Generalife Gardens
- Address:Granada
- Hours:Open daily 8:30am - 6pm (until 8pm Mar - Oct), open late Fri and Sat evenings. Closed Dec 25 and Jan 1
- Admission:Complex admission: €12, Garden admission: € 6 - €12
Generalife Gardens Reviews
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We had a great day at the Alhambra Palace and gardens. It is a beautiful place rich in history and it was definitely worth the money to go with our guide Pepe and learn about the place and to hear his entertaining stories. It was very busy there but it ran smoothly and was really well organised.
Very good tour. Great that the group split into language groups and we didn't have to hear the same information in 4 different languages. Our guide put a lot of energy into giving us detailed information and showing us every corner of the Alhambra and gardens. 30 minutes free time in the middle of the tour was much appreciated as the pace was fast moving and the day very hot.
Well organized, with a well informed guide. Delivered what was promised. While more time is needed to thoroughly explore such a large collection of buildngs and gardens, this tour provides a very good overview of everything and a great first step for those who wish to explore on their own at a later time.
Although the hotel pick-up didn't extend to those staying in the Albaicin the tour of the Alhambra and gardens was excellent. This was due in no small part to our guide Trinny who was just brilliant; experienced, knowledgable, informative and with a good sense of humour. Very well done to her.
The Alhambra complex is truly extraordinary and a must see in Spain. Having this guided tour made our visit to the Alhambra and Generalife Gardens much more meaningful. We would have found it difficult to navigate this enormous complex on our own. The guide was very knowledgable and enthusiastic. He is not only a great ambassador for the Alhambra, but for Granada in general. It would have been nice to make the tour a little more leisurely, but I do understand that they have to limit the number of people admitted and base that on a certain time frame. If you can, do take the time to revisit areas of interest after the tour.
We loved the Alhambra and gardens. The guide was useful and informative. It was a whistle stop tour though with lots of walking, missing out some of the features such as the watch tower in Alcazaba and palace of Charles V . At times our headphones had a lot of interference making it difficult to hear the guide. We plan to re-visit, but at our own pace with more time to absorb the Alhambra's wonders!
Alhmabra is a must see when in Spain. The gardens alone are worth the trip. Our guide was very informative. What an amazing place.
Enrique was a fantastic guide and we loved the Alhambra and Granada! Our only regret...we didn't have more time to linger and explore the beautiful gardens! Generalife gardens were just beautiful!!!!
The walk through the Alhambra and Gardens is both terrific and memorable. Our tour guide's English was somewhat limited. She focused on the architecture more than the history.
Wonderful experience; for sure its money worth.
Good audio system to hear the guide talking about all the nice features of the Alhambra and the Generalife gardens. No problems with finding of the parking place (P1) and enough space when arriving in time. Recommend it to everybody!
The tour guide was excellent.
Three hours were not enough to cover the gardens and the Moorish palace. I would have preferred covering more grounds at the palace.Overall reasonable experience. The actual palace has more fascinating things to see than the Generalife.
The Alhambra and Generalife Gardens are one of the great sights of Europe. However, the tour guide we were assigned to was a terrible disappointment.
Although we were scheduled for an english-language tour, our guide's english was mediocre and not idiomatic, his pronunciation sometimes unintelligible, his self-repetition incessant. His delivery was monotonous...he never expressed a single bit of excitement about the site. The wireless mic he used was good to about 20 feet in a direct line-of-sight, but after that it began to break up. Nevertheless, he persisted in walking at his own speed through the grounds and, consequently, very few people actually heard much of his commentary. He gave very few insights into local legends or fascinating details, but gave us mostly dimensions, dates, and facts. Unfortunately, he was often unclear in his references...he spoke often about the destruction "Napoleon's troops" had wreaked on the grounds, but never mentioned that it was Joseph Napoleon to whom he was referring. Most of the people in our group thought that Napoleon Bonaparte had been waging war in Spain!
He neglected to gather the group around him for explanations and never once solicited questions. When we were able to catch him to ask a question, he answered, but never once broadcast that extra information to the general group.
I highly recommend visiting the Alhambra and Generalife, and I think a good tour guide would have added immensely to the experience. As it was, we gained as much from reading about the site in a tourist guide.
We had a good guide and the tour was most pleasant as is all of Granada. Something that everybody should put on their bucket list and is at the top of the pecking order compared to similar sites. Pick up from the hotel was fine but left to own devices afterwards as we choose to stay in the gardens for a short time afterwards. An irritating omission is that the tour company/guide does not provide basic written information such as guides and maps that are freely available in the Tourism Officie.
Excellent, got to see so much of Alhambra and the gardens. It was great.
Difficult to understand - spoke too quickly. Group was broken up but was still quite large.
Knowledge of surroundings was good but the group had trouble staying together - better in the gardens than the interior.
