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Staying in the Albaicín: terrain trade-offs
The short answer
Choose the Albaicín if you want the old quarter's cisterns, walls and museums within a few minutes' walk and can accept slopes: sampled ground runs from 690 m to 774 m, an 84 m spread. It suits walkers with light luggage. Skip it if you need a metro station nearby; none is mapped within 1200 m. The catch: the south-west sample maps 23 bars and pubs, against 0 in the north.
Quick facts
- Night-noise risk
- Medium
- 9 bars, pubs and clubs within 250 m
- Climb
- 84 m
- 690 to 774 m across 9 points
- Metro walk
- None
- mapped within 1.2 km
- Hotels mapped
- 13
- within 500 m in OpenStreetMap
Who it suits, who should skip it
Good for
- Walkers who want Aljibe del Rey and Muralla zirí within 66 m and 95 m of the anchor
- Travellers comfortable with uneven ground across an 84 m sampled elevation spread
- Visitors happy to rely on foot or local transport, with no metro mapped within 1200 m
Skip it if
- You need level routes or a confirmed step-free approach; this data cannot show either
- You want a metro station close by; none is mapped within 1200 m of the anchor
- You want few mapped venues near the door; the south-west sample maps 23 bars and pubs
Which mapped hotels sit nearest the anchor
The nearest mapped hotel to the anchor is Hotel Santa Isabel la Real, 131 m away and a 3-minute walk, on Calle Santa Isabel la Real. Oripando Hostel follows at 302 m, 5 minutes, then Hotel Mirador del Jazmín at 353 m, 6 minutes. These walks are estimates from the anchor point, not routed journeys from each door.
Further south, Hotel Palacio de Santa Inés sits at 372 m, and a cluster on Calle Carrera del Darro, including Shine Albaycin and Rosa D'Oro, lies at 395 m and 396 m, about 7 minutes each. Hostal Atenas and Exe Triunfo Granada are at 477 m and 489 m, 8 minutes. Thirteen hotels are mapped within 500 m; names, addresses and attributes are as tagged in OpenStreetMap and not verified.
Getting around: sights on foot, no metro mapped
No metro station is mapped within 1200 m of the anchor, so this guide names no station or line for the Albaicín. The location source supports position only, not transport services, so check current bus and taxi options with the local operators before you travel.
On foot, the mapped sights cluster tightly. Aljibe del Rey is 66 m away and Centro de Interpretación del Agua 71 m, both 2 minutes. Muralla zirí is 95 m, Casa Museo Max Moreau 103 m, Arco de Las Pesas 130 m, Palacio de Dar al-Horra 155 m, Aljibe de San Nicolás 164 m and Ermita de San Cecilio 166 m, each between 2 and 3 minutes. Times use a 1.3 detour factor and 80 m a minute.
Noise at night: what the map shows
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap maps 9 pubs, no bars and no nightclubs. That is a count of mapped venues, a proxy for evening activity, and not a measurement of sound; window position, shutters and room layout are not captured. Our scale labels this count medium.
The ring samples differ widely. The north sample maps 0 venues and the north-west 1, while the north-east maps 6, east 5, south-east 5, south 11, west 10 and south-west 23. If late evenings matter, the northern samples show the fewest mapped venues and the south-west the most. Samples are compass points, not named streets.
Hills and walking across the quarter
Sampled ground at the anchor stands at 762 m. Across the anchor and eight ring samples, elevation runs from 690 m at the west sample to 774 m at the north-east sample, an 84 m spread. That is a sampled range, not a route climb and not a measure of step-free access.
The north, north-east and east samples read 765 m, 774 m and 761 m, while the south-east, south and south-west read 707 m, 713 m and 706 m, and the west reads 690 m. Hotels listed from 302 m to 422 m away lie toward the southern samples, so a walk between them and the anchor-level sights may involve a change of height, though this data gives no gradient for any route.
Hotels mapped nearby
13 hotels are tagged in OpenStreetMap within 500 m of Albaicín; the nearest 12 are shown. Names, stars and addresses are exactly as tagged, nearest first.
Hotel Santa Isabel la Real
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Santa Isabel la Real 17,19
131 m away, about 3 min on foot
Oripando Hostel
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Quijada 4
302 m away, about 5 min on foot
Hotel Mirador del Jazmín
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Placeta Porras 7
353 m away, about 6 min on foot
Hotel Palacio de Santa Inés
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Cuesta de Santa Inés 9
372 m away, about 7 min on foot
Shine Albaycin
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Carrera del Darro 25
395 m away, about 7 min on foot
Rosa D'Oro
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Carrera del Darro 23
396 m away, about 7 min on foot
Hotel El Ladrón del Agua
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Carrera del Darro 13
403 m away, about 7 min on foot
Hotel Casa 1800
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Benalúa 11
405 m away, about 7 min on foot
Hotel Casa del Capitel Nazarí
★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Cuesta Aceituneros 6 18010
409 m away, about 7 min on foot
Hotel Casa Palacio Mariana Pineda
★★★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Carrera del Darro 9
422 m away, about 7 min on foot
Hostal Atenas
★★Stars as tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Gran Vía de Colón 38 18010 Granada
477 m away, about 8 min on foot
Suites Gran Vía 44
No stars tagged in OpenStreetMap
Calle Gran Vía de Colón 44 Granada
486 m away, about 8 min on foot
Where it is
The area this guide covers: The Albaicín quarter of Granada as mapped by OpenStreetMap relation 9462646, measured from a centroid point rather than the larger city district; hotels are searched within 500 m of that point. An editorial outline, not an official district line.
Nearby
Sights on foot
- Aljibe del Rey
- Centro de Interpretación del Agua
- Muralla zirí
- Casa Museo Max Moreau
- Arco de Las Pesas
- Palacio de Dar al-Horra
- Aljibe de San Nicolás
- Ermita de San Cecilio
More street guides nearby
How these numbers were measured
| Sampled point | Venues within 250 m | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| AlbaicínThe anchor: distances on this page start here | 90 bars, 9 pubs, 0 nightclubs | 762 m |
| North ring sample | 0 | 765 m |
| North-east ring sample | 6 | 774 m |
| East ring sample | 5 | 761 m |
| South-east ring sample | 5 | 707 m |
| South ring sample | 11 | 713 m |
| South-west ring sample | 23 | 706 m |
| West ring sample | 10 | 690 m |
| North-west ring sample | 1 | 732 m |
- Night-noise risk counts places tagged as bars, pubs and nightclubs in OpenStreetMap within 250 m: low under 8, medium from 8 or with any nightclub, high from 25 or with 3 nightclubs. It counts mapped venues; it does not measure sound.
- Walking times take the straight-line distance, add 30% for the street network and assume 80 m a minute, rounded up. They are estimates, not routes.
- Climb is the spread between the highest and the lowest sampled point in Copernicus DEM GLO-90 via the Open-Meteo Elevation API. Terrain models average the ground into cells, so a few metres either way are within their error.
- Searched on 14 Oct 2026: the metro within 1.2 km, hotels within 500 m. A place missing from OpenStreetMap is missing here too.
Questions and answers
Is there a metro station near the Albaicín?
No metro station is mapped within 1200 m of the anchor in OpenStreetMap, so this guide names none. Check local transport operators for current services before you travel.
How many mapped venues are there near the centre of the Albaicín?
Within 250 m of the anchor, OpenStreetMap lists 9 pubs, no bars and no nightclubs. This counts mapped venues and does not measure sound; the south-west ring sample maps 23.
How steep is the Albaicín?
Sampled elevation runs from 690 m to 774 m, an 84 m spread across the anchor and eight ring samples. This is a sampled range, not a route gradient, so it cannot describe how steep one particular walk is.
Which mapped hotel is nearest the anchor?
Hotel Santa Isabel la Real is the nearest mapped hotel at 131 m, about a 3-minute walk from the anchor by our estimate. Check rooms and terms with each hotel directly.