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💡 The Short Version: Granada flamenco is sold two ways: a zambra in a Sacromonte cave, and a tablao, a venue with a stage. María la Canastera is €26 with a drink (€20 for ages 5 to 11), an hour, usually starting at 19:45. Cuevas Los Tarantos is from €28 with a drink, or from €60 with dinner. On GetYourGuide, La Alboreá is from €18, Jardines de Zoraya from €19 and Los Amayas from €25. Book through the venue or its GetYourGuide listing: search results for flamenco in Granada include ticket sites that use a cave’s name in their address. Prices are in euros. Or book a tour: the La Alboreá showad is from €18 and the Los Amayas cave showad from €25 (GetYourGuide).
The shows compared
A tablao is a venue built for flamenco shows. A zambra is the cave version of it in the Sacromonte, with the audience close to the artists. Prices are the venue’s own where its site prints one, otherwise GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices.
| Show | Where | From | Length | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| María la Canastera | Sacromonte cave | €26 with a drink | 1 hour | Usually 19:45; children 5 to 11 €20 |
| Cuevas Los Tarantos | Sacromonte caves | €28 with a drink; €55 with a tapas dinner; €60 with dinner | 1 hour | Founded 1972; about 190 seats |
| Cueva de la Rocío | Sacromonte cave | €28 with a drink | 1 hour | Shows at 20:00, 21:00, 22:00 and 23:00 |
| Los Amayas | Camino del Sacromonte 57 | €25 | 1 hour | A cave for up to 60 |
| Cueva Zincalé | Camino del Sacromonte 55 | €20 with a welcome drink | 50 minutes | |
| Cueva La Faraona | Camino del Sacromonte 53 | €16 | 1 hour | A cave for 25 |
| La Alboreá | Calle Pan 3, city centre | €18 | 1 hour | Reserved seating |
| Jardines de Zoraya | Calle Panaderos 32, Albaicín | €19 | 1 hour | Dinner option |
Cave shows in the Sacromonte
María la Canastera
Sacromonte · €26 with a drink · €20 for ages 5 to 11 · 1 hour · usually 19:45
The zambra says it is 70 years since its foundation, and the artists are descendants of María la Canastera. You are given a drink on arrival, and the show is an hour of singing, guitar and dance. Arrive 20 minutes early. Book on marialacanastera.com.
The Camino del Sacromonte, the road through the cave houses. Photo: Øyvind Holmstad, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cuevas Los Tarantos
Sacromonte · from €28 with a drink · 1 hour · 10 to 12 artists
Founded in 1972 by José Martín and Concepción Maya, Los Tarantos uses three cave rooms and seats about 190. The show with a drink is from €28, with a tapas dinner from €55 and with dinner from €60. A show with a drink, a visit and transport is from €65, and a show with dinner, a visit and transport from €69. Book on cuevaslostarantos.com.
Inside a Sacromonte cave: a reconstructed kitchen in the Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte. Photo: Eunostos, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cueva de la Rocío
Sacromonte · from €28 with a drink · 1 hour · 20:00 to 23:00
The cave is run by the Maya family, who give a zambra gitana at four times in the evening. Dinner is at 19:00 for the 20:00 show, 19:45 for the 21:00, 20:45 for the 22:00 and 21:45 for the 23:00. Its GetYourGuide listingad, sold by the cave, is €28 with one drink, with a dinner option and hotel pick-up. The cave’s own site is cuevalarocio.es.
Cave shows on GetYourGuide
From €16 to €25 · 50 minutes to 1 hour
Three more caves on the Camino del Sacromonte sell through their GetYourGuide listings, each sold by the cave. Los Amayasad is from €25, rated 4.7 from 1,843 reviews, and holds up to 60 people with no stage or sound system and a view of the Generalife and the Alhambra. Cueva Zincaléad is from €20 with a welcome drink for 50 minutes, rated 4.5 from 1,359 reviews. Cueva La Faraonaad is from €16, rated 4.7 from 923 reviews, for a capacity of 25.
Shows in the Albaicín and the centre
La Alboreá and Jardines de Zoraya
La Alboreá from €18 · Jardines de Zoraya from €19 · 1 hour
La Alboreáad is a tablao at Calle Pan 3, sold by the venue, rated 4.7 from 5,582 reviews, with reserved seating and the option of a glass of wine and Iberian cold cuts. Jardines de Zorayaad is a restaurant tablao at Calle Panaderos 32 in the Albaicín, two minutes’ walk from the San Nicolás viewpoint, with a guitarist, two singers and two dancers, rated 4.6 from 1,561 reviews. Arrive 30 minutes early for Zoraya, where photos are allowed without flash and dinner can be added.
Peña La Platería
Placeta de Toqueros 7 · Thursday evenings
The Albaicín’s flamenco society, founded in 1949, runs a Jueves Flamenco programme, listed for 29 October and 5, 12, 19 and 26 November 2026, the first at 21:30. The programme is on laplateria.es.
Which show to choose
- A cave, close to the artists: María la Canastera, Los Tarantos or Cueva de la Rocío, each on its own site.
- The cheapest cave: La Faraona, from €16, or Zincalé, from €20 with a drink.
- Dinner in the same evening: Los Tarantos, Cueva de la Rocío or Jardines de Zoraya.
- A seat in the centre without the climb: La Alboreá, on Calle Pan.
- Children: María la Canastera sells a €20 ticket for ages 5 to 11.
What to skip: any site that is not the venue or its GetYourGuide listing; search results for flamenco in Granada include ticket sellers that carry a cave’s name in their web address.
Practical information
- Getting to the caves: on foot up the Camino del Sacromonte from Plaza Nueva, 20 to 30 minutes uphill according to María la Canastera, or by the C34 minibus. Cueva Zincalé’s listing says the area is reserved for local residents and recommends arriving by taxi or bus. See Sacromonte.
- Booking: the small caves hold 25 to 60 people, and La Alboreá’s listing is marked likely to sell out. Book the evening you want.
- The one thing that ruins a visit: a late arrival. Come 20 to 30 minutes before the show.
Sacromonte covers the Museo Cuevas and the Abbey on the same hill, and the Albaicín is the quarter below it. Granada walking tours compares the guided walks that end at a viewpoint before an evening show. What to book before you go to Granada lists the closed days for the day’s sights, and where to eat in Granada says where to eat first. For a bed, see where to stay in Granada.
Common questions
How much is a flamenco show in Granada?
María la Canastera, a Sacromonte cave, charges €26 with a drink for adults and €20 for children aged 5 to 11. Cuevas Los Tarantos is from €28 with a drink. On GetYourGuide the shows start at €16 to €18 for the cheapest cave and tablao listings, and €25 for Los Amayas.
What is a zambra?
The cave style of flamenco in the Sacromonte. María la Canastera describes it as an intimate format that grew out of Gypsy family celebrations, played in a cave whose vault carries the clapping and the footwork without amplification.
How long is a flamenco show in Granada?
Usually an hour. María la Canastera and Los Tarantos both run an hour, and Cueva Zincalé's listing says 50 minutes.
What time do the flamenco shows start?
María la Canastera usually starts at 19:45 and asks you to arrive 20 minutes early. Cueva de la Rocío has shows at 20:00, 21:00, 22:00 and 23:00, with a dinner before each.
How do I get to the Sacromonte caves?
On foot up the Camino del Sacromonte from Plaza Nueva, which María la Canastera puts at 20 to 30 minutes uphill, or by the C34 minibus. Cueva Zincalé's listing recommends arriving by taxi or bus.
Can children go to a cave flamenco show?
María la Canastera sells a children's ticket at €20 for ages 5 to 11 and describes the show as a family experience. The small caves hold 25 to 60 people, so ask the venue about children when you book.
