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The Upper Albaicín: from San Nicolás to the Puerta de Elvira
You walk down through the square that was emptied when the Moriscos were taken away, pass the gate a prophecy kept shut, and reach the little square where a cleric planted fake ruins.
After 1492: Conversion, Revolt and Expulsion in Granada: audio walks
What became of the Muslims, Jews and Moriscos of the conquered city?
4 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksThe conquest of Granada didn't close the history of the people who lived there. This theme follows what came after 1492: conversions, revolts and expulsion, with attention to Muslims, Jews and Moriscos. The routes approach those changes through city locations, rather than presenting a long and contested transformation as a simple change of name.
In “Central Granada”: Burned books and the school beneath the plaster let you look at the centre through the cultural changes that followed the conquest.
In “The Upper Albaicín”: You walk down through the square that was emptied when the Moriscos were taken away, pass the gate a prophecy kept shut, and reach the little square where a cleric planted fake ruins.
In “The Realejo”: In the house next door Francisco Suárez must have been born: the boy the Jesuits turned down as unpromising, who became one of the most influential philosophers of his time.
Choose from 4 independent walks in Granada. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Central Granada: the Cathedral, the Alcaicería and Bib-Rambla
Burned books and the school beneath the plaster let you look at the centre through the cultural changes that followed the conquest.
The Realejo: The Jewish Quarter You Can't See and the Convent District
In the house next door Francisco Suárez must have been born: the boy the Jesuits turned down as unpromising, who became one of the most influential philosophers of his time.
Sacromonte: From the Abbey to the Casa del Chapiz
On the Camino del Sacromonte you'll meet an abbot who collected Roman inscriptions, the spring across the valley where Ganivet gathered his friends, the Morisco who defended the zambras before the president of the royal court, the caves a French traveller described and the rain that emptied the hill in 1963.
Granada, before you go
Check the slope before joining two dots on the map. Good shoes, breaks and one neighbourhood at a time keep Granada’s hills from taking over the whole trip.
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