Places/Spain

Andalusia

Granada

A city with the Alhambra above it. The palace is the reason. The city is why you stay the night.

Do not bolt Granada onto Seville for a night because the palace is famous. The Alhambra wants a timed ticket bought early, a morning, and legs that have not already done a cathedral the same day.

The snow on the Sierra Nevada behind the palace is not a filter. It is often actually there, while the city below is warm. Dress for both if you go up.

See

• The Alhambra, booked

  The Nasrid palaces at the time on your ticket, not whenever you arrive. Miss the slot and you have come to Granada for a garden wall.

• The view from the Albaicín

  San Nicolás at the end of the day, then leave before the square becomes only cameras. Walk down while you can see the steps.

• The cathedral quarter

  A shorter, quieter look at the later city. It stops the trip being only a palace.

• A hammam only if you want one

  They are a modern comfort, not a surviving medieval bath. There is no obligation.