How to get to Granada
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Introduction
Granada doesn't have an international airport so if you want to fly to Granada you will have to first fly to Madrid (45 minutes) or Barcelona (1 hour) If you take this option you should get your travel agent to book the connecting flight. There are not many flights to Granada, so depending on when you arrive it may be advisable to get a bus or train rather than waiting in Madrid.  The nearest international airport is Malaga (see below) the best way to get from Malaga to Granada is by bus.

Flying to Granada airport.
Granada airport is 12km from the city center. To get from the airport there is a bus service or taxis when the bus is not available.
 

Granada airport bus timetable
Price 425 pesetas
Route: Airport, la Caleta, all bustops on the Gran Vía,  Fuente de las Batallas (in front of the department store The Corte inglés), Palacio de Congresos
Telephone: 958 27 86 77
From Granada centre From the airport
7:55, 9:10, 12:55 (no service at the weekend),
14:00 y 18:15		  9:05, 10:00, 14:00 (no service at the weekend),
15:05 y 19:35

The best way to find information about domestic flights to Granada is by visiting the Iberia web page.

Click here to visit the Iberia web page
 

Flying to Malaga.

Malaga is the nearest international airport to Granada. If you are flying from within Europe there are a lot of flights to Malaga because there is a high influx of tourists who are going to the Costa del Sol. There are also many more cheap charter flights to Malaga than most other Spanish destinations.

To get from Malaga to Granada you will have to get a bus. First you get a bus from the airport to Malaga bus station. There is a bus every hour from 7am until 9pm. (except 8pm) The price is 1165 pesetas. ($8) It takes 1 and a half hours. Granada bus station has been moved to just outside of town so you will have to get a taxi or a bus into the centre.

The problem with flying to Malaga is that if you plane is late it is difficult to get to Granada after 9pm in which case you will have to get a hotel in Malaga or club together with 4 people and get a taxi although this is very expensive.

Train
The train station is fairly central and is in  Avenida de Andaluces off Avenida de la constitución. The phone number is  958 27 12 72.  Granada is not on a high speed line.

RENFE have a good web site giving full  information about trains in Spain in English.
Follow these links  homepage     timetables and fares
 
 

By the way: If you want some help with train vocabulary in Spanish. Go to this page

Buses
The bus station has moved to the  Carretera de Jaén just past the "Al Campo" supermarket.
There are many buses each day to and from the other large Spanish cities.

If you are coming from Madrid you will need to go to "estación del sur"

The best way to get a bus is to go to the bus station and choose the best deal.
Unfortunately Alsina Graells, the biggest company, haven't got a web page yet so you will have to phone for more information.
 
 

Company Phone Destinations
Alsina Graells Sur 958-18 50 10
 		 Alsina Graells is the biggest company and goes to most destiantion in Andalucía
Autobuses Granada-Madrid 958-25 13 50 Almuñécar, Motril, Granada, Madrid.
Bacoma Web page 958 -28 42 51 Alicante, Barcelona, Castellón, Tarragona, Valencia.
Linebus/Autogranadina 958 -20 29 05 Morrocco,France.
Agobe S.L. Página web 958 -63 52 74 Portugal: Granada, Algarve, Lisbon, Fátima, Oporto.
Julia. Vía Internacional 958 - 2232300 France.