Year: 2019

Welcome 2020

Cicerone Team wish you a year full with adventure, trips, happiness and health. We will continue loving Granada with the same passion so we promise to do our best every day for you to have a meaningful experience.

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Cicerone Granada collaborates with the KLM vuela sostenible forum

Since we were born, CICERONE Granada has been aligned with conscious and sustainable tourism. We wanted to contribute to the economic revitalization of the city, but always respecting its roots. What makes it authentic. Putting Granada’s soul at risk means risking our history, our DNA, what we have done to be who we are. Therefore, […]

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The Great Captain in Granada: The sharpest and most faithful soldier

Every era has its own particular values. In the 15th century, honour came first. And to defend and display your honour, you had to do something very difficult: giving everything for the glory of your kingdom and the Crown. The Great Captain, Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, was a master at this. He lived his whole […]

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Lorca and his passion for jazz: the poet of folk music

Federico García Lorca discovered his passion for jazz at a very complicated point in his life. In the midst of a life crisis, but already boasting a certain prestige as a poet and playwright, Federico was advised to go on a journey. The poet from Granada earned a place at Columbia University. This allowed him […]

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Halloween in Granada: ghosts in the city

Granada is a city teeming with lingering souls. Perhaps they’ve got unfinished business, want to protect their homes, eternalise love or they’ve been hurt so badly that they simply cannot find the strength to escape and leave for the land of the dead. Granada is filled with the souls of many who have passed away, […]

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Jewish quarter in Granada: what to see in Realejo

For multiple centuries, Granada was a symbol of the co-existence of three religions. In addition to the Nasrid dynasty in the Albaicin, there was the Jewish quarter known today as Realejo that was situated at the foot of the hill. In this area, which is now located right in the centre of Granada, the Jewish […]

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Cicerone in Lab in Granada. ‘A good manners guide’ for guides

LabIN Granada – the citizens’ laboratory To start this article, we want to introduce you to the new citizens’ project, LabIN Granada. This project originates from the UGR in order to boost participation by the university and members of the public. It aims to be a laboratory designed so that Granada’s citizens can participate more […]

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Cicerone Granada family grows again

At CICERONE, we are very happy because our guide Sofía Serrano has delivered a beautiful baby, called Gabriel. Both the mother and the little one are in great shape and ready to start their adventure together. The whole CICERONE team wishes you much happiness and good health to enjoy it. The world is a beautiful […]

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Celebrating the centenary of Manuel de Falla’s arrival in Granada

If a person decides to come back in a city, it is because the city has left its mark on them first. This happened to Manuel de Falla with Granada, long before he arrived a century ago. Since childhood, he had felt an enormous pull towards the city of the Alhambra. This intensified when he […]

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In memoriam of Thomas Cook: the reporter who invented modern tourism

This week tour operator Thomas Cook has broken. For the sector, it is a loss, not only economic, but also sentimental, since its founder, Thomas Cook, invented tourism as we understand it today 178 years ago. Somehow, it’s as if our mentor had died. Therefore, at CICERONE we want to pay tribute to its founder […]

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