Church · Andalusia
Royal Chapel of Granada
The Royal Chapel of Granada is the funerary chapel of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, beside Granada Cathedral.
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Granada
Granada is a municipality in Andalusia and the capital of the province of Granada; Andalusia's official tourism site dates the founding of the Nasrid dynasty to 1238 and the Catholic Monarchs' taking of the kingdom of Granada to 1492. XTOUR maps places inside the municipality, among them the Alhambra, the Generalife, the cathedral and the Royal Chapel.
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Church · Andalusia
Granada Cathedral
Granada Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Incarnation, is the seat of the Archdiocese of Granada, on the Gran Vía de Colón in Granada.
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Historic site · Andalusia
Alhambra
The Alhambra is the Nasrid palace and fortress complex on the Sabika hill in Granada, managed by the Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife.
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Viewpoint · Albaicín, Andalusia
Mirador de San Nicolás
The Mirador de San Nicolás is a viewpoint in Granada's Albaicín quarter, in front of the church of San Nicolás, looking across to the Alhambra.
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Park · Andalusia
Generalife
The Generalife is the country palace of the Nasrid rulers and its gardens, next to the Alhambra in Granada and managed with it by the Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife.
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Monastery · Andalusia
Granada Charterhouse
The Granada Charterhouse (Monasterio de la Cartuja) is a Carthusian monastery in Granada, begun in the 16th century and visited through the Archdiocese of Granada.
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Guides to Granada
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Travel Guide01
Alhambra tickets and the Nasrid Palaces time slot
According to the Patronato's own pages, an Alhambra general ticket is a day ticket with one fixed appointment inside it: the time printed for the Nasrid Palaces. This guide explains who runs the monument, what the general ticket and the gardens ticket cover, and the rules the Patronato publishes on names, identity documents and children.
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Travel Guide02
Flamenco: what UNESCO lists, and where it is performed
UNESCO inscribed flamenco in 2010 as song, dance and guitar together, with Andalusia as its heartland but roots in Murcia and Extremadura too. Andalusia's Statute of Autonomy makes flamenco the region's own responsibility, and official sources describe peñas, tablaos, festivals and public theatres as the places it is performed.
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Travel Guide03
Granada, Córdoba, Seville or Málaga: choosing an Andalusian base
Seville, Granada, Córdoba and Málaga are XTOUR's four Andalusian bases, and each is built around different monuments run by different bodies, with different booking rules. This guide sets out what Andalusia's official tourism site places in each city, who runs each anchor monument, which sites the sources place on a city's outskirts or out in its province, and what XTOUR does not know.
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Travel Guide04
Mudéjar, Nasrid, Caliphal, Moorish: Spain's architecture labels explained
Caliphal, Taifa, Almohad, Nasrid, Mudéjar and morisco name different rulers, periods and makers, and the monuments' own pages use them precisely. This explainer shows how the managers of Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral, the Alhambra, the Real Alcázar of Seville and the Aljafería in Zaragoza use each label, and why the English word 'Moorish' blurs them.
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Travel Guide05
Spain travel guide: choosing regions and city bases
XTOUR plans Spain around city bases rather than regions: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Granada, Córdoba, Valencia, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Santiago de Compostela, Palma and Málaga. This guide explains how Spain's autonomous communities relate to those bases, which community each base is in, and which XTOUR guide to read next for each.
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Travel Guide06
Alcázar, alcazaba, mezquita, seu, lonja, mirador: Spanish heritage words explained
Six words on Spanish heritage signs name kinds of building, not particular places: an alcázar is a fortified royal residence, an alcazaba a fortified enclosure, a mezquita a mosque, a seu a bishop's seat or cathedral, a lonja a merchants' exchange and a mirador a place to look out from. The meanings come from the Institut d'Estudis Catalans dictionary and the monuments' own operators, and two buildings that share a word in their names are often run by different bodies with different histories.
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Travel Guide07
Tapas customs in Spain: free tapas, pintxos and how official sources describe them
Tapas are small portions served with a drink, pintxos are the Basque Country's version, and whether one comes free depends on the city and the bar. Spain's national tourism board and San Sebastián's tourism office describe each custom in their own words, their pages disagree on some details, and XTOUR keeps their wording rather than generalising.
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Destination information last verified: October 9, 2026
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