These Trips Around Granada Could Well Have You Spoiled For Choice

If you want to take some 30 minute trips around Granada - you'll have a variety of places to choose from.

Go north towards Jaen, south to the coast or go anywhere in between. The choice is yours. We'll give you full directions and all the extra information you might want and then all you have to do is to enjoy yourself.

• Alpujarras. This famous mountain area has stunning views and villages to visit, including Lanjaron, the Health "Spa Town" ideal for some trips from Granada where many people go to "take the waters". The Alpujarras are where Chris Stewart of Driving Over Lemons lives, and where you can buy the famous legs of ham (jamons) from Trevelez, the highest municipality of Spain.




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This is one of a series of four pages which show some of the many interesting places to see on your visits around Granada. For other interesting trips click on
visits in and around Padul,
visits around Granada,
trips farther afield from Granada,




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• Cumbres Verde. A beautiful pine clad area. One of the popular trips from Granada. Walk and breathe the fresh pine laden air and enjoy the wonderful views all around


• Granada Golf Course Las Gabias. This is a top rate club for first rate golf. Enjoy 18 holes in beautiful surroundings with a pitch and putt, Gymnasium, Spa, Driving range and Restaurant.


• Granada Water Park. Water fun with stunning views over Granada city. Enjoy the wave pool, a great mixture of slides, blackholes, the pool of Venus, chutes and a host of different things to do. And when you have finished all that, you can have a lovely meal at the open air restaurant/ cafeteria.








• Horse Riding. No matter what your level of skill you can enjoy horse riding at either of the two nearby stables.


• Quad Biking. Enjoy quad riding in safety, with thrills and great views.


• Motril Beach. A quiet and fairly secluded beach to enjoy. Sit and sun, wade or swim, or call into one of the nearby cafés or restaurants. Nearby you can visit the port and watch the boats dock and unload the freshly caught fish.


• Motril golf Course. Playing golf! What an excellent way to enjoy great views and glorious weather. This is one of the more popular golf courses for guests at our bed and breakfast Granada accommodation.


• Motril Sugar Museum. Follow the growth and process of sugar making from sugar cane in this re-created sugar factory. The museum is actually built on the site of the old sugar mill. The english speaking guide will lead you through the process - as it was - of felling forests to get wood to boil up the sugar cane, through to the end result of having a block of sugar. Sugar cane is still being grown and harvested on the coast around the museum. See it as it happens.


• Motril Zinc Mine Museum. Newly opened museum built on the actual site of a disused zinc mine.


• Olive Oil Museum. Watch the process of making olive oil and then taste the different varieties on offer. Very interesting - and tasty.








• Sacromonte near Granada. The birthplace of flamenco and where many cavehouses are still inhabited. Catch a bus to take a trip from Granada to the Sacromonte area and enjoy the walk back, stopping at one (or more) of the many cafés and bars you will pass along the way.


• Salobreña. The Moorish castle sitting atop the rock on which the old town of Salobreña is built always reminds me of a "fairy castle". It is beautiful, especially when floodlit at night. And then, after visiting the castle and its museum, leave the village and head down to Salobreña beach for some Mediterranean sea and air.


• Water sports. There is a good choice of water sports and diving activities on the Costa Tropical.

• Albaicin, the Moorish quarter of Granada
• The Wonderful Alhambra
• Arab Baths
• Corral del Carbon
• Mariana Pineda of Granada
• Mirador San Nicolas
• Puerta Real in the centre of Granada
• The New Seven Wonders of the World
• Semana Santa - Easter Week - in Granada
• Our Top Ten Places to Visit