Granada airport GRX
Hotel AC Palacio de Santa Paula
Gran Vía de Colón, 31
Granada
The hotel is located in the historical district of Granada, the building use to be an old convent and was rehabilitated as a hotel with great care even keeping the old cloister. It is a unique establishment where one can enjoy a peaceful holiday in the most important and emblematic building of the old city of Granada.
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Hotel Alixares
Pº de la Sabica 40
Granada
Hotel Alixares is located in front of the Alhambra, one of the most beautiful monuments all over the World. Fifteen minutes walking from the historical center of Granada. Easy access from the highway ( exit 132). Hotel Alixares has been completely renovated in 2004. Its rooms are climatized and have sat Tv, minibar, fully equiped bathroom, and safety box. The hotel has outdoor swimming-pool and it is surrounded by private gardens.
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Hotel Monte Malaga
Paseo Maritimo Antonio Machado 10
29002 Malaga
Located in the heart of the capital of the Costa del Sol, facing the sea. The perfect location for business and tourism. The Monte Malaga Hotel is located centrally in the capital of the Costa del Sol facing the sea. From the hotel, guests can visit the Picasso museum, which is only a few minutes away. All the 170 rooms and 9 suites are equipped with modern facilities. Our large rooms and suites combine an exquisite decoration with the greatest comfort for rest and quietness. All the rooms have satellite and pay per view T.V, air conditioning, fully equipped bathrooms with hairdryer, cosmetic mirror, wireless internet, safety deposit box, mini bar, non smoking rooms and telephone. The hotel offers 8 meeting rooms equipped with audiovisual equipment and all the necessary telecommunication services.
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Turism | Gastronomy | Nature areas | Monuments |
Granada -- Turism
The last kingdom to be reconquered by the Catholic Monarchs has an incredible artistic and historic heritage. Moorish and Christian elements go hand in hand in the streets of Granada. The palace complexes of the Alhambra and Generalife, beside the Albaicin, have been declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The Gran Vía de Colón and the Avenida de los Reyes Católicos will lead the visitor to Renaissance monuments and to the most important districts.
Its seas provide many types of fish whose quality is not easy to find in other waters. A good example of this is the red tuna, which when it swims from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea on its yearly migrational route, is so delectable, so rich in aroma, just so unbelievably good that it has obtained the highest international valuation with regards fish quality. Sole, sea bass, white sea bream, red snapper, snapper, hake, red mullet, sardines, anchovies, plaice, whiting, king prawns (the Sanlucar variety are exceptional) prawns (the white prawns from Huelva are unbeatable), truncate donax, small shellfish, fiddler crabs, whelk, sea anemones (almost unknown in the rest of the world), crayfish from Adra, etc., which can be fried in olive oil and form part of an unbeatable "pescaito frito", can be grilled, cooked in seasalt, baked or simply boiled. Typically imaginative dishes include Rota-style dentex, tuna cooked with onions and melva fish stew. The Andalusian market garden has an abundance of varied products. Almeria especially stands out in this respect as it has developed a system to cultivate vegetables during the winter months. Top-quality vegetables abound, such as the tender baby broad beans from Jaen, extra-early potatoes from Motril, asparagus from Huétor Taja, artichokes which are especially delicious when cooked with clams, and aubergines, which Al Buran used for the first "alboronía" (vegetable stew). Fruit includes the sweet and tasty mountain oranges from Cordoba, persimmons, medlars, pomegranates, figs, prickly pears, strawberries from Alpujarra, cherimoyas, avocados, mangos, guavas, papayas and many other subtropical fruit from the coast of Granada and Malaga. If we had to choose between all the cured and salted meats and sausages which abound in Spain, the general opinion would be "jamón ibérico de bellota" (Iberian cured ham deriving from pigs which have been fed exclusively on acorns). All the cured ham produced in the mountain ranges of Huelva and Cordoba is exceptional. It is difficult to find a product with such a rich aroma, with such a full taste, with such a soft texture, so nutritive and at the same time so healthy due to its composition of monounsaturated fatty acids. Gazpacho, or better said, the many gazpachos - "ajoblanco" (garlic and almond), "salmorejo" (much thicker and made with tomatoes only), "porra antequerana" (with eggs and tomatoes), "pipirrana" (with green peppers, cucumber, tomatoes and onion), - provide so many nutrients that they are considered dietary dishes, the perfect dish for sportsmen or anyone else who wants to ward off the heat with the water, vitamins and minerals contained in these relaxing and simple preparations. Stews were neglected for a long time by Andalusian restaurants, although they were always enjoyed by the locals at home. Today they have become fashionable and are so popular that they are becoming an important part of the Mediterranean Cuisine. Casseroles made with cabbage, fennel, or spinach and cod, and stews such as gypsy stew are again appearing on the most select menus. Oxtail, giblets, kid in garlic sauce, lamb stew, chicken or turkey in sauce with egg and almonds, Seville-style duck, kidneys cooked in sherry, form part of the meat dishes on offer in Andalusia and taste divine when seasoned with aromatic herbs.
The Alhambra is a beautiful collection of buildings and gardens. The tree-lined walks are luscious, providing pleasant shade and coolness, enhanced by the abundance of water that flows in its streams.
This park combines beauty and ecological wealth, not forgetting that the highest peaks on the mainland are to found here. It is a rugged massif with glacial and periglacial formations and considerable botanical endemisms.
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