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• Granada Science Park Museum. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida de la Ciencia, s/n. 18006. Granada. (Andalusia) E-mail: info@parqueciencias.com . www.parqueciencias.com. The world we live in. The Science Park is a 70,000 square metre interactive museum which invites participation in order to understand environmental phenomena such as inertia, gravity and…

• Federico García Lorca House-Museum at Huerta de San Vicente. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Virgen Blanca s/n. 18004. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958251996 | E-mail: info@huertadesanvicente.com. www.huertadesanvicente.com. The poet's summer house. In this house, Federico García Lorca wrote some of his best-known works. It was the old family residence in the country outside Granada…

• Royal Chapel. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Oficios 3. 18001. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958229239 | E-mail: visitas@capillarealgranada.com. www.capillarealgranada.com. The Castilian presence in Granada. Converted into a symbol of the monarchy's influence in Granada. Situated inside the cathedral, Enrique Egás began to build it in 1…

• Granada Cathedral. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Gran Vía de Colón 5. 18001. Granada. (Andalusia) E-mail: visitacultural@catedraldegranada.com. www.catedraldegranada.com. Renaissance church. Diego de Siloé found the perfect way of combining a Renaissance dome with a Gothic floor plan. He joined the circular and basilica ground plans, which earned …

• Casa de los Tiros House. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Pavaneras, 19. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958223595 | E-mail: museocasadelostiros.ccul@juntadeandalucia.es. www.turgranada.es. "The heart rules". Its outward appearance is of a fortress. The square towers are topped with battlements. This house belonged to the Granada Venegas family…

• Casa de los Tiros Museum. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Pavaneras, 19. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958575468 | E-mail: museocasadelostiros.ccd@juntadeandalucia.es. http://www.museosdeandalucia.es/culturaydeporte/museos/MCTGR/. To get to know Granada. The museum is set in the Casa de los Tiros, a 16th-century Renaissance building - special…

• Rodríguez-Acosta Foundation. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Callejón Niños del Rollo 8. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958210285 | E-mail: info@fundacionrodriguezacosta.com. http://www.granada.org. The Carmen (traditional house with enclosed garden) of the Rodríguez-Acosta Foundation could be the prime exponent in Spain of collaboration between art an…

• Casa de los Pisa - San Juan de Dios Museum - Casa de los Pisa. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Convalecencia 1. 18010. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958227443 | E-mail: museosjd@sjd.es. http://www.museosanjuandedios.es/. The life of Saint John of God. The museum is located in a magnificent 16th-century palace, the Casa de los Pisa. The Pisa family became known for giving St. John of Go…

• Manuel de Falla House-Museum. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Paseo de los Mártires s/n. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958228289 | E-mail: casamuseo@granada.net. www.museomanueldefalla.com. In Falla's house. This museum shows the mementos and personal items of brilliant composer Manuel de Falla. From 1921 to 1939, the musician Manuel de Falla liv…

• Carmen de los Mártires. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paseo de los Mártires s/n. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958210384 | E-mail: http://www.granada.org. Located in what is known as “Campo de los Mártires”, it was originally a shrine, and later a Barefoot Carmelite convent established in 1492. This Carmen (traditional house with enclosed garde…

• The “Bañuelo” or Arab baths. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carrera del Darro 31. 18010. Granada. (Andalusia) www.granadatur.com. Relaxation in Nazarine Granada. These are the best Arab baths of their period as they have been restored. These Arab baths date from the 11th century. Also preserved at El Bañuelo are columns in Roman and Visigothic styles which i…

• The Generalife. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paseo del Generalife s/n. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) www.alhambra-patronato.es. The Royal Orchard. This was the country residence of the sultan, the orchard which provided the palaces with food supplies, and a recreational area for the nobility. This vast fertile terrain was created by diverting th…

• The Alhambra. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Real de la Alhambra s/n. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) Tel.: +34 902441221 | +34 902888001 | www.alhambra-patronato.es/. The splendour of the Nasrid era. The Alhambra is a beautiful complex of buildings and gardens. Its leafy tree-lined walkways provide pleasant shade and coolness, enhanced by t…

• Archeological and Ethnographic Museum of Granada. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Carrera del Darro, 41. 18010. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958 575 410 | E-mail: museoarqueologicogranada.ccul@juntadeandalucia.es. http://www.museosdeandalucia.es. The documented history of Granada. Created in 1879, the museum is located in Casa de Castril, a 16th-century palace. Its exhibits sho…

• Casa del Chapiz House. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cuesta Chapiz, 22. 18010. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958224754 | www.eea.csic.es. Large Moorish house. Since 1932, the State has used the building as the School of Arab Studies of the CSIC (Senior Council for Scientific Research). It is a building made up of two 16th century Arab houses. They be…

• La Cartuja Monastery. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paseo de la Cartuja s/n. 18011. Granada. (Andalusia) E-mail: cartuja@diocesisgranada.es. Granada Baroque. Although the original plans were Medieval, it is completely Baroque. It was not ultimately built until 1515, and thus the Cartuja moved further from its initial concept of austerity towards a co…

• The Albaicín Neighbourhood. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Barrio Albaycín. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) E-mail: informacion@granadatur.com. www.granadatur.com. A neighbourhood full of history. The streets have been home to numerous peoples, which give the neighbourhood its eclectic cultural mix. The churches of San Cristóbal and San Bartolomé along with the…

• Granada Museum of Fine Arts. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Palacio de Carlos V,. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34958575451 | E-mail: museobellasartesgranada.ccul@juntadeandalucia.es. http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/museos/MBAGR/. Granada through art. Inaugurated in 1839, the museum was moved to its current location, Carlos V Palace, in the groun…

• The Alhambra Museum. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Palacio de Carlos V, Alhambra. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958027950 | E-mail: museo.pag@juntadeandalucia.es . www.museosdeandalucia.es. About the Hispanic-Moorish culture. Located in the Carlos V Palace, the Alhambra Museum features outstanding exhibits on the Hispanic-Moorish civilisatio…

• The Alhambra and Generalife Gardens. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Calle Real s/n. 18009. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958226363 | www.alhambra-patronato.es. The Generalife gardens are close to The Alhambra and are now part of the same site, although historically they were separated by Rey Chico hill. They were partially constructed as far back as 1319, and refle…

• Sacromonte Visitor Centre. Granada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Barranco de los Negros s/n. 18010. Granada. (Andalusia) E-mail: info@sacromontegranada.com. www.sacromontegranada.com. Here, life in these Granada caves is recreated. It is set in stunning natural surroundings, close to buildings like the Alhambra. The Sacromonte Visitor Centre is located in o…

• Cueva del Agua cave. Iznalloz.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cueva del Agua. 18550. Iznalloz. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958247385 | E-mail: cuevadelagua@dipgra.es. http://www.cuevasturisticas.com. A laboratory in the centre of the earth. A natural wonder located at a height of 1,730 metres above the sea, which has contributed valuable scientific findings…

• Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Museum. Capileira.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Mentidero s/n. 18413. Capileira. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958763400 | A typical house in the Alpujarras region. This museum pays tribute to one of the key figures of 19th-century Spanish literature, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. This ethnological museum devoted to the life and works of the a…

• Las Ventanas Cave. Píñar.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cueva de las Ventanas. 18568. Píñar. Granada. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 958394795 | E-mail: cuevadelasventanas@hotmail.es. www.cuevasturisticas.es. A natural monument with important cultural values. It has been occupied by man since the Upper Palaeolithic and declared a Natural Monument and Property of …

• Fortress of La Mota. Alcalá la Real.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Castillo de la Mota, s/n. 23680. Alcalá la Real. Jaén. (Andalusia) E-mail: info@tuhistorio.org. http://www.tuhistoria.org. The remains of the old Al-Andalus town and the buildings erected after the Reconquest stand on the top of a hill that dominates Alcalá la Real. A veritable Al-Andalus town…