Granada

Traffic in Granada is very congested and there are a lot of crazy drivers.

We recommend either walking or taking the bus around town. The bus system is easy to follow and they run quite frequently.

Air
Granada airport is 18 km from Granada city centre. To get from the airport there is a bus service (3 €) or taxis (20 € aprox.) when the bus is not available. Buses timetable from Granada airport: 9:00, 12:45, 13:40, 17:20, 18:15 and 19:45. The bus stops in La Caleta, Gran Via, Fuente de las Batallas & Palacio de Congresos (ESCOP Congress Centre).

Granada Airport receives international flights, Ryanair from London Stanstead, Ryanair from Liverpool from 26th April 2005 and Monarch from London Gatwick from 19th May 2005.

Flight Information: Tel: (+34) 95 824 52 37
Iberia airlines office at the Airport: Tel. (+34) 958 245 237

Buses
Granada's bus station is at Carretera de Jaen s/n, the continuation of Avenida de Madrid, 3 km north west of the centre. All services operate from here except for a few to nearby destinations such as Fuente Vaqueros, Viznar and the Estacion de Esqui Sierra Nevada. Lockers used for more than 24 hours cost 2 Euros and there's a large cafeteria. Alsina Graells runs to Las Alpujarras, Cordoba eight times daily, Seville nine times daily, Seville nine times daily, Malaga fourteen times daily and Jaen, Baeza, Ubeda, Cazorla, Almeria, Almunecar and Nerja several times daily.

You can consult the timetable, fares and destinations in: www.alsinagraells.es

Transport Company	Telephone	Destinations
Alsina Graells Sur	958-185010 958 185480	Alsina Graells is the biggest transport enterprise and it will take you to the majority of the destinations in Andalusia .
Bus Granada-Madrid	958-25 13 50	Almuñécar, Motril, Granada, Madrid.
Bacoma	958-28 42 51 958 15 75 57 958 150556	Alicante, Barcelona, Castellón, Tarragona, Valencia, Elche, Denia, Gandía
Linebus/Autogranadina	958 171886	Morocco , France , Belgium , Holland , Germany , Italy , Portugal . Algarve, Lisboa, Fátima, Oporto.
Coach Bonal	958 465022	Sierra Nevada
Bus Granada-Madrid	958 202905	Madrid

Trains
The station is 1.5 km west of the centre on Avenida de Andaluces, off Avenida de la Constitucion. Lockers used for more than 24 hours cost 5 euros for 24 hours. Three trains run daily to and from Antequera and Seville and to and from Almeria. To Madrid there is a daily Talgo at 3.40 pm and a night train. One train daily goes to Valencia and Barcelona.

By Car
Car rental is expensive with weekly rates starting at around 220 €, including insurance.

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