The Spanish word for pomegranate is granada and they’re everywhere. You’ll find granadas on street signs, manhole covers, wrought iron fencing, embossed in cement walls and on the city coat of arms. The granada fruit has been abundant in this region of Spain since the eight century BC.

Pedestrian friendly

Fuente De Las Granadas

Mohammed l Ibn al-Ahmar was the founder and first emir to move to the Alcazaba. After the conclusion of the Christian Reconquistra in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella and was where Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition.

Palace of the Lions

Partal Palace

Mulhacen is in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the Andalusian province of Granada. At 3,479 meters (11,414 ft) it is the highest point of continental Spain.