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Roots Earth in Granada: audio stories about 43 places

Roots Earth has audio stories about 43 places in Granada, Spain, in Europe. The Granada stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Granada, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people.

The 43 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026.

Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: granada.md

The 43 places in Granada with audio stories

In the order the app shows them.

  1. Alhambra
  2. Nasrid Palaces
  3. Alcazaba
  4. Generalife
  5. Palace of Charles V
  6. Albaicín
  7. Granada Cathedral
  8. Royal Chapel of Granada
  9. Mirador de San Nicolás
  10. Sacromonte
  11. Charterhouse of Granada
  12. Corral del Carbón
  13. Alcaicería
  14. Plaza Bib-Rambla
  15. El Bañuelo
  16. Monastery of Saint Jerome
  17. Carrera del Darro
  18. Plaza Nueva
  19. Royal Chancery of Granada
  20. Madrasa of Granada
  21. Puerta de Elvira
  22. Paseo de los Tristes
  23. Basilica of San Juan de Dios
  24. Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo
  25. Royal Hospital of Granada
  26. Puerta del Vino
  27. Torres Bermejas
  28. Plaza Isabel la Católica
  29. Fuente de las Batallas
  30. Carmen de los Mártires
  31. Auditorio Manuel de Falla
  32. Realejo
  33. Campo del Príncipe
  34. Calle Navas Tapas Bars
  35. Carmen Houses of the Albaicín
  36. Ermita de San Miguel Alto
  37. Mercado de San Agustín
  38. Abbey of Sacromonte
  39. Sacromonte Caves Museum
  40. Huerta de San Vicente (Lorca House)
  41. University Quarter
  42. Plaza de San Miguel Bajo
  43. Carmen de la Victoria

Is there an audio guide for Alhambra?

Yes. Alhambra has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian.

It is place 1 of the 43 Granada places in the app, at 37.176, -3.58812. Every one of the other 42 places in the list above has the same two stories.

Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself.

How to use Roots Earth in Granada

Open Roots Earth and choose Granada. The city has its own map of places with all 43 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order.

You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.

In full

All 43 places in Granada, in the app's order, with their coordinates.

All 43 places in Granada, with coordinates

Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print.

1. Alhambra

Coordinates
37.176, -3.58812
In one line
A red-walled palace-city raised by the Nasrid dynasty from 1238 on the Sabika hill above Granada. The last great Muslim royal complex in Western Europe, it fuses fortress, palaces and gardens beneath the Sierra Nevada.

2. Nasrid Palaces

Coordinates
37.17716, -3.58858
In one line
The royal residences at the heart of the Alhambra, built mainly in the 14th century under Yusuf the First and Muhammad the Fifth. Their courtyards, carved stucco and the Court of the Lions mark the summit of Nasrid art.

3. Alcazaba

Coordinates
37.17688, -3.59172
In one line
The oldest part of the Alhambra, a military citadel rebuilt by Muhammad the First after 1238 on 11th-century foundations. Its towers, led by the Torre de la Vela, guard the western tip of the hill and command sweeping views over Granada.

4. Generalife

Coordinates
37.17694, -3.58481
In one line
The Nasrid sultans' summer palace and gardens on the hill beside the Alhambra, laid out around 1300 and remodeled in the early 14th century. Its terraces, pavilions and the Patio de la Acequia form one of the oldest surviving Moorish gardens in Spain.

5. Palace of Charles V

Coordinates
37.17671, -3.58884
In one line
A Renaissance palace ordered by Emperor Charles the Fifth in 1527 and built inside the Alhambra by Pedro Machuca. Square outside and circular within, its unprecedented round courtyard set Italian classical ideals against the Nasrid palaces nearby.

6. Albaicín

Coordinates
37.1812, -3.5929
In one line
Granada's historic Moorish quarter on the hill facing the Alhambra, its medieval street plan surviving from Nasrid times. A maze of white houses, walled gardens and viewpoints, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.

7. Granada Cathedral

Coordinates
37.17642, -3.59912
In one line
A vast Renaissance cathedral begun in 1523 on the site of Granada's main mosque, redesigned by Diego de Siloe with a domed circular sanctuary. Its luminous white interior and Baroque facade by Alonso Cano took nearly two centuries to complete.

8. Royal Chapel of Granada

Coordinates
37.17608, -3.59866
In one line
Late Gothic funerary chapel built between 1505 and 1517 as the burial place of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic Monarchs. Their marble tombs, a royal museum, and an ornate iron screen mark the symbolic climax of the Reconquista.

9. Mirador de San Nicolás

Coordinates
37.18185, -3.59294
In one line
A gathering place for street musicians, artists, and crowds drawn by its celebrated sunsets.

10. Sacromonte

Coordinates
37.18369, -3.5842
In one line
Hillside district of whitewashed cave dwellings on the Valparaíso slopes above the Darro, long home to Granada's Roma community and the birthplace of the zambra flamenco tradition. Crowned by a 17th-century abbey built over caves of disputed early Christian relics.

11. Charterhouse of Granada

Coordinates
37.1908, -3.6033
In one line
Carthusian monastery founded in 1506 and built over roughly three centuries, famous for one of the most extravagant Baroque interiors in Spain. Its dazzling sacristy and tabernacle contrast sharply with the austerity expected of the silent Carthusian order.

12. Corral del Carbón

Coordinates
37.17436, -3.5989
In one line
A 14th-century Nasrid caravanserai, the only one preserved on the Iberian Peninsula, where merchants once stored goods and lodged. Marked by a grand horseshoe-arch portal, it later served as a coal yard and a theater, and ranks among Granada's oldest surviving buildings.

13. Alcaicería

Coordinates
37.17533, -3.59879
In one line
Network of narrow, covered lanes beside the cathedral, once a walled Nasrid silk bazaar controlled by the crown. After a fire in 1843 it was rebuilt smaller in neo-Moorish style, and today its tiny shops sell crafts and souvenirs.

14. Plaza Bib-Rambla

Coordinates
37.17574, -3.59967
In one line
Lively square near the cathedral, once a Nasrid marketplace named for an Arabic city gate. It has hosted festivals, jousts, and Inquisition book burnings, and today centers on the 17th-century Fountain of the Giants amid flower stalls and cafés.

15. El Bañuelo

Coordinates
37.1783, -3.5937
In one line
A rare surviving Islamic bathhouse on the Carrera del Darro, dating from the 11th or 12th century. Its brick vaults, marble columns, and star-shaped skylights make it one of the best-preserved Arab baths in Spain.

16. Monastery of Saint Jerome

Coordinates
37.17852, -3.60413
In one line
The first monastery founded in Granada after the Christian conquest, begun on this site in 1504. Designed largely by Diego de Siloé, its Renaissance church holds the tomb of the celebrated general Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba.

17. Carrera del Darro

Coordinates
37.1776, -3.5944
In one line
Often called Granada's most beautiful street, this cobbled riverside lane follows the Darro between the Alhambra and the Albaicín. Old stone bridges, Renaissance houses, and Moorish remains line its course toward the Paseo de los Tristes.

18. Plaza Nueva

Coordinates
37.1768, -3.5969
In one line
Granada's oldest square, laid out between 1506 and 1515 by vaulting over the Darro river. It marks the meeting of the city's main streets and is dominated by the Renaissance facade of the Royal Chancery.

19. Royal Chancery of Granada

Coordinates
37.17699, -3.5964
In one line
A Mannerist palace of justice on Plaza Nueva, built between 1531 and 1587 to house the high royal court for southern Spain. Its courtyard is attributed to Diego de Siloé, and it remains a working court of law today.

20. Madrasa of Granada

Coordinates
37.17626, -3.59836
In one line
The only surviving Islamic university of Nasrid Granada, founded in 1349 by Sultan Yusuf I. Its original domed prayer hall survives behind a later Baroque facade, near the cathedral and the old silk bazaar.

21. Puerta de Elvira

Coordinates
37.1803, -3.6024
In one line
A monumental Nasrid-era gateway, the principal entrance into medieval Muslim Granada. Rebuilt in the 14th century from older Zirid walls, its great horseshoe arch and rammed-earth towers still mark the city's historic northern edge.

22. Paseo de los Tristes

Coordinates
37.1788, -3.5906
In one line
A riverside promenade at the eastern end of the Carrera del Darro, framed by the Darro stream and the towering walls of the Alhambra above. Its name, meaning the Walk of the Sad, recalls funeral processions that once passed this way toward the city cemetery.

23. Basilica of San Juan de Dios

Coordinates
37.1792, -3.6011
In one line
A masterpiece of Granadan Baroque built between 1737 and 1759 to house the remains of Saint John of God, founder of the Brothers Hospitallers. Its interior glows with gilded carving from floor to dome, sheltering a silver urn that holds the saint's relics.

24. Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo

Coordinates
37.1712, -3.5964
In one line
A rare 13th-century Nasrid palace hall in the Realejo quarter, among the oldest surviving royal structures of the dynasty.

25. Royal Hospital of Granada

Coordinates
37.1845, -3.6015
In one line
A grand Renaissance hospital founded by the Catholic Monarchs in 1504 and begun in 1511 to designs by Enrique Egas. Built on a cross plan around four courtyards, it once treated the sick and now houses the University of Granada.

26. Puerta del Vino

Coordinates
37.17653, -3.5901
In one line
One of the oldest gates of the Alhambra, built under Muhammad the Third in the early 14th century as an inner entrance to the fortress town. Its two facades carry Nasrid tilework, carved stucco and the symbolic key marking the royal city.

27. Torres Bermejas

Coordinates
37.1743, -3.5918
In one line
Three rammed-earth towers on the Mauror hill facing the Alhambra, with roots in Granada's earliest defenses around the 8th and 9th centuries. Once an independent fortress, they were linked to the Alhambra in the 14th century and later served as barracks and prison.

28. Plaza Isabel la Católica

Coordinates
37.17492, -3.59793
In one line
A central square where Granada's two main avenues meet, named for Queen Isabella the First. Its bronze monument by Mariano Benlliure shows the queen receiving Christopher Columbus, unveiled in 1892 for the 400th anniversary of his first voyage and moved here in 1962.

29. Fuente de las Batallas

Coordinates
37.17268, -3.5987
In one line
A stone fountain at the heart of Puerta Real, Granada's busiest meeting point. Moved here around 1950, it crowns the square where the city's two great boulevards converge and where granadinos have gathered since the 16th century.

30. Carmen de los Mártires

Coordinates
37.1719, -3.5882
In one line
The largest of Granada's cármenes, a 19th-century palace set in more than seven hectares of gardens on the Alhambra hill. French, English and Nasrid-inspired grounds wrap around a lake, on a site that held Christian captives and, later, a Carmelite convent.

31. Auditorio Manuel de Falla

Coordinates
37.1732, -3.5903
In one line
A concert hall on the Alhambra hill, opened in 1978 and named for composer Manuel de Falla, who lived nearby. Designed by José María García de Paredes to settle into the slope, it seats around 1,240 and anchors Granada's celebrated international music festival.

32. Realejo

Coordinates
37.1722, -3.5956
In one line
Granada's old Jewish quarter on the slopes below the Alhambra, once called Garnata al-Yahud. After 1492 its synagogues gave way to convents and churches, and today its steep lanes blend historic monuments with tapas bars, bold street art and ordinary neighbourhood life.

33. Campo del Príncipe

Coordinates
37.1704, -3.5943
In one line
A long, sloping square in the Realejo, formed in 1497 when Campo de la Loma was leveled, near former Islamic cemeteries. Watched over by the revered Cristo de los Favores of 1640, it is now a lively hub of tapas and neighbourhood life.

34. Calle Navas Tapas Bars

Coordinates
37.1743, -3.597
In one line
Order a drink at any of them and a plate of food arrives at no charge, drawing locals and visitors for long evenings of bar-hopping.

35. Carmen Houses of the Albaicín

Coordinates
37.183, -3.5918
In one line
The traditional walled garden houses of Granada, concentrated in the Albaicín. Behind high whitewashed walls each carmen hides a private orchard and garden with fountains, fruit trees and views of the Alhambra, a domestic survival of the city's Moorish gardening tradition.

36. Ermita de San Miguel Alto

Coordinates
37.189, -3.5868
In one line
A small white hermitage crowning the highest point of the Albaicín, begun in 1671 after the demolition of a Nasrid watchtower. From its terrace the whole of Granada, the Alhambra, and the Sierra Nevada open out in a single sweep.

37. Mercado de San Agustín

Coordinates
37.1768, -3.6001
In one line
Granada's main covered food market, tucked behind the cathedral on the site of a former Augustinian convent. Under one roof, stalls of fish, meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables supply the old town from the produce of the surrounding Vega plain.

38. Abbey of Sacromonte

Coordinates
37.1876, -3.5793
In one line
A hilltop abbey founded in the early 17th century by Archbishop Pedro de Castro, above the caves where relics of Saint Caecilius and the disputed Lead Books were discovered in 1595. It became a major pilgrimage and college site overlooking Granada.

39. Sacromonte Caves Museum

Coordinates
37.1823, -3.5811
In one line
An open-air museum on the Valparaíso hillside, opened in 2002, where restored cave dwellings tell the story of Sacromonte's Roma community, its trades and its flamenco. Eleven caves across the slope re-create troglodyte life facing the Alhambra.

40. Huerta de San Vicente (Lorca House)

Coordinates
37.1666, -3.6074
In one line
The García Lorca family's summer home from 1926 to 1936, where the poet wrote some of his greatest plays. Preserved much as he left it and opened as a museum in 1995, it now stands in a park on the edge of Granada.

41. University Quarter

Coordinates
37.1818, -3.6048
In one line
The lively district around the University of Granada, founded in 1531, where roughly sixty thousand students fill the bars, lecture halls and squares. One of Europe's favourite Erasmus destinations, it gives the old city its youthful, around-the-clock energy.

42. Plaza de San Miguel Bajo

Coordinates
37.1829, -3.5976
In one line
A leafy neighbourhood square in the lower Albaicín, gathered around the church of San Miguel Bajo and a 13th-century Nasrid cistern. Lined with bar terraces beneath old trees, it remains one of the quarter's most beloved everyday meeting places.

43. Carmen de la Victoria

Coordinates
37.1788, -3.59
In one line
A walled garden-house on the Cuesta del Chapiz, the Carmen de la Victoria is a classic Granada carmen of terraced orchards, a cypress walk and small fountains. Owned by the University of Granada, it frames one of the closest, quietest views of the Alhambra.

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