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Arrival and information
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Virtually everything of interest in Granada - including the hills of the
Alhambra
(to the east) and
Sacromonte
(to the north) - is within easy walking distance of the centre.
The train station (tel 958 271 272) is a kilometre or so out on Avenida de Andaluces, off Avenida de la ConstituciA?n; to get into town, buses #3, #4, #6 and #9 run direct to Gran VAa de ColA?n and the centre of town, and bus #11 takes a circular route - inbound on the Gran VAa and back out via the Puerta Real and Camino de Ronda. The most central stop is by the cathedral on the Gran VAa. The city's main bus station , Carretera de JaAİn s/n, is some way out of the centre in the northern suburbs, and handles all services except those to the Sierra Nevada, Valencia and Barcelona. Bus #3 leaves from outside and will drop you near the cathedral (a fifteen-minute journey). For information on bus departures check with the individual companies: Alsina Graells (tel 958 185 480) at the main bus station runs services to and from Madrid, JaAİn, A?beda, CA?rdoba, Sevilla, MA?laga, Alpujarras, Motril, Guadix, AlmerAa and the coast; Empresa Bonal (tel 958 273 100), Avda. ConstituciA?n 34, has buses to the north side of the Sierra Nevada; Empresa AutedAa (tel 958 153 636), c/Rector MartAn 10, off Avda. ConstituciA?n, runs more services to Guadix; and Empresa Bacoma (tel 958 284 251), Avda. AndalucAa 12, near the train station, has buses to Valencia/Alicante and Barcelona. All terminals are on bus routes #3, #4 and #11. Arriving by air , there's a bus (7 daily; 30min; a?Ĵ4.40 one way) connecting the airport, 17km west of the city on the A92 autovAa , with Plaza Isabel La CatA?lica; alternatively, a taxi should cost about a?Ĵ15.
Full details and bus timetables - and much else besides - should be posted on the walls of the
turismo
(Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 10am-2pm; tel 958 225 990), c/Mariana Pineda, in the Corral del CarbA?n near the cathedral, just off the eastern side of c/Reyes CatA?licos. There's also a very helpful (and less frenetic)
municipal tourist office
(Mon-Fri 9.30am-7pm, Sat 10am-2pm; tel 958 226 688) at Plaza Mariana Pineda 10. For listings, the monthly
GuAa del Ocio
(available from newspaper
kioscos
) details most of what's happening on the cultural and entertainment front, though it tends to be less up-to-date than the city's daily paper,
Ideal
, which is particularly good in its weekend editions. Other useful information
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