Year: 2014

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Welcome 2015!

Because 2014 has been a good year, but we are sure that 2015 can do better. We wish you all the happiness for this new year. Welcome 2015!

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Granada, City of Literature by UNESCO

Granada has been internationally recognised by UNESCO as City of Literature, in response to the request submitted by the municipal government this past March. With this decision, Granada becomes the only Spanish-language city included in the network of creative cities in the category of literature, along with Bilbao, which appears in the design category, of […]

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Mysteries en la Real Chancillería

Granada’s Real Chancillería is a majestic building rising imposingly in one of Granada’s main squares, Plaza Nueva, and its one of the essential stops on any route around Mysterious Granada. It is currently home to the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia, as well as the Senior Prosecutor’s Office for the Autonomous Community, continuing to […]

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Cicerone connects Granada to Viena

The Granada’s International Festival of Music and Dance has just come to an end and once again, CICERONE has collaborated with the institutions involved, this time around in order to bring Granada one step closer to the musical capital of the world, Vienna. At the start of this month, a group of journalists and cultural […]

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La Madraza in Granada

On our guided walk through Granada and the Albayzin, one of the most interest provoking places for visitors is La Madraza de Granada. Also known as Yusufiyya or house of science, this building, located on Calle Oficios was the first Andalusian university, founded in 1349 by King Yusuf I. It was the headquarters for the […]

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Cicerone guided tours get the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence

Tours around Granada accompanied by Cicerone is an excellent experience; an unforgettable memory for our customers, as they have demonstrated on the world’s biggest travel networking site. For the third consecutive year our guided tours around Granada have been awarded with TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence, thanks to the great ratings that our visitors have given our […]

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Dar al-Horra Palace, the House of the Honest Lady

On Callejón de las Monjas, right in the heart of the Albayzín (Tour Albaicín and Sacromonte), safeguarded between the convent of Santa Isabel la Real and the Zirid wall that has surrounded the city since the 11th century, is one of Granada’s many Nasrid treasures and one of its lesser known yet more interesting monuments. […]

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Alcazaba Qadima, the first walled urban of Granada

Information from: GranadaiMedia Remains of the first walled urban estate in Granada, from the Zirid period, have been discovered on the ground floor of a residential and commercial space building in the Plaza de Santa Inés Alta in the Albayzín. The focus is on an 18-metre stretch of wall which forms part of the old Alcazaba […]

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Cicerone’s update

At Cicerone we never get tired of making sure we offer the best way to show Granada to all those who want to experience it. Whether you’re a visitor or a local, anyone who wants to explore the prettiest corners of the Albayzín, or get to know some very curious tales about Realejo and the […]

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Agrila, the fairy of the Albayzin

Today we want to give you the gift of a precious and popular legend from the Albayzin in Granada. If you’re left wanting more, don’t forget to take a wander around Albaicin at twilight with our walking guided tour. The legend says that in Nasrid times, on summer nights, with the cooler air, youngster ladies […]

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