City pass Granada: tourist pass and transport card for Granada

Here is an article that may be of great interest to you if you are planning to visit Granada soon: the Granada city pass! In this article, we are going to detail the city pass package: its advantages, what is included in it, possible alternatives, its limits, … You will know everything about the Granada city pass thanks to this article.

But before we start, let's do a quick reminder of what a city pass is! It is, for me, a very practical solution for visiting a city, whether you are discovering it for the first time, or whether it is a pleasure visit because you love this city! In any case, a city pass includes different freebies and/or reductions that you can use depending on the validity period of the pass.
In this case, the Granada city pass, officially the Granada Card, is valid for 5 consecutive days and offers you free admission to the main tourist sites to visit in the city.

• Presentation of the Granada Card
• Alternatives to the Granada city pass
• Summary: Granada Card and combined activities
• My opinion on the Granada city pass

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Presentation of the Granada Card, the city-pass of Granada

I will start this article by presenting the Granada city pass in detail. We will see later the possible alternatives to the Granada Card.
The Granda Card is Granada's official city pass. It gives you access to many of the city's must-see sites and allows you to book all of these activities at once. We will see the details of the validity period and the price later.

• Visits included with the Granada Card
• How long is the Granada Card valid for?
• How much does the Granada city pass cost?
• Where to get the Granada city pass?
• What transport is included in the Granada Card?
• Is this Granada city pass really interesting?

Visits included with the Granada Card

To begin, let's take a look at the visits included in the Granada city pass (we will see later the details of the transport included with this pass):

Not to be missed!

• The Alhambra:
  And yes, it is probably the main tourist site to visit and not to be missed in Granada: the Alhambra! The visit includes access to the Alcazaba, the Nasrid Palaces and the Generalife. The whole of this place is unique and attracts many visitors every year. It is an essential place not to be missed under any circumstances! Read our detailed article on visiting the Alhambra
  Visiting the Alhambra in Granada:
  This place is extremely popular with visitors to Granada. In order to organize your visit correctly, here is some practical information on opening hours.
  Throughout the year, the various monuments open their doors at 8:30 am.
  From mid-October to the end of March, they will close at 18 p.m.; from early April to mid-October, they close at 20 p.m.
  You can also visit the Palace at night: from mid-October to the end of March, visits until 21 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays; from the beginning of April to mid-October, visits until 30:23 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday.
  On December 25 and January 1, the site is closed.
• Granada Cathedral:
  Among the most beautiful religious buildings, it is probably one of the most impressive in Andalusia! The Cathedral of Granada is one of the essential places to visit in Granada and it is included in the Granada card. Its imposing exterior and astonishing very bright interior will charm you for sure. Mixture of Baroque and Renaissance styles.
  
• The Royal Chapel:
  Located a stone's throw from the Cathedral, the Royal Chapel is also a place to visit, thanks to the Granada city pass. It is here that some great names in Spanish history were buried, such as Charles V and part of his family or even certain Catholic kings. Today, part of these tombs have been moved to the Escorial pantheon, near Madrid.

Other visits to do in Granada

• The Cartuja Monastery:
  Here is an amazing and surprising building to visit: the Cartuja Monastery in Granada. The latter was built in an architectural style very typical of Spanish and Andalusian Baroque. You can only be impressed by the interior decoration of this place. At the same time very loaded but also very worked and with many details.
• San Jeronimo Monastery:
  This second monastery in Granada is of a completely different style from the previous one. Built in a perfectly Renaissance style, its origin is due to the Catholic Monarchs.
  The monastery also includes two cloisters and gardens.
• The Science Park Museum:
  This is one of the most visited museums in Granada: the Science Park Museum. Dedicated to scientific research in general, it offers numerous permanent exhibitions on subjects such as the human body; but also temporary exhibitions, many interactive rooms, as well as a very well laid out exterior, offering both exhibitions and various activities. A very interesting museum, accessible (in part) thanks to the Granada city pass.
• The Caja Granada Museum:
  Here is a museum dedicated to Andalusia. It is located in a building with amazing architecture! Regarding the museum, it allows you to learn more about Andalusia thanks to beautiful exhibitions and interactive terminals.
• Other places:
  Other tourist sites are also included in this pass such as the Abbey of Sacromonte, the Cuarto Real, the Museo de Bellas Artes, the Casa de Los Tiros or the Museo Arqueologico.

And an audio guide

You have the option of taking the Audio-guide option when purchasing your pass. This audioguide is an application that you can download when you have wifi and which will serve as an audioguide during your visits. You can use it without the need for wifi. All you need to do is take your headphones.

How long is the Granada Card valid for?

Regarding the validity period of this pass, you should know that it is valid for 5 consecutive days. There is no concept of 24h or 48h as with most city passes. This is valid, once activated, for 5 full consecutive days.

How much does the Granada city pass cost?

The prices for this Granada city pass vary depending on whether you take the option including the audio guide or not.
The simple Granada Card will cost you 49€ per adult. Children between 3 and 11 years old benefit from a discount and will only pay €15,50.
As for the audio guide, you will have to add €3,75 per person if you wish to benefit from this additional service.

Where to get the Granada city pass?

You are obliged to buy your city pass online. You can choose the number of passes you want according to age and also choose the audio guide or not.
When booking, you will have to select a day and a time, they relate to your visit to the Alhambra where you are obliged to reserve a time slot to access this site.
Then you will receive your e-tickets by email.
If you wish to benefit from transport, then you will have to go to one of the points indicated in the email to collect your transport card.

What transport is included in the Granada Card?

Now let's move on to the transport you can take with this Granada city pass. You will have the possibility of taking public transport within the limit of 9 trips, which is more than enough to visit a city like Granada, where the majority of the city can be done on foot.

Is this Granada city pass really interesting?

To conclude on this presentation of the Granada Card, the essential question is whether it is really interesting!
In order to answer this question as accurately as possible, we are going to compare the prices of the activities if you had taken them independently with the overall price of this city pass.

• To start, visit the Alhambra with audio-guide including access to the whole site (Generalife, Nasrid Palaces, gardens, Alhambra, etc.): €32;
• Visit of the Cathedral including the rental of an audio guide: €5;
• Visit of the Royal Chapel including an audio guide: €5;
• Visit to the Cartuja Monastery including an audio guide: €5;
• Visit to the Monastery of San Jeronimo: €4; guided tours are possible on Sundays at 11 a.m. for a price of €7;
• One-hour visit to Sacromonte Abbey: €5;
• Admission to the Science Park Museum: €7.

If we do a quick calculation, we already arrive at an amount of 63€, knowing that there are only the most important places in Grenada mentioned here and that there is no transport in this price .
If you plan to visit at least the Alhambra and 3 other additional sites, then the Granada city pass is a very interesting offer which will allow you to save money in your reservations.

Alternatives to the Granada city pass

Now that you know a little more about this city pass and the visits that are included in it, it may be that in some cases, other alternatives are more interesting. I am thinking in particular of the following cases:

• You want to take a guided tour of the Alhambra
  The visit included in the city pass only includes an audio guide. If you wish to opt for a guided tour, then it is best to book your activities independently. Book your Alhambra guided tour
• You don't stay long enough in Granada
  What a pity ! Anyway, if you are not staying long enough to visit at least the Alhambra and 3 other additional sites, then it will be best to book your tours independently.

Summary: Granada Card and other activities

I suggest you make a summary of the different possibilities that we have presented throughout this article: purchase of a Granada city pass, booking activities independently, …

My opinion on the Granada city pass

After presenting this city pass and the different alternatives to you, I personally find that this pass is valid in the majority of cases. Especially if you are staying several days to discover Granada, then this pass is worth it. I often book city passes when the opportunity arises to visit new cities. They allow you to visit places you would not necessarily have thought of, but they also allow you to access the city's must-see places, while saving on reservations. A good compromise to consider when booking your stay in Granada.