada: The Alhambra
From the Gate of the Pomegranates through the woods to the Alhambra, the Alcazaba – the Nasrids' oldest fortress – the Palace of Charles V and the gardens of the Generalife.
Granada: The Catholic Monarchs and the Nasrid Legacy
From the Nasrid inn of the Corral del Carbón to the Cathedral and the Royal Chapel, the Madrasa, the Basilica of San Juan de Dios and the Monastery of San Jerónimo.
Granada: Albaicín and Sacromonte
From the Elvira Gate into the old Moorish quarter of the Albaicín, past the eleventh-century Bañuelo bath to the San Nicolás viewpoint and the cave houses of Sacromonte.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Arc of Granadas
The Gate of the Pomegranates is an historical access point of a pathway that leads through the Forest of the Alhambra to the Nasrid palace that is the Alhambra, located in the city of Granada, Spain.
Alhambra
The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and the only well-preserved palace from the medieval Islamic world.
Alcazaba of the Alhambra
The Alcazaba is a fortress at the western tip of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Its name comes from the Arabic term al-qaṣabah ('the citadel' or kasbah), which became Alcazaba in Spanish.
Palace of Charles V
The Palace of Charles V is a Renaissance building in Granada, southern Spain, inside the Alhambra, a former Nasrid palace complex on top of the Sabika hill.
Puerta de Elvira
The Gate of Elvira is an arch located in Granada, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1896. It is located at the beginning of Calle Elvira (Elvira Street), on the edge of the Albaicín neighbourhood.
Albaicín
The Albaicín, also spelled Albayzín, is a neighbourhood of Granada, Spain. It is centered around a hill on the north side of the Darro River which passes through the city.
Mirador de San Nicolas, Granada
The Mirador de San Nicolás is a viewpoint beside the church of San Nicolás in the Albaicín district of Granada, facing the Alhambra.
Sacromonte
Sacromonte, sometimes also called Sacramonte, is a traditional neighbourhood in the eastern area of the city of Granada in Andalusia, Spain.
Alcázar Genil
The Alcázar Genil is a Muslim-era palace in the city of Granada, Spain. It was originally called al-Qasr al-Sayyid ("the palace of the lord") and is located beside the River Genil outside the city walls.
Museums
Royal Chapel of Granada
The Royal Chapel of Granada is an Isabelline style building in Granada, Spain. Constructed between 1505 and 1517, it was originally integrated in the complex of the neighbouring Granada Cathedral.
Palacio de los Olvidados
The Palace of the Forgotten is a museum in Granada, Spain, dedicated to the Spanish Inquisition, and Granada's and Andalusia's heritage.
Archaeological Museum of Granada
The Archaeological Museum of Granada is an archaeological museum in Granada, Spain. It was established in 1879. The museum moved to its current home in the Albayzín district in the 20th century.
Science Park of Granada
Parque de las Ciencias is a science center and museum located in the city of Granada, Spain. It is a member of the European Network of Science Centers and Museums (ECSITE).
Casa Huerta de San Vicente
The Casa-Museo Federico García Lorca, better known as Huerta de San Vicente, was the García Lorca family's summer home, from 1926 to 1936. The house and orchards are now at the heart of Granada's Park Federico García Lorca, which was inaugurated in 1995.
Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes
The Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada (Museum of Fine Arts of Granada) is a fine arts museum in Granada, Spain. Since the 1950s it has been housed in the Palace of Charles V which also houses the Museo de la Alhambra.
Abadía del Sacromonte
The Abbey of Sacromonte is a monastery north-east of Granada along the Camino del Sacromonte, restored since the turn of the millennium after a period of decay.
Places of worship
S.A.I. Catedral Metropolitana de la Encarnación
The Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Incarnation is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Granada, Spain. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Granada.
Basilica of Saint John of God
The Basilica of San Juan de Dios is a Baroque Catholic church in Granada dedicated to St John of God, with the rank of minor basilica.
Monasterio de San Jerónimo
The Royal Monastery of St. Jerome is a Roman Catholic Hieronymite monastery in Granada, Spain. Architecturally, it is in the Renaissance style.
Iglesia de San Nicolás
The Church of San Nicolás was built in Mudéjar style in 1525 in the historic Albaicín district of Granada.
Granada Charterhouse
Granada Charterhouse is a Carthusian monastery in Granada, Spain. It is one of the finest examples of Spanish Baroque architecture.
Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows
The Basilica of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias stands on the Carrera de la Virgen in Granada and is the shrine of the patron saint of the city and province.
Nature
Generalife
The Generalife was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain.
Federico García Lorca Park
The Parque Federico García Lorca is a park situated in Arabial St., Granada, Spain. It is named after the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. It is designed with avenues and palm trees.
Other
Corral del Carbón
The Corral del Carbón, originally al-Funduq al-Jadida, is a 14th-century historic building in the Spanish city of Granada (Andalusia).
Madrasah of Granada
The Madrasa of Granada also known as the Palacio de la Madraza or the Madrasa Yusufiyya, is a historic building and former madrasa in Granada, Spain. It was founded in 1349 by the Nasrid monarch Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.
Baños árabes del Bañuelo
The Bañuelo or El Bañuelo (a diminutive of Spanish baño "bath"), also known as the Baño del Nogal ("Bath of the Walnut") or Hammam al-Yawza, is a preserved historic hammam (Islamic bathhouse) in Granada, Spain, dating from the 11th or 12th century.
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