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Explore one of the most popular monuments in Spain and Islamic civilization on this six-hour private tour with a skip-the-line ticket. Join an official guide through the Islamic palaces and visit the stunning summer palace and gardens of the Generalife.

Highlights

• Take a tour with a specialist guide of the Alhambra
• Explore the vivid Generalife Gardens
• Relax in comfortable transport there and back

Description

Learn about the history of Granada on this six-hour guided tour of the Alhambra and Generalife summer palace with a skip-the-line ticket. A specialist and historian guide will lead you around the vast complex, dating back more than 600 years. Marvel at a magnificent mix of Islamic art and culture. Your tour includes hotel pick-up and drop-off via private coach.  Then,  you will be driven to the Alhambra (about 1.5 hours) to visit the Alhambra with your official tour guide. See Nasrid Palace where you will enjoy the Mexuar, Comares and Lions courtyard; Alcazaba - the Military Fortification; and Generalife the recreational Palace and Gardens. After the 2.5-hour tour, enjoy an hour on your own exploring outside or inside Alhambra where you can visit shops, restaurants and museums.   On this guided tour you will feel the spirit of the last Muslim bastion in Spain. Yusuf is still here – in spirit. So is his father, Ismail I, and his son, Muhammed V. These three sultans were largely responsible for the Palacio Nazaríes – the 14th-century miracle that shines as the Alhambra’s jewel. To amble through these chambers and corridors is to step into Al-Andalus, to feel the energy of a civilization that held such a significant portion of Europe in its grip for eight centuries. Its matters of state still whisper in the Mexuar – a meeting place for ministers, all floral tiles and tapering columns, whose later conversion into a chapel could not conceal its Moorish origins. Its afternoons at play still haunt the Patio de los Leones – an intricate courtyard, the core of royal life under Muhammed V, where fountains splash. And its sophistication still flickers around the Palacio de Comares. 

Includes

Private tour with a professional art historian guide Tickets to the Nasrid Palaces, Alcazaba and Generalife Gardens Guaranteed to skip the long lines Hotel pick-up and drop-off or port pick-up and drop-off Transport by private vehicle with driver Local taxes

Important Information

• Wheelchair accessible, please advise at time of booking if wheelchair assistance is required
• Please note that in order to process all bookings, the Alhambra administration requests that the following passport information must be provided for each traveler: full name, nationality, passport number and date of birth
• Hotel pickup and drop-off from the following cities: Malaga, Fuengirola, Marbella, Torremolinos, and Benalmadena
• Port pickup and drop-off: meeting point Plaza de La Marina

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund