There are very few cities which have such a dense history so well
reflected in its many monuments, in its appearance and in the atmosphere
of its daily life. This is not a city which you can see and get to
know well in only one day. In fact, entrance tickets to the Alhambra
and the Generalife are valid for one day so the visitor has Baños
de Comares, time to fully savour this Baths of Cornares, vast and
enchanting place which, due to the abundance of fountains and gardens,
always has a very pleasant climate. From the emblematic Torre de la
Vela, the area of the Alcazaba, to the gardens of the Generalife or
even higher still, to the Seat of the Moro; all this immense area
and its surrounding villages are rich with views of the city, its
characteristic districts and its outskirts.
The visitor is offered a myriad of wonders: from the Patio of the
Lions to the gardens of Lindaraja, the Embassador's Hall to the Patio
of Arrayanes, and not forgetting the adjoining Renaissance palace,
the Palace of Carlos V which houses the Fine Arts Museum, nor the
beautiful doorways such as the Door of Justice.
Near to the convent is the Casa de Castril, now home to the Archaeology
Museum, with a plateresque front and a charming courtyard inside.
At the end of the Paseo de los Tristes, the hill known as the Cuesta
del Chapiz features alternating Morisco houses, carmenes and Mudejar
palaces. Almost at the end, leading off to the right, the route begins
up to the Sacromonte, the delight of the Darro Valley, known as Valparaiso,
home to the true and not so true gypsy caves and their inhabitants,
and finally the Sacromonte Abbey itself, with its history of saints
and martyrs, its works of art and its pantheistic landscape of Granada
in its purest form
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