🏨 Alhambra complete: Nasrid Palaces & Generalife Private Guided Tour Activity

Alhambra complete: Nasrid Palaces & Generalife Private Guided Tour

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Departs: Andalucia, Andalucia

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Overview

Enjoy guaranteed and skip-the-line access to the popular Alhambra, Nazaries Palaces, fortress and Generalife Gardens with an official guide and get swept up in the beauty and architecture of this UNESCO site.
• Visit and take pictures at Nasrid Palaces, the monument most visited in Spain
• Marvel at Granada's impressive Alhambra Palace Complex and its surrounding gardens
• Step back in time and discover ancient monuments such as the Court of the Lions and the Hall of the Ambassadors

What's Included

Complete Tickets: Access to Nasrid Palaces, Generalife, Gardens and Alcazaba.

Map of the city

Official Guide expert of the monument

Private Group

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Lunch or other activities in the city

Tranfers

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 4
CHILD: Age: 5 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
If you don´t provide the required information correctly, it will not be possible to participate on the tour, and you will not be entitled to a refund.
Please bring your passport on the day of your tour.
Please send through the correct required information (Name, Surname, Date of Birthday, Natiolality, Passport or ID number), or your entrance to the Alhambra will not be guaranteed, and you will not be entitled to a refund.
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
If you don´t provide the required information correctly, it will not be possible to participate on the tour, and you will not be entitled to a refund.
Please bring your passport on the day of your tour.
Please send through the correct required information (Name, Surname, Date of Birthday, Natiolality, Passport or ID number), or your entrance to the Alhambra will not be guaranteed, and you will not be entitled to a refund.
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

What To Expect

The Alhambra

The Alhambra, located on the Sabica hill, is an Andalusian palatine city.
Its name comes from the reddish colour of its walls, coming from the clay of the land itself (Al-Hamra in Arabic).
It is formed by a group of palaces, gardens and fortress where there was a citadel within the city of Granada itself, its main function was to serve as accommodation for the monarch and the court of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada. There are also Christian settlements, such as the palace of Charles V and the church of Santa Maria, built on top of the old mosque.
It is one of the most visited monuments in Spain and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1984.
Enjoy the visit with a official guide.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Nasrid Palaces

The Nasrid Palaces, are a palace complex of the Alhambra of Granada formed by two independent palaces, the Palace of Comares and the Palace of the Lions, and annexes, Mexuar, its construction dates from the first third of the fourteenth century.
The Alcázar or "Qasr al-Sultán" was the palace area of the Alhambra, the nucleus of the Nasrid kingdom. In this area resided the sultans, in addition to receiving an audience, dispachar the affairs of government or manage the administration of the court.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Alcazaba

The Alcazaba is the oldest part of the Alhambra, from the Arabic: القصبة al-qaṣbah (citadel) was a fortified enclosure of urban character, whose function was to serve as royal residence to Mohamed I until the Palaces were finished, from there its function was purely military.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Palace of Carlos V

Carlos V's palace is a Renaissance construction by the architect Pedro Machuca. The palace is unique in its style, forming a square with a circular courtyard inscribed inside. It is the most outstanding work of the Spanish Renaissance.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Palacio El Partal

El Partal integrates archaeological and architectural remains corresponding to palatine rooms.

Its name in Arabic means portico, and refers to the remains of the residence of Sultan Muhammad III, the northernmost and oldest.

In these gardens, you can see the remains of several palaces, as this area was inhabited by the Muslim nobility. The most important was the Palace of Yusuf III, with a floor plan similar to the Palace of Comares, sadly demolished in the 18th century.

The Partal Gardens are an incredible place to stroll or stop during your visit to the Alhambra in Granada.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Generalife

The Generalife is the villa with gardens used by the Muslim kings of Granada as a place of retreat and rest. It was conceived as a rural villa, where ornamental gardens, orchards and architecture were integrated in the vicinity of the Alhambra.
The name we give to the Generalife complex literally means Yannat al-Arif: "The Architect's Garden", an allusion to the gardens and orchards that supplied fruit and vegetables to the Nasrid court. However, the palace to which we are heading, designed as a resting place for the monarch, was what the poet Ibn al-Jayyab called "the royal house of happiness".

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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