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10 things you can not miss in Granada

1. To Visit the Alhambra and the Generalife

1. To Visit the Alhambra and the Generalife
World Heritage Site, the complex of the Alhambra and the Generalife is the most emblematic, known and visited monument of Granada.

2. To Visit the Park of Sciences of Granada

2. To Visit the Park of Sciences of Granada
To visit the Park of Sciences is to enter a different world. A world where the visitor will have the knowledge of the science history on the tip of his fingers.

3. To Visit the Albaicin and the Sacromonte neighbourhoods

3. To Visit the Albaicin and the Sacromonte neighbourhoods
The Albaicín (World Heritage Site) and the Sacromonte are two of the districts with more colour, enchantment and history of the city of Granada.

4. To Ski in Sierra Nevada

4. To Ski in Sierra Nevada
In the south of Spain, in an earth blessed by the sun, the 3,478 meters of highest summits of the Sierra Nevada Massif guarantee the abundance of snow of quality in the most southern ski resort of Europe.

5. To Swim in the beaches of the Tropical Coast

5. To Swim in the beaches of the Tropical Coast
There are tenths of beaches and small inlets of crystal-clear water, 320 sunny days a year and an average temperature of 20 degrees.

6. To Know the Architecture of the Alpujarra

6. To Know the Architecture of the Alpujarra
To know the architecture alpujarreña is to make a trip in the time until finding its origins in the Berbers tribes who inhabited this area.

7. To Sleep in House-Cave

7. To Sleep in House-Cave
To sleep in a house cave is an experience that allows the visitor to submerge completely in the culture and the form of life of more than 3,000 families from Granada.

8. To Taste our Caviar of Riofrío and To Travel across Western Granada

8. To Taste our Caviar of Riofrío and To Travel across Western Granada
The extreme purity of waters of Riofrío, in Loja, provides one of star products of the Granada’s cuisine: the ecological caviar.

9. To Go Shopping

9. To Go Shopping
Granada is an ideal place to go shopping. To let you take and cross its streets visiting stores and markets is an attractive and colourful form to make contact with its culture and its people.

10. To Enjoy the Tapas and the Cuisine from Granada

10. To Enjoy the Tapas and the Cuisine from Granada
Little plates of stewed snails, potatoes a lo pobre, battered fish, migas and pinchos constantly pass by the bars of bars and tascas in Granada.