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The Partal Gardens.
The exquisite detail in the Alhambra
Route goes for 15k through the Reserva de Los Berc
Distant view with upper pool in foreground
What does it cost by taxi from the Granada Airport to the center of the city? around Recorridas I think. What are taxis costing there in general? They were really cheap last time I was there (1987), but I understand things are much more expensive now.
Has anyone been to the Parque de Garcia Lorca? What's it like? How do you get there?
This is kind of a dorky question, but I am a romantic at heart - is there any chance of seeing a Tuna (Estudiantina, music group) in Granada early June or are they all traveling/home because the university is out?
Best places to go attempting to dance Sevillanas (family friendly)?
Thanks if you can answer one or more of these questions. Otherwise I will come back and be sure to add my information to the Granada Guide.
Birgit (going in June)
if you can remember what your room cost in 1987 look to see what it or one simular cost now. you then can find out what the percentage increase is for the room. take the 1987 taxis price and multiply by 11 percent more than the percent increase. the results will be pretty close to what it cost now.
a taxi from the airport to center should cost around 25E
We will start off our tour with the GENERALIFE GARDENS. This area includes the Palace of the Generalife, used as a summer retreat. Along with its ornate fountains and gardens, you will find neatly pruned myrtle hedges, flowering orange trees (as shown in this picture), a walled garden of cyprus trees and an abundance of colourful flowers and shrubs.
Entrance is included with your ticket.
In Europe, dining is an experience that is meant to be enjoyed and not hurried through. This is reflected in the wait staff service. You may end up sitting for quite a long time after your dessert has long been eaten and your espresso quaffed. That's because your waiter will not bring you your check until you've asked for it. They don't bring it automatically because they don't want to seem like they are eager to rush you out of the place. So when you're ready to leave, simply get your waiter's attention and confidently ask, "La cuenta, por favor."
The Zaidin is the area after the river. It is very modern with high rise blocks. Accommodation will be cheaper here. The area has some really good bars too if you find the ones in the centre too crowded. I work here in an English Academy called Columbus Language School. If you're in Granada for a while and fancy English/French/Spanish/guitar classes why not stop by?
It is an Ok shopping district too. You get a great view of the Sierra Nevada and there are lots of parks and green spaces as well.
Since the Alhambra dominates, it's no surprise that a nightlife activity is...viewing the Alhambra. Took a taxi up from Plaza Real to a viewpoint with a couple of other travellers I met (Danica and Tamoko: part Native American who had studied in Japan; from Japan and studying in USA - you don't really get people like that where I stay). Started to worry that driver was taking the 'extended' ie overcharge tourist route up but no, just that the streets through the Albacain are vey winding, and the fare was only around 3E. The square was busy, but not overpacked, with a mix of tourists and crusty traveller types, gathered to watch twilight descend over the Alhambra. Whilst waiting, kept amused by the locals mopeds straining up the hill below (well, there were usually two people on each moped). Normal clothes, or dreadlocks and a dog on a string would not be out of place.
From Madrid I drove my rental car to Granada via the Autopista de Andalucia (N-IV). It's about a 5 hour trip one way. Past the cut-off to Cordoba and Sevilla the landscape changes from the rolling flat-lands of Castilla to the mountainous ranges of Andalucia.
Walking and public buses. Take the bus that drives around the old, narrow streets of the Old City. These streets are so narrow that there's room for only one vehicle.
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