Your visit to Granada must include eating tapas. This is the custom of eating small and varied portions of delicious local dishes, with an aperitif in restaurants and bars. Tapas are usually served free of charge with an alcoholic drink like Alhambra beer or a glass of wine from the Designation of Origin of Granada. It is the waiter who chooses the tapas and serves it to customers with their drinks. In some bars you can choose the tapas you want from a list.
Going for tapas with friends is one of the most ingrained local traditions in Granada. The concept could not be better: go for a stroll through the city, soak up its history, and enjoy these delicious snacks in a typical bar or restaurant. These snacks include cheese, sausage or ham as well as typical local warm dishes such as Engañifa, Callos, Habas con jamón, Papas a lo pobre and Pescaíto frito.
This tradition is not only limited to Granada, you’ll be able to enjoy it everywhere in the province, allowing you to discover the specialties of each locality.
Granada has a number of areas that are especially good for tapas. The following are the ones we particularly recommend:
De tapeo por Granada (Only available in Spanish)
El blog de Paco Nadal (El País) (Only available in Spanish)
El cocinero fiel (Only available in Spanish)