Granada

Advantages: Beautiful city, good transport links.
Disadvantages: Not much English spoken by locals

...To get to Granada in Andalucia, the cheapest thing to do is score a cheap flight off the internet to traditional loud-mouthed Brit destination, Malaga ;-) and then hop on a cheap as cheap can be coach down to Granada for just eight euros. To do this, simply get on the number 19 bus at Malaga airport, which will take you to the bus station, then ask at the ticket office for Granada. Very easy...

Sugarlily83 19.01.2004 14:24 (19.01.2004 14:33) · Read review
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Review of Granada (Spain)

Granada on a Budget

Advantages: Picturesque and Cheap
Disadvantages: Road Works

...Granada ! where is that I hear you ask. Well go onto Ryan Air website and now book a return ticket direct !. One of the most brilliant jewels of universal architecture is the Alhambra, a series of palaces and gardens built under the Nazari Dynasty in the 14th C. This huge compound of buildings - including the Generalife - summer palace, with its fountains and gardens - stands at the foot...

Porky2005 17.10.2006 17:33 · Read review
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A TRYP in Granada

Advantages: Good location, lovely grounds
Disadvantages: Rooms are dreary, poor AC, depressing

...If you've been following my reviews concerning our trip to Andalucia, you'll know that our next port-of-call was Granada. Come to think of it, even if you haven't been reading them you'll know that now anyway...I just told you. Our main reason for visiting Granada was to see the Alhambra which, although it seems to be near the centre of the city, is much more accessible from the ring roads...

proxam 09.11.2004 20:03 · Read review
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