Apartments in Granada city centre

To almost everywhere, though not all of it on the flat. These figures are straight-line, like the ones in the table: on foot it always comes out longer, because the streets of the old town do not run straight. The monumental centre is walkable: from the core front doors, the Royal Chapel is between 170 and 190 m away, the cathedral between 270 and 290 m, Calle Elvira between 60 and 120 m, Calle Navas between 310 and 370 m and the Paseo de los Tristes between 680 and 710 m following the Carrera del Darro. All of it flat.

The Alhambra is another matter, and that is where the commonest confusion lies. The foot of the climb —the Puerta de las Granadas— is between 290 and 320 m in a straight line, but the hill starts there: it is between 540 and 570 m to the Puerta de la Justicia and between 1,080 and 1,110 m to the ticket pavilion, always on the map and not along the route. The Albaicín, the same: the Mirador de San Nicolás is between 600 and 650 m away, up steep, stepped lanes.

Between the four core ones, no: the differences are tens of metres and fall within the margin of any front-door coordinate. Better to choose on beds, square metres or on what you can see from the window, because that does set them apart. Alhambra views are listed by 3 of the 10: Suite Mulhacén (a penthouse with a private balcony), Plaza Nueva Studio (with balconies over the square) and Hermosa 7 (the largest on a single floor).

The fifth one does change. Calle Alta del Boquerón 8 is 580 m from Plaza Nueva and 830 m from the foot of the climb to the Alhambra, but it is the closest to the train station (800 m, compared with between 1,320 and 1,370 m for the rest) and it is where you will find Laurel, the only one with three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Do not count on it. The vehicle route that Granada City Council itself publishes for our address at Plaza de Cuchilleros 14 ends about 15 metres from the front door, so the sensible thing is to expect a last stretch on foot with the suitcases.

Much of the old town is a Restricted Access Zone —the council keeps 136 hectares of the city under access control, with retractable bollards and number-plate cameras— and the official route in to our front door goes through the Calle Elvira bollard. The ordinance in force gives guests of tourist accommodation a regime of their own, holiday-let flats included, and we appear on the council's list of establishments with a published route; but at a bollard the number plate has to be sent in before you drive, so this is something you settle with us before you arrive, not at the door. The detail —the fifteen control points, the Low Emission Zone and what to do if you cross one by mistake— is in the guide on driving into the centre of Granada, and where to leave the car, in where to park in Granada.

Two things we are not going to dress up. A guest cannot use the bus lanes: the council's frequently asked questions page says so with no qualification and its cameras issue fines from 7:30 to 22:00 every day. And the Low Emission Zone, enforced with fines since 1 October 2025 and active 24 hours a day, only bars vehicles that both lack an environmental sticker and are not registered for tax in Granada —for most people it is irrelevant—, but no council source explains how it applies to a car with foreign plates, and we are not going to improvise that. If you are bringing a car, write to us before you book.

Anyone who is going to use the car every day: if you set off each morning to Sierra Nevada, the coast or the Alpujarra, the official routes in and out cross several control points, and you will drive far more easily from another area. And anyone with mobility problems who plans to walk up to the Alhambra ticket pavilion: it is between 1,080 and 1,110 m in a straight line and all of it uphill, so the sensible thing there is to go up by taxi.

For everyone else, the centre is exactly what it promises: you walk out to dinner and you walk back. That is why we are here and not in an area that is easier to park in. If another part of the city suits you better, the comparison is in our guide to where to stay in Granada.

Three things are worth settling in advance, and none of them has to do with price: whether you need a garage space —it has to be requested separately—, whether you are coming by car —that has to be talked through before you arrive, not at the door— and which gate you are going in by at the Alhambra, because the foot of the climb is between 290 and 320 m away and the ticket pavilion between 1,080 and 1,110 m, all of it uphill.

The page for each apartment, with photos and bed layout, is in the full list of apartments. If you are still unsure which address suits you, write to us: we will tell you straight, even if the answer is that another part of Granada suits you better.