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Years ago, you could
visit all the important things to see in Granada in just one day. 75
years ago, Margot Asquith, The Countess of Oxford noted the following
in her travel book "Places and Persons": "What surprised
me most, both in the Alhambra and Generalife was the absence of guides
and tourists. We only saw a few people dotted about and we didn't hear
anyone speak. This convinced me that Spain is the least visited of any
other European country of equal beauty."
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Times change, nowadays, the Alhambra is reaching saturation point. Anyone who visits the Alhambra under their own steam will have to get up early, find the entrances, look for and pay for parking, wait patiently in the queues in full sun and only if they are lucky, get an entrance ticket on the same day. If not, they will have to stay overnight. In any case without a guide they will visit the Alhambra without seeing without understanding the most important things. |
DINTUR EXCURSIONS SOLVE EVERYTHING
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All you have to do is
make your reservation for the Alhambra and Generaife the day before.
There are daily half day visits. You will be picked up from your hotel
or meeting point and taken on a guided tour in a modern air-conditioned
minibus which has a guide and a hostess.
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THE
PRICE INCLUDES:
-Transport -Tickets -Official local guide in (English, French and Spanish) -Tour of the Alhambra and Generalife
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PRICE PER
PERSON: 3.900 ptas, 23,44 euros.
After the visit you
will be taken back to your hotel or collection point in the centre
of the city. |
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With Dintur you won't have to wait in the queue. They sometimes reach 200m!
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Our minibuses are modern
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DINTUR EXCURSIONES also
offers guided tours to any place in Granada and Andalucía. There
are private guided tours in any language with no minimum amount of people
. Please ask for prices.
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A FEW LINES MORE
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N.B. Apart from eliminating the risk of coming to Granada without seeing the 7th wonder of the world, DINTUR EXCURSIONES have selected guides who won't be willing to deny that the Palace of Carlos V "is one of the finest architectural creations of the renaissance, perhaps, the most beautiful that can be found outside of Italy" which is the opinion of Gallego Burín. |
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Neither will the guides
of DINTUR EXCURSIONES, repeat parrot fashion any of the rather doubtful
explanations which are widely accepted as the truth. For example, they
will not tell you that Generalife means "Garden of the Architect"
in Arabic because garden is "hadíka" or "bustan"
if it is a vegetable garden and architect is "muhandis mi'mariy'y"
and "arif". Any professor of classical Arabic from Cairo or
expert on orinetal languages in Paris will tell you that "ÿán'na'
r-ráha`alíf " shound be translated as: "Paradise
of the pleasing rest" or "Pleasing Paradise"
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Would you like to know more? For example, about the true meaning of the Alhambra which is supposedly the "red house" but as anyone can see, is ochre not red...
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