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Alhambra Private Tour from Malaga: Explore Nasrid Palaces and Generalife
4.9
68 Ratings
Granada
Embark on a 7 to 8-hour private tour of one of Spain’s most visited and significant Islamic monuments with a skip-the-line ticket. Accompanied by an official guide, tour the Islamic palaces and explore the breath-taking summer palace and gardens of the Generalife.
Duration:
8 hours
Highlights
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The Alhambra - Experience the fascinating history of Granada on a 7 to 8-hour guided tour of the Alhambra, Nasrid Palaces and Generalife summer palace with a skip-the-line ticket. Led by a specialist and historian guide, explore the vast complex dating back more than 600 years and marvel at the magnificent blend of Islamic art and culture.
Walk through the chambers and corridors of the Nasrid Palaces, the 14th-century miracle that shines as the Alhambra’s jewel, and admire the intricate designs of the Mexuar, Comares, and Lions courtyard. Explore the military fortification of Alcazaba and the recreational palace and gardens of Generalife.
Your tour includes pickup and drop-off via private coach from Malaga, Fuengirola, Marbella, Torremolinos, and Benalmadena. After the tour, enjoy free time for 1 to 2 hours to explore the shops, restaurants, and museums outside ( city center) or inside Alhambra. The tour concludes with a return drive to Malaga (about 1hr 30min).
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from Málaga and Surrounds
- Private tour with a professional art historian guide
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines
- Port pickup and drop-off
- Transport by private vehicle with driver
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
- Due to the great demand of tickets and to the restriction of the number of visitors per day, we recommend you to book at least one month in advance
- Entrance to the Nasrid Palaces, Alcazaba, and Generalife Gardens is included
- Once the tour is confirmed, the local tour operator will send you the appointment time as soon as possible
- A maximum of 8 people per booking
- Please note: the Alhambra requires that all passengers provide the full name, date of birth and passport details for each participant when booking. If not provided, the Alhambra may deny access to their premises.
- Keep in mind that The Alhambra closes every December 25 and January 1, we will always assign the visit either for December 26 or for January 2
- If you have a specific start time in mind for your tour, please inform our supplier as soon as possible and they will make every effort to accommodate your request. Please keep in mind, however, that the start time may be subject to change depending on the Nasrid Palaces appointment time provided by the administration of Alhambra, and therefore cannot be guaranteed. If you have not received an email informing you of the tour start time four days prior to your scheduled tour, please contact the tour supplier. Please note that the starting time printed on your voucher is only an approximation, and the exact start time will be communicated to you via email or SMS. To ensure that you receive timely updates, please provide a valid phone number in case the tour supplier needs to contact you regarding any changes to your tour that may be enforced by the Alhambra administration
- Please bring your original ID or Passport the day of the visit.
- Our tour includes the tickets. The Alhambra system requires that you provide us with all full names, as the tickets are nominative (you will need to bring your passport or ID card on the day of the visit). We would also like to inform you that the tour may be canceled due to sold-out tickets, although our cancellation rate is on average less than 0.4%. It can happen because Alhambra tickets are limited, and sometimes they may not be available for various reasons. However, we have a success rate of over 99% in obtaining them due to our dedication and experience. But please rest assured, this happens very rarely; you are in good hands. We prefer to inform you about the system and this is how all agencies operate
Location
The Alhambra
Calle Real de la Alhambra, s/n, Palacio de Carlos V
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Customer Ratings
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Jennifer_d
Jun 30, 2024
Beautiful day in Granada at Alhambra! - Our guide was so friendly and knowledgeable. The Alhambra is beautiful but there are so many unique details in the architecture that we would have missed if we simply chose to walk through on our own. We all learned so much about the history of the palace, the gardens and Granada from this tour.
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Prarthita_j
Jun 24, 2024
Day trip to Granada - Highly recommend taking this tour. We were picked up from our hotel in Marbella and had a wonderful private tour.
Special shout-out to our tour guide Abu Bakr. He was very passionate, knowledgeable and well verses in Arabic to give us a well rounded tour experience.
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Geraldine_s
Jun 15, 2024
Outstanding tour guide - Just as advertised, this tour provides a private and truly memorable experience at the Alhambra. We were picked up at the port for a 2 hour drive to Granada. If you are docked in Malaga be sure you have enough time for this must-see. After some free time to sightsee and have lunch in Granada we were driven to the Alhambra to meet our guide. It certainly was nice to skip the lines. Best of all we got the insights of someone so passionate and knowledgeable. I cannot say enough about the quality of his talks. We had a bit of a scare on our return from Granada when the taxi died. But another picked us up and we were quite relieved to reach the ship in time.
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Mariamoore879
Jun 5, 2024
Wonderful! Must do!!! - Must do! Our driver and tour guide were friendly, knowledgeable and exceptionally accommodating to our needs.
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Banu_t
Jun 5, 2024
Beautiful Alhambra - This tour was amazing from the pick up, drive to Grenada, to the tour of the Alhambra with Abu Bakir. You could tell his love of the history of the palace, and he provided such interesting details and significance of the various symbolisms. He was even able to keep the interest of our teens. Our driver, Johanna was extremely professional and also provided us with such interesting details on the drive from Malaga to Grenada. I would absolutely recommend this tour.
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Abbiec537
May 31, 2024
Amazing tour! - Isabelle was so knowledgeable, funny, and engaging! The tour was informative and we learned so much. Highly recommended.
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Ronni_s
May 30, 2024
The best way to see the Alhambra - Had an amazing time. Pepe, our driver, told us about Malaga and the surrounding area on our drive to the Alhambra. Isabel, our guide, met us at the Alhambra and was a wealth of information. She answered our questions and told us so many interesting stories. Afterwards, we went to the city center and had an amazing lunch per Pepe’s recommendation. Door to door service. Highly recommend
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Katherine_l
May 25, 2024
Alhambra tour - We were fortunate to have a Muslim guide who was able to provide history of Alhambra and provided insight into the language and meaning behind the many writings in the palaces. Excellent guide who answered all our questions.
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Ann_g
May 19, 2024
A wonderful day!! - This was wonderful! After the busy Malaga city center, it was SO NICE to have a private tour (There were 4 of us.) with Mohammed, our tour guide. Mohammed picked us up from our hotel (so nice!) and, as we drove to Alhambra, he pointed out points of interest and told us of the history of the areas. Once we got to Alhambra, we by-passed all of the lines as he took us on a tour of Alhambra, the Nasrid Palaces (a MUST SEE!) and the Generalife house.... as well as through the gardens. After this wonderful tour, Mohammed suggested and took us to the Hotel Alhambra Palace so that we could get lunch on our own. The food was great, but the view was awe-inspiring. We had lunch on a terrace overlooking the city. Heading back to our hotel, Mohammed drove us a different way so that we could ride with a view of the coast and the ocean. It was a wonderful day!! It was well worth the extra expense to have a relaxing private tour without the bustle of a lot of people packed in a bus.
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Allison_w
May 23, 2024
Overall good but not private - We.liked.our guide very much but we were not on a private tour. We had strangers on our tour because the had to combine us because one of the tour operators was "sick" that morning. I asked for a partial refund. The grounds and the tour was lovely and we learned a lot.
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