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💡 The Short Version: The hotels that say they have Alhambra views are mostly in the Albaicín and on the Carrera del Darro, round Plaza Nueva, and on rooftops near the Cathedral and on Gran Vía. The claim is often for one room: Palacio de Mariana Pineda says four of its five rooms, the Casa 1800 a Deluxe Premium with a terrace. The hotels on the Alhambra hill look at the Generalife and the city. The Parador is inside the Alhambra, and Hotel América says it is. Cars cannot drive up from the centre, and only Parador guests may drive into the grounds. Prices change with the dates, so check yours on Hotels.com. Or book a tour: the Alhambra tour with ticketsad is from €49 and the Alhambra guided tourad from €45 (GetYourGuide).
⚠️ Ask for the room. The view belongs to a room, not to the hotel. Book the room category the hotel’s page names, and read the claim: “partial views” and “views of the city” are not views of the Alhambra.
Who says they have the view
Every claim below is the hotel’s own, read from its page. Star grades are the Junta de Andalucía register’s.
| Hotel | Where | What the hotel’s page says |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Casa Morisca | Albaicín | Accommodation with views of the Alhambra |
| Palacio de Santa Inés | Albaicín | A room with views of the Alhambra in its room list |
| Palacio de Mariana Pineda | Carrera del Darro | Four of its five rooms have views to the Alhambra |
| Hotel Casa del Capitel Nazarí | Albaicín | Opposite the Alhambra, with one room that overlooks it |
| Hotel Santa Isabel la Real | Albaicín | A Moorish house with views of the Alhambra |
| Shine Albayzín | Carrera del Darro | Rooms and suites with views of the Alhambra |
| Hotel Rosa d’Oro | Carrera del Darro | Doubles, singles and a junior suite marked “vista Alhambra” |
| Hotel Casa 1800 Granada | Albaicín | A Deluxe Premium with a terrace and Alhambra views, and a suite with partial views |
| Hotel Casa Palacio Pilar del Toro | Albaicín | Impressive views of the Alhambra |
| Hotel Plaza Nueva | Plaza Nueva | One room’s balcony looks over the square towards the Torre de la Vela |
| Hotel Macià Plaza | Plaza Nueva | Faces the Alhambra from the foot of the Albaicín |
| Hotel Posada del Toro | Calle Elvira | A top-floor suite with a private terrace and views of the Alhambra and the Cathedral |
| Gran Hotel Claridge Granada | Cathedral | Views of the Alhambra, the Sierra Nevada and the Cathedral, and sunset over the Alhambra from the rooftop |
| Palacio Gran Vía, a Royal Hideaway Hotel | Gran Vía | A rooftop with views of the Alhambra |
| Eurostars Gran Vía | Gran Vía | A rooftop terrace with views of the Alhambra, the Cathedral and the Sierra Nevada |
| Hotel Meliá Granada | Ángel Ganivet | A glass-panelled terrace on The Level floor with views of the Alhambra |
| Barceló Carmen Granada | Acera del Darro | Rooms with the Alhambra Palace and the Sierra Nevada as a backdrop |
Inside the Alhambra and on the hill
The Paradores site says the Parador is within the Alhambra complex, and Hotel América says it stands within the grounds. Hotel Alhambra Palace, Áurea Washington Irving and Hotel Porcel Alixares are on the hill. They are the hotels nearest the gates, but a view of the Alhambra from them is not what their pages describe.
Parador de Granada
Calle Real de la Alhambra · 4 stars · Hotels.comad
Occupies the Nasrid Palace of Los Infantes, which the Catholic Monarchs made the first Christian monastery in the Alhambra. The Parador’s page speaks of views of the Generalife gardens. Guests may drive into the grounds: show proof of your reservation at the barrier.
The gate of the Parador de Granada, inside the Alhambra grounds. Photo: Zarateman, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
Hotel América
Calle Real de la Alhambra 53 · 1 star · Hotels.comad
A small family hotel that says it stands within the grounds of the Alhambra, a few metres from the Nasrid Palaces. It says it manages the Granada Card for guests.
Hotel Alhambra Palace
Plaza Arquitecto García de Paredes 1 · 5 stars · Hotels.comad
The hotel’s page describes city-view rooms with terraces and a panoramic terrace with a snack bar. It has a valet service, and says the nearest public car park is at the Alhambra, 600 metres away.
The façade of Hotel Alhambra Palace. Photo: Jean-Michel Brunet, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Áurea Washington Irving
Paseo del Generalife 10 · 5 stars · Hotels.comad
At the foot of the Alhambra on Paseo del Generalife. The hotel’s page puts the historic centre about a 25-minute walk away.
Hotel Porcel Alixares
Avenida Alixares del Generalife · 4 stars · Hotels.comad
On the Alhambra hill, with a pool. Its page speaks of unbeatable views without saying of what, and offers to manage guests’ access to the low-emission zone.
Two hotels on the slopes below the hill speak of the city and the Sierra Nevada, not the Alhambra: Hotel Arabeluj and Carmen de la Alcubilla del Caracol, in where to stay in Granada.
The Albaicín and the Carrera del Darro
These hotels face the Alhambra across the valley of the Darro. The lanes are steep and cobbled, and a car cannot reach most of them: ask the hotel how to arrive. The Albaicín has the viewpoints.
The Alhambra across the Darro valley, from the Sacromonte. Photo: Palickap, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hotel Casa Morisca
Cuesta de la Victoria 9 · 3 stars · Hotels.comad
A Moorish house of 14 rooms. Michelin’s page adds a patio garden with a view of the Alhambra’s Comares tower and a top-floor room called the Mirador.
Palacio de Santa Inés
Cuesta Santa Inés 9 · 3 stars · Hotels.comad
Two Mudejar buildings of the 16th century. Only the rooms its list marks with Alhambra views have them.
Palacio de Mariana Pineda
Carrera del Darro 9 · 4 stars · Hotels.comad
Five rooms in a 17th-century noble house. The hotel says four have Alhambra views: ask for one of the four.
Hotel Casa del Capitel Nazarí
Cuesta de Aceituneros 6 · 3 stars · Hotels.comad
Eighteen rooms in a Renaissance palace of 1503. The hotel says it is opposite the Alhambra and has a special room that overlooks it.
Hotel Santa Isabel la Real
Calle Santa Isabel la Real 17-19 · 3 stars · Hotels.comad
A Moorish house on a main street of the Albaicín, which the page says has views of the Alhambra. The hotel puts the Mirador de San Nicolás three minutes’ walk away.
Shine Albayzín
Carrera del Darro 25 · 3 stars · Hotels.comad
A 16th-century palace house. The page says its rooms and suites have views of the Alhambra.
Hotel Rosa d’Oro
Carrera del Darro 23 · 3 stars · Hotels.comad
Its room list marks doubles, singles and a junior suite “vista Alhambra”, and the hotel has a chill-out terrace.
Hotel Casa 1800 Granada
Calle Benalúa 11 · 3 stars · hotel website
A boutique hotel a few minutes’ walk from the Cathedral. The Deluxe Premium has a terrace and Alhambra views, and one suite has partial views.
Hotel Casa Palacio Pilar del Toro
Calle Hospital de Santa Ana 12 · 3 stars · Hotels.comad
A 17th-century noble palace. The page, in Spanish, speaks of impressive views of the Alhambra.
Round Plaza Nueva and the Cathedral
Plaza Nueva is at the foot of the Albaicín and of the Cuesta de Gomérez, the footpath up to the Alhambra: how to get to the Alhambra.
Hotel Plaza Nueva
Calleja Imprenta 2 · 3 stars · Hotels.comad
Twenty-five rooms on the square. Only one room’s balcony is described as looking over the square towards the Torre de la Vela of the Alhambra.
Hotel Macià Plaza
Plaza Nueva 4 · 2 stars · Hotels.comad
The hotel says it faces the Alhambra from the foot of the Albaicín.
Hotel Posada del Toro
Calle Elvira 25 · 3 stars · Hotels.comad
A 19th-century corrala, a courtyard of galleries. The top-floor suite has the private terrace with views of the Alhambra and the Cathedral.
Gran Hotel Claridge Granada
Plaza Villamena 1 · 5 stars, Gran Lujo · Hotels.comad
The rooftop looks to the Cathedral, the Sierra Nevada and the Alhambra, with sunset over the Alhambra. The Premium Catedral Terrace room has a private terrace facing the Cathedral, not the Alhambra.
Rooftops on Gran Vía and the Acera del Darro
Palacio Gran Vía, a Royal Hideaway Hotel
Gran Vía 14 · 5 stars, Gran Lujo · Hotels.comad
The page describes a rooftop with views of the Alhambra.
Eurostars Gran Vía
Gran Vía de Colón 20 · 5 stars · Hotels.comad
A rooftop terrace with views of the Alhambra, the Cathedral and the Sierra Nevada. The hotel says it is a 15-minute walk from the Alhambra.
Hotel Meliá Granada
Calle Ángel Ganivet 7 · 4 stars · Hotels.comad
The glass-panelled terrace with Alhambra views is on The Level floor.
Barceló Carmen Granada
Acera del Darro 62 · 4 stars · Hotels.comad
The page describes rooms with the Alhambra Palace and the Sierra Nevada as a backdrop.
Near the Alhambra
Distances are the hotels’ own claims, with the hotel named.
| Hotel | The hotel’s own distance to the Alhambra |
|---|---|
| Carmen de la Alcubilla del Caracol | 10 minutes’ walk, and 500 metres |
| Hotel Anacapri | 500 metres |
| Hotel Plaza Nueva | 0.7 km to the Alhambra and the Generalife |
| Hotel Alhambra Palace | The Nasrid Palaces and gardens a 10-minute walk away |
| Eurostars Gran Vía | A 15-minute walk |
Where to stay in Granada compares the areas and lists the other hotels, and Alhambra tickets has the prices and the rule that decides the day.
Plan the rest
Alhambra tickets sold out lists what to try when the shop is empty, and Granada Card: is it worth it? has the sums for the hotels that arrange it. Three days in Granada fits the sights round the closed days.
Common questions
Which hotels are inside the Alhambra?
The Parador de Granada, which occupies the Nasrid Palace of Los Infantes, and Hotel América, which says on its own page that it stands within the grounds of the Alhambra. Hotel Alhambra Palace, Áurea Washington Irving and Hotel Porcel Alixares stand on the Alhambra hill.
Do the hotels on the Alhambra hill have a view of the Alhambra?
Mostly not. The Parador speaks of views of the Generalife gardens, and the Alhambra Palace of city views and a panoramic terrace. A guest who wants to look at the Alhambra is better placed in the Albaicín or on the Carrera del Darro, or on one of the rooftops round the Cathedral.
Which Albaicín hotels say they have Alhambra views?
Hotel Casa Morisca, Palacio de Santa Inés, Palacio de Mariana Pineda, Hotel Casa del Capitel Nazarí, Hotel Santa Isabel la Real, Shine Albayzín, Hotel Rosa d'Oro, Hotel Casa 1800 and Hotel Casa Palacio Pilar del Toro. Several claim it for one room or one room type.
Can I drive to a hotel near the Alhambra?
Not from the centre: private cars cannot drive up to the Alhambra. The Parador is the one hotel whose guests may drive into the grounds. Hotel Alhambra Palace has a valet service and says the nearest public car park is at the Alhambra, 600 metres away.
Which Granada hotels have a rooftop with Alhambra views?
Gran Hotel Claridge Granada, Palacio Gran Vía and Eurostars Gran Vía say their rooftops look to the Alhambra, and the Meliá has a glass-panelled terrace on The Level floor.
Do any hotels arrange the Granada Card?
Hotel América and Hotel Molinos say they arrange it for guests. Hotel Molinos handles the Pernocta version for stays of two nights or more.
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