Alhambra night visit: the Nasrid Palaces at €12.73, Friday and Saturday evenings only in winter

💡 The Short Version: The night visit to the Nasrid Palaces is €12.73. From 15 October to 31 March it runs only on Friday and Saturday, 20:00 to 21:30; from 1 April it runs Tuesday to Saturday, 22:00 to 23:30. The ticket prints the time you enter the palaces, and the same named-ID rules as the day ticket apply. The night visit to the gardens and the Generalife is €8.48 and runs on Fridays and Saturdays until 14 November, then from 1 April. Alhambra Experiences (€22.27) pairs a night visit to the palaces with a day visit to the gardens on two consecutive days. Closed 25 December and 1 January. Prices are in euros. Or book a tour: the night tour with ticketsad is from €54 and the 2-hour night tourad from €85 (GetYourGuide).

The night tickets

The night tickets are sold in the Patronato’s shop at tickets.alhambra-patronato.es, by phone on +34 858 889 002 and at the ticket office. Alhambra tickets has the day prices and the rules that apply to both.

• The gardens night visit is not offered in June, July or August.
• The palaces night ticket covers the Mexuar, the Comares Palace, the Palace of the Lions and the Lindaraja corridor, with the Palace of Charles V and the Gate of Justice.
• The Nasrid Palaces are timed at night too. Tickets that include them must be collected at least an hour before the slot.
• Tickets carry a name, and the original ID is checked. Children under 12 are free but need a ticket booked with the adults’.
• No changes, no refunds. Online sales close at 23:59 the day before.
• Closed 25 December and 1 January, which in 2026 and 2027 are both Fridays.

Tours worth paying for

A guide at night is the same product as by day: a guide, the tickets and a booking. The night ticket alone is €12.73, so these tours charge for the guide and the pick-up. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.

Alhambra and Nasrid Palaces guided tour at night

From €54 · 1.5 hours · up to 15 people · 4.8 stars from 305 reviews

Granada: Alhambra and Nasrid Palaces Guided Tour at Nightad is run by Lolita’s Tours in English or Spanish, with a private option. It walks the outside of the walls and the Gate of Justice, then goes through the Nasrid Palaces and the Palace of Charles V. The entry tickets are included, and so is a radio guide for groups of more than seven. Cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a 60% refund.

Alhambra ticket and guided tour by night

From €85 · 2 hours · English · 4.6 stars from 339 reviews

Granada: Alhambra Fast-Track Ticket and Guided Tour by Nightad is run by Granada Online. It spends about 70 minutes in the Nasrid Palaces and 15 in the Palace of Charles V and ends on Calle Real de la Alhambra. The listing says time slots can change before the tour date and that no refund is made for late ticket collection. Cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a 50% refund.

Some night listings lead with a price of about €18. That price is for a guided walk without the ticket, so check that the option you pick lists the Nasrid Palaces entry.

What to see

The night visit is the Nasrid Palaces and nothing else, so the visit is short: the guided night tours spend about 70 to 75 minutes in the palaces. The courtyards are lit in the evening, and the day crowds have gone.

The Court of the Myrtles and the Comares tower at night. Photo: Grand Parc - Bordeaux, France, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

1. The Mexuar. The name comes from the Arabic for the place where the sultan’s council of ministers met; the sultan also dispensed justice here.
2. The Comares Palace. The Court of the Myrtles, whose long pond mirrors the building, leads to the Chamber of the Ambassadors, the throne room in the Comares tower, which at 45 metres is the highest in the Alhambra.
3. The Palace of the Lions. Built in Muhammad V’s second reign, 1362 to 1391. Its court has a central fountain and a gallery of columns.
4. The Palace of Charles V. The Emperor decided to build it in 1526. It is free to enter.

The order that works: go to the Nasrid Palaces door early, because the time on the ticket is the only time you can enter, and take the palaces at the pace of the group ahead. What to skip: nothing; the night ticket is only the palaces, and the Generalife and Alcazaba belong to a day visit.

Practical information

• Photos are allowed without flash or tripods.
• Bags over 40 x 40 cm are not allowed. Free lockers at the access pavilion and the Puerta del Vino building take them while stocks last.
• Pushchairs cannot go inside the buildings.
• Getting there: see how to get to the Alhambra.
• The one thing that ruins a visit: arriving after the Nasrid Palaces time on the ticket.

Alhambra tickets sold out lists the other ways in when the shop shows nothing. Alhambra guided tours compares the day tours, Granada with kids covers children at the Alhambra, and the Granada Card offers a night version at €50. What to book before you go to Granada has the closed days for every sight, and where to eat in Granada covers dinner after the visit.