Granada Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Granada’s bus station (Carretera de Jaén) is nearly 3km northwest of the city centre. All services operate from here, except those going to a few nearby destinations, such as Fuente Vaqueros. Alsina Graells (958 18 54 80) runs to Córdoba (€12, three hours direct, nine daily), Seville (€18, three hours direct, 10 daily), Málaga (€9, 1½ hours direct, 16 daily), Las Alpujarras and Guadix (€4.50, one hour, up to 14 daily). Alsina also handles buses to destinations in Jaén province and on the Granada, Málaga and Almería coasts, and to Madrid (€15, five to six hours, 10 to 13 daily).

ALSA (902 42 22 42; www.alsa.es) operates buses up the Mediterranean coast to Barcelona (€60 to €70, seven to 10 hours, five daily) and to many international destinations.

Car

Car rental is expensive. ATA (958 22 40 04; Plaza Cuchilleros 1) has small cars for €71/83/219 for one/two/seven days.

Train

The train station (958 20 40 00; Avenida de Andaluces) is 1.5km west of the centre, off Avenida de la Constitución. Four trains run daily to/from Seville (€20, three hours) and Almería (€13, 2¼ hours) via Guadix, and six daily to/from Antequera (€6.50 to €7.50, 1½ hours). Three go to Ronda (€11, three hours) and Algeciras (€16, 4½ hours). For Málaga (€12, 2½ hours) or Córdoba (€14, four hours) take an Algeciras train and change at Bobadilla (€7, 1½ hours). One or two trains go to each of Madrid (€31 to €35, six hours), Valencia (€42 to €62, 7½ to eight hours) and Barcelona (€52 to €125, 12 to 14½ hours).

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Air

Iberia (958 22 75 92; Plaza Isabel La Católica 2) flies daily to/from Madrid and Barcelona. From the UK, two low-cost web-based airlines fly daily to Granada: Ryanair (www.rynanair.com) and Monarch Airlines (www.flymonarch.com).

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