
A five-star recompense, after 20 years of bleak closure and four years of strenuous renovations. This is what the hotel chain AC has created from the 19th century palace standing along the centric Gran Vía de Colón, the convent of San Jerónimo de Santa Paula built around 1513, and a cluster of adjoining Moorish houses that date even further back. With Lorenzo Marqués de la Riva leading a team of a...


The so-called Island of Leisure in Almuńécar feeds on modern complexes like this resort surrounded by tropical gardens, a cascade and swimming pool, ornamental fountains and archways, and domes with niches and mirrors. There are definite inherent qualities of this coastal stretch that has a singular Mediterranean microclimate. The suites are impregnated by with southern blue and gracefully delight...



This is the most palatial and extravagant hotel in the city, inspired in the Alhambra itself. Mozoarab-style furnishings, arched entryways, marvelous columns in the restaurant…Oh!… And the bedrooms on the upper floors enjoy truly privileged views of Granada’s treasured monument and the Sierra Nevada....


On a hill in the Sierra Nevada natural reserve, just 20 kilometers away from the ski slopes, surrounded by nature, rises this whitewashed country lodge. The attention and care given by its owners make it a great mountain hotel. It’s stands out from the typical sierra landscape that surrounds it and the construction draws its character from the interiors, where a hint of its rustic past still conti...



This late 15th century house stands to the end of the Paseo de los Tristes at the feet of the majestic Alhambra, where the Darro River and the Cuesta del Chapiz come to a close in the Albayzín neighborhood. Rehabilitated with infinite patience by the architect Carlos Sánchez and his wife María Jesús, the simplicity of its façade contrasts with interiors that reveal a Moorish jewel, replete with ar...


Granada is one of the cities to have been elected by the hotel chain Hospes to exhibit their radiant hotelier catalog. And it’s not at all a bad place. A palatial home, which recalls Granada’s booming bourgeois of the second half of the 19th century, is now a showroom for a glistening hotel. Its design remains faithful to the canon established by the company in Seville, Alicante and Mallorca, amon...


This inn seizes its name from a poem by Juan Ramón Jiménez published in Olvidos de Granada; it drinks the essence of Granada portrayed by the Noble Prize laureate with all his verve. The gardens of Generalife, the path de los Tristes the Alhambra are just some of the silent onlookers, observing the coming and going of travelers. The inns is located next to the Plaza Nueva, whe...

These are the old headquarters of the Migueletes troop, the famous rural police of Carlist times. The beam framework is preserved from those times, whereas the no-smoking signs fight against widespread deterioration. It enjoys an inner patio, decorated with a stone fountain with two jets of water, an orange tree and a lemon tree. Its careful recent reform, carried out in good taste, has raised pri...


A Mudejar delight, the luxury and local color of Andalusia, an oasis in the mountainous countryside. A thousand and one unrepeatable sensations pour from this rural estate designed by the architect Jesús del Valle, a native of Granada. Distinctive traces Lorca´s essence are perceived on this property with 350 hectors of oak, almonds and olive trees. The natural surroundings are worthy of the Moori...



Granada is al-Andalus, and to complement the monumental legacy of Alhambra and Albayzín there are still some places like Carmen de la Alcubilla del Caracol. This hotel is sited in what was once the Jewish quarters, now the Realejo neighborhood, on a slope leaning towards the Alhambra. On one hand, it’s a carmen, which is typical house of Granada with an orchard-garden and frag...

Nestled into the lush lower Albazyín neighborhood, along a narrow cobblestone road, just a short distance from the Darro River, this is on of the five remaining cobertizos remaining from the old city of Granada. It is now home to an aged family from Andalusia that demands nobility and comfort in equal parts. The great columned patio-sitting room gives light and life to the bui...


It had to be. A homage to the poet Federico García Lorca serves as inspiration for this centric and enticing accommodation. Renovations carried out in 2004 uphold the blissful character of the numbered, airy rooms of rustic enthusiasm. High ceilings lined with beams, smooth walls, arabesque lamps and colorful detail of images by a healthy list of Andalusian artists. These elements are wisely melde...

