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Granada Airport (served by Ryanair, Iberia, SpanAir, Vueling) is about 35 minutes away by car and Málaga Airport is less than two hours away (we’ll send you detailed driving instructions when you book). Madrid Airport is about a four-hour drive through some fairly dramatic scenery. A car is essential because public transportation within the valley is minimal.
Granada is a beautiful historic Moorish city with the superb palaces and gardens of the Alhambra and the Generalife, the old Islamic/Jewish Quarter of the Albaicín, a wide variety of restaurants, theatres and cinemas, good shopping, many cultural pursuits by day and night, and its own bullring. The Summer Music Festival in the Alhambra is not to be missed! |
| Drive into the picturesque Alpujarras or visit the magnificent Sierra Nevada with world-class skiing less than an hour’s drive away. The ski station, located at an elevation of 2,100 metres, hosted the World Championships in 1997 and 2000 and has 19 lifts and 61 kilometres of pistes, plus extensive snow-making equipment. On a clear day from the top of the ski slopes, at an elevation of 3,300 metres, you can see the Atlas Mountains far off in Northern Africa, providing stunning counterpoint to your skiing experience!
Links to Area Attractions and Airlines serving Granada Los Moriscos Golf course in Motríl Restaurants and Bars in the Lecrín Valley
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Restábal
is a small village located at an altitude of 550 metres near Lake Beznar
in the Lecrín Valley. It's a 25-minute drive
to Granada to the north and a 30-minute drive through
the mountains to the Mediterranean coast to the south. Restábal has a restaurant, a bank, a coffee bar, a pharmacy and two minimarkets. Hiking up into the hillsides provides
exercise, trails to other villages and, from higher up, even views of the distant Mediterranean. 
Lecrín
is a semi-tropical valley filled with orange and lemon trees as well
as olive, fig and almond trees. It represents the real Andalusia
and yet is close to sophisticated Granada and the Mediterranean coast.
Several villages in the valley offer shopping, restaurants, bars and
other basic facilities. The nearby village of Albuñuelas
is the highest village in the valley, with a weekly market and several
historic buildings, including a 14th Century Moorish Tower. Melegís
offers two restaurants and holds the three-day festival of San Juan in late
June. From Chite you can walk down to Lake Beznar. Near
the motorway, Talará contains the ruins of an Arab castle and
also has some nightlife for young people! Dúrcal is a bigger
town at the head of the valley offering a weekly farmers' market, many stores including one with foreign newspapers, nightlife, and access to the Sierra Nevada Parque Natural.
