Great food, great sites and great natural surroundings - Granada Spain has it all!
So, today we want to share with you some of our favorite things to do in Granada!
So, if there's only one thing that you do when you come to Granada, it needs to be
the Alhambra. So make sure that you go and do that, make sure you go and see it.
Buy your tickets in advance - as far in advance as you can - so you get the time
that you want and just go and enjoy. It's absolutely beautiful, the architecture is
stunning and the gardens - take it all in! It is an absolute must and a total treat.
Another thing we recommend - and this is kind of a one-two punch - is going to the
Granada Cathedral and the Royal Chapel, which is attached to it.
Now the Granada cathedral is one of the biggest cathedrals in all of Spain, so if
you love going into cathedrals you've got to put this one on your list. For five
euros you go in, you get an audio guide so you get a great history of the
Cathedral and you get to stand in that space, which is absolutely incredible. In
terms of the Royal Chapel it's also five euros and here's the cool thing - you get
to go see where Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand are buried, or at least where
their sarcophagus is. There's even a space where you can walk down some steps
and peer through a little window and you can see the lead coffins where their
bodies are, which is kind of crazy. It is kind of crazy! And it's super cool to be able to see
that. Super cool, yeah! There's also another part of the Royal
Chapel experience which is in the sacristy portion of the chapel structure
and that's kind of a little museum area. There are some personal belongings that
were Queen Isabella's. It's really worth the five euros to get in and it's
like you said - it's a quick visit, so it's not something that's going to
take up a ton of your day. Another thing you need to make sure you check out if
you're in town is exploring the Albaicín area. Oh yeah.
The Albaicín is a neighborhood, but it's kind of more than a neighborhood - it
is definitely an experience! It's the Moorish quarter so there's a
whole different culture that exists there. The architecture is different
everything is kind of whitewashed, there's these small narrow alleys ,it's a
wonderful place to explore, get some different food, check out some smaller
squares. Do yourself a favor and go there.
Which way? This way? This way? It's hard to know. Lindsay's looking it up for us.
What'd you find?
Sometimes Google Maps isn't enough. Okay, so you nature types who love to go
hiking and biking and swimming and all that sort of stuff.
We totally recommend hiking the Sierra Nevada, which is the mountain range that
surrounds this area. So you're gonna see great vistas you get to go across the
suspension bridge, at least where we went. We saw a waterfall, there's a rushing river
there. It was just spectacular from start to finish. We did ours through an Airbnb
experience if you get a chance to do something like that we highly recommend it.
Yes, for sure.
If you're in Granada you have to explore and enjoy the food culture. Yes! You will
have a couple of different ways to do that here and we recommend doing them
both. The first is to check out the tapas culture. Here in Granada the bar
owners pride themselves on still offering a free tapa with a beverage so
you get a little dish with one of your drinks - you should definitely do that, it
is an awesome way to have a quick little pick me up in the afternoon or in the
early evening. If you want to do sort of a tapas crawl it's a great way to have
dinner and you get to try a bunch of different local favorite foods. And the
second way to enjoy the food culture in Granada is to try some Moroccan cuisine.
So that is something we were really excited about, we had some wonderful
dishes - Moroccan dishes - while we were here. Totally different flavors, totally
different style of eating and both of them are equally amazing, you have to do
both. And the tea. Mmm! The tea at the Moroccan restaurants will blow your mind, it is the
best see you will ever have in your life. Yeah, super hot, super sweet. Life changer.
So good. Elixir of the Gods. Well, that's it for this video thank you
so much for watching we hope our recommendations help you on your trip to
Granada. And if you enjoyed the video make sure you give it a thumbs up. See you soon!