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Carrera del Darro
A lovely riverside street below the Alhambra, with stone bridges, old palaces and 11th-century Arab baths.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free; paid for the baths
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Carrera del Darro, 18010 GranadaDirections
- Getting There
- Starts at Plaza Nueva.
Why Go
The street runs along the little Darro river from Plaza Nueva, under the walls of the Alhambra, to the Paseo de los Tristes, a square of café terraces with the palace floodlit above.
At number 31, El Bañuelo is one of the best-preserved Arab baths in Spain, with star-shaped skylights in its vaults.
Nearby in Granada
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