Spain Guide
Andalucía
Accommodation
1 Albergue Juvenil Camino de Ronda 171, at the junction with Avda. Ramón y Cajal 
958 002 900 
www.inturjoven.com Granada's youth hostel is conveniently close to the train station: turn left onto Avda. de la Constitución and left again onto Camino de Ronda. From the bus station, take bus #3 to the cathedral and then the circular #11, which will drop you outside. It's efficiently run with lots of facilities, and all rooms are en-suite doubles; the staff are friendly but the food is institutional; it can also be booked up for days ahead in summer. Over-26s pay €20. Price: €16
2 Hostal Britz Cuesta de Gomérez 1 958 223 652 www.lisboaweb.com Very comfortable, welcoming and well-placed hostal, en route to the Alhambra. Some rooms en suite, and some singles.Price: €36-50
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Hostal Costa Azul c/Rosario 5 958 222 298 www.hostalcostaazul.com Friendly, central, small hostal for pleasant a/c en-suite rooms. Has own restaurant and free internet for guests. Also rents out some luxurious apartments (€71-100) nearby. Price: €36-50
4 Hostal Landázuri Cuesta de Gomérez 24 958 221 406 www.hostallandazuri.com Pleasant, good-value rooms, some en suite, plus its own restaurant, bar and a roof terrace with a view of the Alhambra. Some singles. Price: €36-50
5 Hostal Lisboa Plaza del Carmen 27 958 221 413 www.lisboaweb.com Clean and comfortable central hostal, offering rooms with and without bath. Has wi-fi and internet access. Price: €36–70
6 Hostal San Joaquin c/Mano de Hierro 14 958 282 879 www.pensionsanjoaquin.com Great, rambling old hostal, with simple rooms (some en suite with TV) and charming patios. Price: €36-50
7 Hostal Viena c/Hospital de Santa Ana 2 958 221 859 www.hostalviena.com In a quiet street, this is a pleasant, efficient, Austrian-run hostal offering a/c rooms with and without bath. If full, they have other places nearby. Own garage. Price: €36–70
8 Hostal Zurita Plaza de la Trinidad 7 958 275 020 www.pensionzurita.com Friendly place where immaculate rooms come with and without bath, and all have TV and a/c. Own garage. Price: €36-50
9 Hotel Albero Avda. Santa María de La Alhambra 6 958 226 725 www.hotelalbero.com Excellent-value and friendly small hotel on the access road to the Alhambra to the south of the centre. Sparkling a/c balcony rooms come with TV, and there's easy parking. Ring if you have problems finding them (English spoken). Price: Up to €35
10 Posada Doña Lupe Avda. del Generalife s/n 958 221 473 
958 221 474. A stone's throw from the Alhambra, this rambling and potentially inviting place is blighted by a rule-ridden student-hostel atmosphere (toilet paper and towels are doled out at check-in); numerous price permutations for rooms with and without bath, some exceptionally cheap. Has a small rooftop pool. Price: Up to €50
11 Casa del Aljarife Placeta de la Cruz Verde 2 958 222 425 www.casadelaljarife.com This welcoming upmarket Albaicín hostal occupies a restored sixteenth-century mansion near the heart of the barrio, has three attractive en-suite a/c rooms (two with Alhambra views) around a patio, and there's free internet access. Price: €71-100
12 Casa del Capitel Nazari Cuesta de Aceituneros 6 958 21 52 60 www.hotelcasacapitel.com Beautiful sixteenth-century palacio, transformed into an enchanting small hotel with elegant rooms overlooking a triple-tiered patio; room 22 has Alhambra view. Special offers in July, Aug, Jan & Feb can cut prices significantly. Parking nearby. Price: €71-100
13 Casa Morisca Cuesta de la Victoria 9 958 215 796 www.hotelcasamorisca.com Stunningly romantic small Albaicín hotel inside an immaculately renovated fifteenth-century Moorish mansion with exquisite patio; there are recreated Moorish furnishings throughout, and room 15 (with Alhambra views) is the one to go for. Exterior rooms cost more. Price: €101-150
14 Hotel América Real de la Alhambra 53 958 227 471 www.hamerica.com Charming one-star hotel in the Alhambra grounds; you're paying for location rather than creature comforts (a/c but no TV) and prices have risen steeply (and unjustifiably) here. Booking essential. Price: €101-150
15 Hotel Los Angeles Cuesta Escoriaza 17 958 221 423 www.hotellosangeles.net Pleasant and good-value modern hotel on a leafy, quiet avenue within easy walking distance of the Alhambra. All rooms come with minibar and terrace balcony, and there's a garden, pool and car park. Price: €71-100
16 Hotel Guadalupe Paseo de la Sabica s/n 958 223 423, www.hotelguadalupe.es Comfortable and well-appointed hotel a stone's throw from the Alhambra's entrance – some of the a/c rooms have partial Alhambra views. Clients get reduced-rate parking in Alhambra car park, or the Alhambra bus from Plaza Nueva drops you nearby. In July and Aug, rates are cut by thirty percent.Price: €71-100
17 Hotel Macía Plaza Plaza Nueva 4 958 227 536 www.maciahoteles.com Centrally located hotel, with pleasant rooms overlooking this atmospheric square. Does frequent discounts and special offers. If full, they have a couple of other same-standard hotels nearby. Price: €71-100
18 Hotel Palacio Santa Inés Cuesta de Santa Inés 9 958 222 362 www.lugaresdivinos.com Sumptuous six-room hotel in a restored sixteenth-century Mudéjar mansion on the edge of the Albaicín, with views of the Alhambra. The nearby, slightly cheaper but equally attractive Carmen de Santa Inés (same phone no.) is owned by the same proprietors and occupies a restored Moorish carmen (garden villa).Price: €101-150
19 Hotel Los Tilos Plaza de Bib-Rambla 4 958 266 712 www.hotellostilos.com Pleasant, two-star hotel well located near the cathedral on an atmospheric square; make sure you request an exterior room if you don't want to overlook a gloomy light well. All rooms a/c, and some higher ones (try 301 & 302 or 401 & 402) have great Alhambra views. Price: €71-100
20 Parador de San Francisco Real de la Alhambra 958 221 440 www.paradores.com Without question the best – and most expensive – place to stay in Granada; a fifteenth-century converted monastery in the Alhambra grounds. The cheapest rooms are €310. Booking (at least three months ahead) is essential. If you aren't staying, call in for a drink at the attractive terrace bar. A high-class restaurant offers a varied and not-too-bank-breaking menú (around €32). Laudably, they also do equally good vegetarian (€24.50) and diabetic (€32) menús. Price: €310
21 Camping Reina Isabel 4km along the Zubia road southwest of the city 958 590 041 With a pool, this is a less noisy and shadier site than the Sierra Nevada, making a pleasant rural alternative; can be reached by the Zubia-bound bus from the bus station, but with your own transport the city is still in easy reach.
22 Camping Sierra Nevada Avda. de Madrid 107 958 150 062 Closest site to the centre (bus #3 from the centre or 3min walk south from the bus station), and with a welcome pool. Opening time: Closed Nov– Feb