Walking around Granada
HolaWalked to the front gate of the campground and pretty much on time the bus arrived (being Sunday it’s a much reduced service though so only a few choices for coming back).
Navigating into the main town area was pretty easy, up a lovely boulevard with the centre dedicated to pedestrians and 50 double sided display boards celebrating the 100 year anniversary of an historical event - what is though? Oh I see it’s 100 years of brewing Alhambra Special Cerveza (a fancy beer).
Down the lovely tree lined boulevard into the city:
Arrived at Tourist Info but apparently it’s closed now, so a friendly policeman informs us that if we walk 300m we will see another on our right. We walk that 300m and some more and when we are about to throw our hands in the air, there it is. We are given a few suggestions on what to see in the town area that is not the Alhambra (that’s tomorrow).
We go back into the square for our traditional ‘tea and bikkies’ and also spot the Financial Times Weekend at the Lottery Ticket Office box but there is a queue a mile long buying and cashing in lottery tickets (it seems to be an obsession here) - never mind we will swing by later and get the paper.
Walking around the town:
Our first stop is the old Arab baths (free entry today), a small but lovely example of them.
Arab baths:
Next up the street is a small archeological museum (also free today- not sure why it’s all free but it’s great for the budget). It’s worth it for the story boards as much as the artifacts, trying to sort your Neolithic from your Bronze age and into AD etc. But it is interesting to consider what, for the time, were huge technological advances in mineral processing to make alloys to make better quality tools, utensils and of course weapons.
Archeological museum:
We continue up along the edge of the river which is the boundary of the Albaicin (settlement on a slope or incline) or Arab Quarter that is below and outside of the Alhambra Medina. It’s still hilly here and we climb into a back street to get some views and photos of the Alhambra.
Lovely walk along the river:
Interesting manoeuvre down tiny lane way - lady drive had to put side mirrors in, otherwise...........
Alhumbra at top of hill
Then it’s time to head back for the bus otherwise there isn’t another one for 3 hours today. But alas there is a huge street protest marching right along our path - hope this doesn’t cause too much of a problem! We negotiate our way by scooting along the footpaths to try to get ahead but realise it is a very long procession of protestors (somebody thought it was to do with the hospital- so maybe staffing, pay or cost of living - sounds familiar). We do manage to duck into a Bocadilla shop for a Jamon y Queso (Jamon baguette) to take back to the bus stop for our lunch. The protest concludes in a main square just near the pedestrian boulevard so we get quickly down there and sit in the park and eat said Bocadilla which possibly lives up to their claim of best in Granada/Spain/World or whatever (it’s good enough that we go back the next day).
Safely on the bus in time, and back to camp, and can relax a little with the FT Weekend before Bob watches (and is again disappointed) the F1 from Brazil.
Adious
This featured blog entry was written by Bob and Kerrie from the blog Portugal and Spain - 2025.
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