Granada has one of the most transcendental constructions of the medieval Hispano-Muslim architecture, the Alhambra. Because of his exclusiveness is one of places most frequented by tourists from all over the world. We must know that the Alhambra is the only palatine city preserved from medieval times.
For this reason the entries to access the monument they usually sell out months in advance, so if you are planning to visit it we recommend that you make the reservation of your input as soon as you know what dates you are going to choose to get to know Granada.
Do you want to take a guided tour with Lolita's Tours? Meet our Tour of the Alhambra with access to the Nasrid Palaces, which includes admission and official guide. you can do your Reserve here.
What kind of tickets are there?
On this platform you can buy tickets for the entire monument, including Nasrid Palaces, with the modalities of: General Alhambra, Alhambra Experiences y Combined visit Alhambra and RodrĂguez Acosta Foundation. If these three modalities have been exhausted, you can still buy the ticket for Nasrid Palaces night visit, although the latter is the simplest since no other area of ​​the monumental complex is visited.
You can also choose visit the monument by zones, this type of tickets exclude the Nasrid Palaces but they are also very complete visits in which you can visit some wonderful parts of the monument. These entry modes are: Gardens, Generalife and Alcazaba o Night visit to Gardens and Generalife, do not miss out on visiting the Alhambra!
Tricks to get tickets to the Alhambra
Getting tickets for the Alhambra is often an odyssey, so we are going to explain the best tricks so you don't run out of tickets! đź‘Ś
There are 5 ways to get tickets for the Alhambra, even at the last minute, we explain here how you could acquire them:
- The most urgent option would be to go directly to the Alhambra official ticket office. Ticket offices open at 8:00 am. Lots of people in the same situation show up there with the last hope of being able to buy some tickets with Nasrid Palaces, they even go many hours before the box office opens. We recommend that you attend one of the first if you want to have a chance, even so we cannot assure you that you will finally be able to buy one.
- Another very common option, which usually works although it is less expensive than the previous one, is that you access the website of the Alhambra Board of Trustees and check in loop availability in the calendar that appears in the 2nd step of the purchase, that is, you must refresh the page constantly checking at the same time that it changes to yellow or green and especially after 00:00 some availability usually appears to see the Nasrid palaces.
- There is another way, besides almost nobody knows or almost nobody checks. It would be the same as the previous step, access the official website of the Board of Trustees and check availability once or twice an hour, they usually take out randomly during the day some tickets available, and if you check the availability of the tickets at least a couple of times per hour, you may be one of the first to notice.
- We can also recommend option B if you see that you ran out of tickets for the palaces, join the guided tour Alhambra Gardens, which includes: Alcazaba, Palaces of Carlos V, Jardines del Partal, Generalife and Paseo de los Cipreses.
- If you still haven't been able to get any tickets, even after doing all the steps above, we recommend the fantastic option of joining the free tours Alhambra Environment, our tours usually last approximately 2 hours and are complete tours by the monumental complex, including: Palace of Carlos V, the Plaza de los Algibes and viewpoint of the Alhambra, Puerta de la Justicia, Cuesta de Gomerez, Puerta de las Granadas, the Hammam, La Cuesta del Rey Chico and Paseo de los Tristes.
Before visiting or buying your tickets for the Alhambra, we recommend you read our post about Tips and recommendations for your visit to the Alhambra.
And if you couldn't get tickets with guided tour o individual tickets or you just come to spend the day in the city and you don't want to leave with a bad taste in your mouth, we have our Free Tour Jewish Realejo & Mauror o AlbaicĂn and Sacromonte Sunset Tour, recommended by official guides of Granada, without a doubt we encourage you to participate in one of our visits as an alternative plan.