Granada
Activities in Granada
Granada
Granada is famous for its Alhambra, the stunning Islamic palace and fortress complex that is the absolute pinnacle in Moorish art. Sitting evocatively, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada and above the city, a visit to the Alhambra is a must for all visitors to Granada, but beyond the Alhambra, this compact city born from a mixture of cultures has so much more to offer.
The Moorish Albazyn region has charming white washed houses balanced on hills and tucked behind narrow cobbled streets, the sunset vistas of the mighty Alhambra from the Mirador San Nicholas are something to behold. As night falls, feel the irresistible lure of flamenco from the Sacromonte district and it’s cave dwellings nestled away in the hillside.
Leisure activities are in abundance in Granada, from a morning Segway tour around the city’s districts where you will be treated to endless incredible viewpoints, to an afternoon relaxing in a Moorish bath, the ultimate way to unwind before heading to an atmospheric Arabic teteria to sip on some tea amongst puffed cushions and dimmed lanterns. Beyond the city, within just half an hour you can either be rolling your towel out and drinking in the ocean air at the beach or hitting the ski slopes up in the Sierra Nevada due to Granada’s prime location in Southern Spain.
It’s all about tapas in Granada and unlike most other cities in Spain, Granada sticks to the origins of tapas whereby a small dish of tapas is served with every drink you buy. A great group activity is to take a tapas tour around the city centre where you will be guided around the best spots and given the history of some of the oldest and most traditional tapas bars.
Granada has a small airport just outside of the city centre that connects to London and other major Spanish cities and the city has some great venues for events and conferences.
Choose Granada for your trip and you will see how cultures have collided to create one of Spain’s true jewels.
Bike and Segway Tours
Activities in Granada
Bike and Segway Tours
Enjoy the attractions of your chosen city by Bike with an exclusive guided tour. You can also combine it with a segway tour. You will be able to get to know Granada’s colorful history and monuments in a different and sustainable way.
Either by bike or by segway, we will show you the city’s hidden corners full of anecdotes and so much history.
The Albayzin and Sacromonte in Granada offer diverse geography, with mountain views, meadows and rivers, and an interesting ethnic variety. You will see the local people and their typical houses. We will pass by the network of streets that make up the Albayzin quarter, which is a recognized World Heritage Site. During this tour, we can visit Plaza Nueva, Carrera del Darro, Camino del Sacromonte, El Salvador, Plaza Larga, Plaza Santa Anna, etc…
If you would prefer, it’s possible to discover the city by night, and we will show you the most beautiful sunsets.
We also can ride part of Sierra Nevada over a period of up to two hours by bike for a less urban activity, enjoying the country roads which meander along the river Genil and see some of the best natural places barely without going out of Granada.
After the visit, we can leave the bikes or segways and set off for a rewarding dinner, tasting the city’s specialties, or organize a “tapas tour”.
Mountain Activities
Activities in Granada
Mountain Activities
The calmness that you can feel in its small white towns, the five natural parks of the province and the National Park of Sierra Nevada, turns Granada into a paradise for those who look for contact with the natural world when choosing an activity.
We offer the possibility to organize quads bikes or bike routes, or the combination of both for groups of 15-20 people, in the Alpujarra and Sierra Nevada areas.
Participants will need to bring their driving licenses and their provided helmets in order to be able to join in the quads-bike routes. In the Alpujarra area, we suggest the Centenary Olive Trees route, and the Guadalfeo River valley, with their incredible views. If you are experts, a more difficult route will lead you to the crossing of the rivers Poqueira and Trevelez and even more, the visit to the white towns of Pampaneira, Bubion and Capileira.
Bike routes can be organized in the Alpujarra area or in Sierra Nevada. In the Alpujarra, we suggest again riding along the Guadalfeo River and its valley, passing by the centuries old olive trees. If you choose the Sierra Nevada area, we offer an entertaining and relaxing route of up to four hours descending from la Hoya de la Mora down to Guejar Sierra travelling along calm and quite paths with stunning panoramic views.
If your preference is to walk, we can organize guided trekking tours in the area of Alpujarra with expert mountain guides. In the very heart of the Alpujarra, in the Poqueira Gorge, the itinerary through Pampaneira, Bubión and Capileira provides the traveller with some amazing scenery.
Alternately, the routes proposed in this section around the Alpujarra and Sierra Nevada areas, can be enjoyed also by a private bus, 4X4 vehicles, or, even, on horse-back depending on the group size.
Snow in Sierra Nevada
Activities in Granada
Snow in Sierra Nevada
For those incentive trips organized around the winter season, we can offer many interesting winter sporting activities to be enjoyed in the snowy heights of the alpine area of Sierra Nevada!
For those incentive trips organized around the winter season, we can offer many interesting winter sporting activities to be enjoyed in the snowy heights of the alpine area of Sierra Nevada!
From Granada, we will go to the Sierra Nevada Mountains with our private bus. You will need to include your ski clothes, mountain boots, sun glasses, hat, sun cream, lip balm, gloves and a bag with water and snacks.
Introduction to trecking with Alpine snow rackets : Participants will have the opportunity to discover the beautiful and attractive sport of mountaineering. Guided by expert mountain guides, you will learn the basics of safety and progression in the high mountains ranges and how to walk on snow rackets.
At the end of the activities the participants, based on the philosophy of alpine expedition teams, will try to achieve the goal of the day by reaching the summit.
White gymkhana : This proposal consists of an interesting and original program in which participants will be divided into teams of 6 people. The distribution of the teams will be free and we leave the company leader to there by encourage interaction between people from different departments or locations. The activity is based on different games for an amusing “white” gymkhana including sledding, snow bikes and other alpine sports equipment..
Snow orientation and survival techniques or team-building activities : We propose to teach you the basics of finding your way in the snow, the survival techniques and introduce you to the fun of igloo building. Alternatevely, we offer different team-building competitions such as archery on the snow, mini-golf, giant puzzle etc.
Ski day : For those who are experts, we can combine any of the above activities with a bit of individual time at leisure for skiing. We provide the necessary material and ski pass for the day.
During these activities, we will have a group lunch at one of the mountain refuges and lots of hot chocolate to keep warm and enjoy the day!
Sporting Activities
Activities in Granada
Sporting Activities
The province of Granada contains an enormous natural diversity which allows for lots of active and adventurous enjoyment. For incentive trips, Granada provides specially adapted spaces for orientation races, descents of ravines, archery , paint-ball, fishing and lots more!
The province of Granada contains an enormous natural diversity which allows for lots of active and adventurous enjoyment. For incentive trips, Granada provides specially adapted spaces for orientation races, descents of ravines, archery , paint-ball, fishing and lots more!
We offer a multi adventure day in the Alpujarra area around the main city of Orgiva, which is located about one hours drive from the city of Granada, at the south end of the National Park of Sierra Nevada. We would like to show you this region in an “active “ way, a perfect combination between tourism, nature and sport.
You can choose to join a real multi adventure day including many sporting activities such as: rappel, archery, Mountain biking, climbing and orienteering. Or you can focus on the ‘complete rafting experience’, a combination of rafting and kayaking, a half-day of climbing and rappel adventure, a half-day canyoning experience, a combination of quads, orientation and archery activities … it is up to you and your objectives – and your stamina!
What more could anyone ask for?
The important thing is to have fun and get to know this beautiful natural region of Spain, so different from your homeland.
Tapas Hopping
Activities in Granada
Tapas Hopping
This group activity offers you the opportunity to discover all the beautiful places in the city while facing different challenges, including a tapas route as you really shouldn’t miss this traditional way of eating and entertaining in Granada!
This group activity offers you the opportunity to discover all the beautiful places in the city while facing different challenges, including a tapas route as you really shouldn’t miss this traditional way of eating and entertaining in Granada!
The tapas trail is one of the best ways to get to know Granada, go to “bar hopping”, tasting their specialties, wondering around the city, discovering its monuments and of course, its rich cuisine. It is much more than a game of ‘take a straw’, is an art, a way of sharing, whilst enjoying its people, conversation and very typical of life in Granada. Not knowing the tapas is to ignore the spirit of its people and their traditions.
We will divide the entire group in smaller teams. Next, every team will receive the instructions for the game together with a map, writing material and at least one photo camera per group. All the teams start at the same time, leaving from the same spot, but they will visit the different challenge spots in a different order for each team. During the tour, the teams have to solve puzzles, find the solution to riddles, take photos, find a legend or history, and taste local dishes. When all of the teams have completed their mission, they all gather at the final destination.
With this city game, we will show you the city’s beautiful places whilst getting to know the city gastronomy, leaving you with a great souvenir and memories of the city.
Tours and Excursions
Activities in Granada
Tours and Excursions
With our extensive experience of this particular area of Spain, we are able to propose to your team many different choices in the matter of tours and excursions, in and around Granada.
With our extensive experience of this particular area of Spain, we are able to propose to your team many different choices in the matter of tours and excursions, in and around Granada.
Visit to Alhambra : This is our ‘top tour’ because the Alhambra Palace is recognized on the World Heritage Sites list of UNESCO, and it is indisputably the most well-known monument in Granada, and one of the most visited tourist destinations in Spain.
We also include a visit to Granada’s Renaissance Cathedral and its Royal Chapel. If you have time, we can visit the Monastery of la Cartuja, the Monastery of San Jeronimo, ans the Science Park Museum. But if there is something not to be missed, it is the corners of the beautiful Old Town, its narrow streets and Moorish markets.
Granada as a Poets’ city : We can organise a theme tour around the personnality of Garcia Lorca. For this, we can visit the University of Granada, chosen by lots of foreign students to learn the intricacies of the Spanish language. The tour can be combined with a ‘tapas stop’, because Granada is considered to be the home of the “tapas art”.
Andalusia Arabic tour : You cannot come to Granada without getting into Sacromonte, which is one of the Flamenco cradles. This ancient neighborhood, full of history, is the place where the “Zambra” was originated. Here, you can enjoy, with more tradition, the show of ‘Tablaos Flamencos’ performed every night flamencos by dancers from the local families. In Albayzin and Sacromonte, you can taste a special couscous and local tapas, and relax with a cup of delicious and refreshing mint tea.
If you are able to stay for two days or more, we can organize many other excursions within the Granada Province such as the white towns of the Alpujarra area which truly conserve the flavour of the region’s past times and traditional ways of life.