GREETINGS FROM THE MAYOR
Granada is in fact an accumulation of heritage, of histories and experiences that are spilled from the hill of the Generalife over the city. But Granada is in addition a live city that gives off youth and joy in its cultural manifestations. Watching around its corners we discover that The Catholic Monarchs lie in this city, here San Juan de Dios worked wonders, there Brother Luis of Granada preached, in that big rambling house Empress Eugenia was born, Federico used to sit down over there….; it even seems to us to hear the Albéniz music coming from the Alhambra when gazing at the Albaicín. Granada is a set of different sensations worthy of being experimented.
Contemplating, being touched by something and enjoying are three good reasons to visit our city. Contemplating its heritage, its light and its landscapes make us see a different city from each different point. Being touched by our Holy Week, by the flamenco, by an opera or by a Lorca´s play; and enjoying its corners, its festivities and its gastronomy; Granada is a very easy walking city without great walking distances.
There is a wide supply, with very modernized shops in the last years, which still maintain a familiar and personal contact with clients, a shopping evening around the city will be a whole experience. There are also many other surprising activities to be enjoyed in the city; learning how to use the medicinal flora of the Darro Valley and preparing natural remedies (such as soaps, oils, ointments) in the Interpretation Centre of the Sacromonte, or attending belly dance and flamenco courses from one day to a whole month. Granada surprises its visitors with new proposals, from the classic to the most vanguard ones.
Granada is a perfect city for children and adults, for traditional and audacious people, for sports people and contemplative ones, for artists and amateurs, for boys and girls…. and for all kind of people; for this reason and as Mayor of Granada, I earnestly invite you to visit and to enjoy our city.