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We go to Fuente Vaqueros where Lorca was born in 1898; in his own words: "this most pleasant, modern, earthy and liberal of villages". We will also visit Valderrubio and see the original House of Bernardo Alba, as well as the poet's family house, which was the centre of his father's agricultural operations for many years. Other places worth visiting are the Fuente La Teja on the banks of the River Cubillas, the Moorish Tower near Romilla, the Vega de Zujaira, and the farmhouse at Daimuz. Lorca lived the first ten years of his life on the Vega and these formative years provided him with a never-ending source of inspiration for his mature works. Until 1925, when his father bought the Huerta de San Vicente in Granada, the poet spent every summer in Valderrubio. There is a virtual version of this tour Duration: 4 - 5 hours. Price: 75 euros for one, two or three people. We go in my own car, so if there are more than three adults, special arrangements need to be made. To book a tour or for further information, mail me. |
| The centre
of Granada |
There are various
routes that can be taken through the centre of Granada. One of them is
a general tour introducing the visitor to Lorca's Granada. Another
focuses on the poet's youth and adolescence .
Lorca lived in Granada permanently from 1909 to 1919, when he left for Madrid "without any other purpose than that of being there" (these are the words of his father). But even after 1919 he used to spend his holidays with his family and often he stayed in Granada for several months at a time. On this route, we will see what remains of the Granada of Lorca's youth, the Granada he loved and hated, in which he sometimes felt suffocated but yet "opened the vein of its lyrical secret to him". Another walk takes a look at Lorca's aesthetic view of Granada. Lorca had very clear ideas about what constituted the special aesthetic of Granada. The city, he said, had no "Caesarian tradition" of pompous and imposing official buildings; closer to the spirit of the city was the little tower of the Church of Saint Ana "more suitable for pidgeons to alight in than for heavy church bells". On this walk we look at buildings and cityscapes that adhere to the poet's view of the aesthetic of Granada, and others that destroy its harmony. Composite and special interest tours can be arranged to suit the interests of the visitor. Duration: 2 hours. Price: 12 euros per person; minimum 25 euros. To book a tour or for further information, mail me. |
| Last return
to Granada |
The tour starts
at the Huerta de San Vicente, where "surrounded by black fig trees
and little jets of water" Lorca returned a few days before Franco's military
uprising. He came for the peace and quiet he needed to continue work on
his latest projects. The tour ends on the road between Víznar and
Alfacar near the Fuente Grande, Ainadamar, "the Fountain of Tears",
where Lorca was one of the many victims of the self-appointed "death squads"
let loose in Granada in the first weeks of the Spanish Civil War.
We follow the poet's footsteps during the last dramatic days of his life from the idyllic haven of the Huerta to the falangist stronghold of the Rosales house near plaza de Trinidad, to his arrest at the Civil government building and then his "disappearance" one August night in 1936. Duration: 4 hours. Price: 75 euros for one, two or three people. We go in my own car, so if there are more than three adults, special arrangements need to be made. To book a tour or for further information, mail me. |
| Round the
Alhambra |
This tour does
not include a visit to the Nazarid Palaces themselves, but it takes in
many places nearby that have Lorquian connotations, including the Carmen
de los Mártires, the Alhambra Palace Hotel and Manuel de Falla’s
carmen, today a museum dedicated to the life and work of the musician,
a close friend of Lorca’s family.
This route might be of special value to those interested in Lorca's concern for the cante jondo as it takes in the venue of the festival organised by Lorca, de Falla and others in June 1922. We can also visit the theatre in the Alhambra Palace Hotel where Lorca read his lecture about the cante jondo and later read from his collection Poema del cante jondo. A Lorca tour that includes a visit to the Alhambra can be made by special arrangement Duration: 2 hours. Price: 15 euros per person; minimum 30 euros. To book a tour or for further information, mail me. |
| Special
Interests |
All kinds of tours
can be arranged for visitor's who have some special interest related to
Lorca's Granada. Bike rides from the Huerta de San Vicente to Fuente
Vaqueros and Valderrubio can be organised. Maybe you would like to visit
Moclin where the pilgrimage that inspired the last scene in Yerma
is still held every 5 October. We can drive down to Almeria and visit the
Cortijo
del Fraile where the actual wedding that inspired Bodas de Sangre
took place. Follow the poet's footsteps through the Alhambra...
These tours can all be made by special arrangement. Further information . |
This is my comprehensive webpage on Garcia Lorca with a chronology of important events in his life, as well as information about his life and times, and pages dedicated to his poetry, theatre, prose, his involvement in music and art, and a long list of links to related sites. My website Granada la bella - links to Rosa's Homestay and Bed & Breakfast etc. Granada en la Red (Comprehensive list of links about Granada.)
updated January 2007 |
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