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10/10 Excellent
Robert J.
14 Oct 2017
Victoria was the best!
Before commenting on the place itself, let me just say that Victoria was the best host we've come across and nothing was too much of a hassle for her. Her English was perfect. We locked ourselves out (Victoria did warn us not to leave a set of keys stuck on the inside of front door because it means the other set won't be able to work from the outside but sadly we made the mistake anyway. She arranged to get us in without any fuss). We also couldn't find any supermarkets open on a Friday (random Fiesta) so she rang around for us to find the Carrefour was indeed open so we didn't have drive around aimlessly (Google maps opening hours were hit and miss and our Spanish is non existent).
The place itself is great, plenty big for our family of 4 with 2 small boys (although it's probably half the advertised 240sqm) with a nice courtyard. Very clean. I would have liked a dishwasher but there wasn't one advertised so no surprises. 5 minute walk to the large Nevada Shopping centre with all the big high street names. It's possible to walk to Lidl for food shopping but it would be a bit of a slog back with a few bags so a taxi or car is recommended for food shopping and Carrefour and other supermarkets are a 5 minute drive. They have also just opened the Metro to come to the Nevada shopping centre which takes you to town. We couldn't work out the whole buying a ticket part as it seems you need a ticket or card first somewhere else and then top it up at the tram stop. Or the ability to speak Spanish at a basic level. We didn't try too hard and just got back in the car so it may not be that difficult.
Finally a word on the Alhambra for any visitors to Granada. It's the most visited tourist attraction in Spain and extremely busy, and we were there at the end of September. You can't just show up and buy tickets (unless you queue from 4 am or something). Booking tickets online has to be done 2 months in advance so I hope you were a lot more organised than us. You can get tickets relatively close to your date by booking a tour but you do pay a lot more. So in a mild panic of missing out, we drove up there and walked up to an information desk around 4pm and asked what we could do. The lady there gave me a piece of paper with 'the new' ticket ordering website (not ticketmaster) and we booked tickets easily for the following day. (tickets.alhambra-patronato.es). Queueing the next day to collect the tickets is still a shambles so be patient and at least we got in
Robert J.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017
