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Skip The Line Alhambra and Generalife Guided Tour

Name: Skip The Line Alhambra and Generalife Guided Tour
Brand: Play Granada
SKU: 19234P13
Price: 31.85 USD
Rating: 4.0 (2872 reviews)

Granada, Spain

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-You will not receive a refund if you cancel.

3 hours
Offered in: English

Overview

This tour is a great choice for travelers interested in historic sites. Save time waiting in long visitor lines with a skip-the-line entrance ticket to the stunning complex of Alhambra included. Explore the palace complex and Generalife with a guide, so you don’t get lost. Your guide enhances your day with stories about the history, art, culture, and mysteries of the palace and surrounding area.

Save time and visit Alhambra highlights and Generalife Gardens in a day
Choose from multiple start times throughout the day
Avoid waiting in long visitor lines with skip-the-line access
A guide enhances your tour with fascinating stories and commentary

What's Included

Local guide with live commentary
Free wifi & phone charging station
Hearing Radio Devices

Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transportation to/from attractions
Nasrid Palaces Admission Ticket

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Play Granada
Carrera del Darro, 1, Albaicín, 18010 Granada, Spain
PLAY GRANADA, next to the Santa Ana Church, at the end of Plaza Nueva.

End point

C. Real de la Alhambra, s/n, Centro, 18009 Granada, Spain

What To Expect

The Alhambra

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Alcazaba (Pass By)

Palace of Carlos V (Pass By)

Palacio El Partal (Pass By)

Generalife (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions

Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
We recommend wearing comfortable shoes, no flip-flops or heels
Original IDs, Driving License OR Passport required to access the monument
Entrance tickets to be handed by the guide in paper form on date and time of the visit, at the meeting point.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

4.0

2,872 reviews

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Great tour to Alhambra

Dennis_V, May 2024

Great tour in English with Maria Carmen. She told us many things about the history of Alhambra, nice anecdotes and showed us all the beautiful places. It was wonderful and informing. Thank you!

Very good visit

Agnes_B, May 2024

Very good experience with good guide very nice and knowledgeable Great place to visit Grenade is beautiful

Excellent tour

Valerie_L, May 2024

Roberto was an amazing tour leader. Very knowledgeable about The Alhambra and Granada. He was very kind and thoughtful.

Alhambra Palace our day

Stuart_W, May 2024

We had a wonderful time with Viator the guide Kalina was very knowledgeable the tour was 3 hours long

Al Hambra Tour

Bharat_P, May 2024

Diego was very knowledgeable. He was able to communicate with a diverse crowd from various countries! He certainly knew his stuff. I’d certainly recommend him in the future.

Underwhelming

Suzi_W, May 2024

Long tour that never got us inside the palaces; the guide was very nice but her English was hard to understand .

Without the Nasrid palaces, this tour is not worth taking, definitely not at this price.

Gad_S, May 2024

The most memorable thing was what we did not see - the Nasrid palaces. This was hidden in the fine print, but that's the highlight of the Alhambra. I paid 12 times the full ticket cost of the Alhambra, only to discover that the "main event" was not included. I want my money back...

Confusion

Jan_G, May 2024

We never found our representative for our tickets. We thought we would meet at the Alhambra. Tried to call and phone and voice mail said unavailable. Thank goodness Alhambra honored or tickets via our passports. The venue was sold out.

Great sights, but your communication lacking

Mary_H, May 2024

Alhambra was so impressive, as was Roberto, out Alhambra guide! And, Mario, our city tour guide was not only very knowledgeable, he took our interests into consideration, and he provided lunch recommendations. The flamenco show was a bit stale. The performers were very good, but they did not speak. Did not offer any stories about themselves or the art of flamenco. I would have loved to hear more so I could better appreciate it all. We also felt communication with the local tour operator could have been better. The person there could not tell us if there was any food available at the flamenco show, and she gave us wrong directions to the show. Suggesting you print these on the ticket confirmations.

Overall excellent.

Robert_K, May 2024

The tours were very good. The package we purchased was a three part package. The walking tour of Grenada was excellent. Our guide, Mario, was a pleasure to work with, very knowleuand personable. Our tour of Alhambra, with Roberto, was also excellent. He too was very knowledgeable and personable. The walking part of Alhambra was tough! It’s a very steep climb to get to the palace. Busses are avail and I think to tour should include. A ride to the starting point.

Alhambra joy!

Mark_E, May 2024

Roberto - our guide was informative, helpful and entertaining! He was passionate about his city! Great!

Good but not great

Kyle_M, Apr 2024

Friendly and helpful guide. Was let down that the Nasrid Palaces weren't included, this wasn't super clear in my opinion based on the online booking. We also moved pretty fast and although the guide was good, the free Alahambra audioguide had almost as much info. I genuinely don't think having a guide adds very much. I'd do it at my own pace if I went back.

Five stars for Diego

Simon_W, Apr 2024

Although the rain was pouring down, our guide Diego gave us all a most engaging and interesting tour, full of fascinating historical facts and pointed out aspects of interest, skilfully tying together the commonalities of the languages and symbolisms of the cultures of those present to give us all an inclusive, insightful and educative experience. Mixed in with this was warmth and humour which helped us all to feel relaxed whilst cold and getting soaked with the rain ! All in all a wonderful experience provided by a very knowledgeable man.

Diego made it worth it.

Michelle_F, Apr 2024

The guide Diego is wonderful. He is very knowledgeable and provides insights about Spanish culture, history and languages. There is a large area publicly accessible so even without tickets you can get a good sense of the place.

Viator and "Play Granada" are running a scam.

Henry_R, Apr 2024

We tried to get 2 tickets for the Alhambra one week before arriving. They weren't available. The only way to get tickets was through services like Viator and they cost $600! As this was a once in a lifetime trip, we bit the bullet and paid that king's ransom. The information we received from Viator seemed to say that what we had actually bought was not just tickets to the Alhambra and the grounds, but a guided tour of said premises, as well a guided tour of parts of the city as well as attendance at a flamenco show: Package: Alhambra's visit plus guided tour in Granada's historic areas & Flamenco. Extra Tours & 1st Class Show Duration: 6 hours: All three activities combined sum 6 hours, you should consider the resting time between activities. We ended up getting a guided tour of the Alhambra and its grounds, which lasted 3 hours. There was no mention by the guide of a further tour of the city or a flamenco show. And the woman at "Play Granada," where we had gone to meet up with our guide, had done such an extraordinarily amazing job of imitating a female canine, that after two attempts to get more detailed information about how our $600 experience would play out, we simply gave up, assuming it would be made clear by the guide. It wasn't. He was a perfectly nice guy and did a good job of the tour. But we were clearly ripped off.

Not good

CHRISTOPHER_T, Apr 2024

Rendezvous was a shambles. We were up at the Alhambra Palace hotel and they insisted that we came down to the town to register and then we were expected to climb back up the hill to exactly where we set off from. After the tour I looked at our Alhambra guide book and saw a number of areas we did not recognise. Wouldn’t chose this tour company again. Others on the tour thought likewise

The view of the gardens...

ALAN_G, Apr 2024

The view of the gardens (roses), view from Alhambra, guide Carmen spoke clearly and was very knowledgeable.

Grateful to last minute ticket, disappointing tour

Andrew_G, Apr 2024

I paid about $250 for last minute tickets to the Alhambra through this tour company which was a mistake. I should have booked the Alhambra in advance. The tour was really rushed and we didn't actually spend much time at the alhambra. I'd much rather recommend purchasing a ticket yourself about a month in advance and having buying an audio guide or a seperate airbnb experience.

Touring the Alhambra and the gardens.

Frank_t, Apr 2024

The Alhambra was spectacular and the tour guide was exceptional. Hearing about the culture and history of the palaces made the experience even better. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Learned a lot about a beautiful and interesting pkace

Daniel_S, Apr 2024

Our guide Diego was great. He was very knowledgeable about the history and one could tell he enjoyed sharing that knowledge. He was also good at managing the group with patience and humor.

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