Hotels near Carrera del Darro & Paseo de los Tristes

This narrow, pedestrian-only riverside lane runs along the Darro between Plaza Nueva and the foot of the Alhambra, and is widely considered Granada's most photogenic street. The Río Darro - actually a stream most of the year - flows under an irregular sequence of medieval bridges, and on the south side rises the Alhambra wall, so close you can almost touch it.

You will pass the 11th-century Bañuelo (the Arab bathhouse, free to enter), the 16th-century Casa de Castril (Granada's archaeological museum), and several baroque chapels. The street ends at Paseo de los Tristes, the wider plaza named for the funeral processions that once climbed up to the Alhambra cemetery. Cafés here have head-on views of the palace floodlit at night.

Pro Tip: Walk Carrera del Darro twice: once in daylight to see the architectural details, once after dark when the Alhambra is illuminated and the Paseo de los Tristes terraces are at their liveliest.