Urban evolution in Granada

Duration: Full day tour. 8 hours with a coffee break and a lunch break
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Services: Includes tickets to the places to be visited
Languages: English, Spanish
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It was the last Muslim city in the Iberian peninsula, until 1492, when the Catholic Monarchs occupied it. Granada is a modern city which has saved an astonishing heritage. It is organised on five hills. The most important two are the Albaicin, which was originally desgned following the Islamic urban system, and the Palatine city of the Alhambra. Nowadays, Granada is one of the most important cultural and heritage enclaves of Andalusia. It is a city where the historic architecture makes a perfect combination with the contemporary one.

Granada is a city settled on hills and the oldest one is the Albaicin. It still has remarkable features of its Spanish-Muslim past and architecture. The city evolved after the conquest, Christianising spaces and adapting them to the new culture way of life. From the highest place of the city, the tour visits many areas like the Sacromonte (the cave neighbourhood) and the Albaicin, with its narrow streets and spectacular viewpoints over the hill of the Alhambra. It finishes in the flat area of Granada, visiting contemporary architecture which is so influenced and inspired by this legacy.

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