Where and how to get a ticket to visit the Alhambra

• The ticket is only valid for the day indicated when it was purchased.
• Due to the great demand of tickets and to the restriction of the number of visitors per day, advance booking is recommended.
• Entry to the areas accessible to visitors is limited to the relevant time of the purchased type of ticket: Daytime visit and Evening or Night- time visit.
• Entry to the Nasrid Palaces is limited to the time slot of half an hour indicated on each ticket. There is no special restriction to entry to the Generalife and to the Alcazaba.
• Due to the number of visitors, arriving earlier to the Monument is recommended.
• Once inside, visitors may stay there until the Monument closes.
• Visitors should leave the Monument at the closing time.
• Detailed information on how to buy Alhambra tickets.

The access to the Nasrid Palaces is different from the rest of the monument, because it is strictly limited to the half- hour indicated on the ticket due the restrictions on maximum capacity in this area (300 people). If you do not visit the Palaces within the half- hour indicated, you will loose the right to visit, although you can visit the rest of the Monument. Do not forget that the visit to the Nasrid Palaces finishes an hour before the closing time, and it takes at least 30 minutes, so you should visit the Generalife and the Alcazaba before. 

There are three types of tickets: Daytime visit, Garden visit and Evening or Night time visit. The Daytime visits and the Garden visits are divided into morning shift and afternoon turns (Visit the Alhambra timetables section for more details.

 

Daytime visit

• This visit includes the areas of the Alcazaba, the Nasrid Palaces, the Generalife, the Mosque baths and Gardens.
• The visits are divided into two turns:
  • Morning (Monday to Sunday): 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
  • Afternoon (Monday to Sunday): 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (October 15th through March 14th) and 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 (March 15th through October 14th)
  • Visit the Alhambra timetables section for more details.

Evening or Night time visit

• • There are two kinds of night visits: the night visit around the Nasrid Palaces and the night visit around the Gardens.
  • These visits are independent and incompatible because they take place at the same time.
  • This ticket does not include the visit of the Monument during the daytime.
  • Maximum capacity: 400 people.
  • The visit times are:
    • The Nasrid Palaces visit
      • October 15th through March 14th (Friday to Saturday): 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
      • March 15th through October 14th (Tuesday to Saturday): 10:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
    • The Gardens visit:
      • October 15th through November 14th: Friday and Saturday, 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
      • March 15th through May 31st, September 1st through October 14th: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
  • Visit the Alhambra timetables section for more details.

Garden visit

• • This ticket provides only the access to the main gardens of the monument during the daytime visit.
  • Visitors may access to the following gardens:
    • Alhambra: Walk of the Cypresses (Paseo de los Cipreses), Unirrigated Land (Secano), Saint Francis´Gardens (Jardines de San Francisco.)
    • Alcazaba: Garden of the Ramparts (Jardines de los Adarves.)
    • The Partal: Portico of the Palace, Gardens and Walks, Rauda, Palace of Yusuff III, Tower Walk.
    • Generalife: Lower Gardens and High Gardens.
  • It is also possible to visit those places that have been designated as "area of the month", as long as these areas are included within the itineraries allowed by this ticket.
  • These places have not got a specific time to access, so visitors may visit it during the morning or afternoon turn indicated in the ticket.
  • The visit times are:
    • Morning Ticket (Monday to Sunday): 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
    • Afternoon Ticket (Monday to Sunday), October 15th through March 14th: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    • Afternoon Ticket (From Monday to Sunday), March 15th through October 14th: 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

IMPORTANT: The Daytime visit includes all the areas of the Garden visit. The Garden Visit only includes part of the public areas.

 

• Daytime visit: 13.00 €
• Evening or Night time visit to Nasrid Palace: 8.00 €
• Evening or Night time visit to Gardens: 5.00 €
• Garden visit: 7.00 €
• Blue circular pass: 15.00 €. Pass to evening time visit to Nasrid Palace and the next day pass to a daytime visit to Gardens, Alcazaba and the Generalife.
• Red circular pass: 100.00 €. 15 visits to the Alhambra and the Generalife throughout one year: 10 daytime visits and 5 nightime visits.
• Senior citizens (aged 65 years and over) and pensioners from the European Union: 9.00 €. A justification of retirement must be presented.
• Euro < 26 and Euro < 30 Card holders: 9.00 €.
• Children between 12 and 15 years old: 8.00 €.
• Children under 12: Free entry.
• Disabled (more than 33%): 8.00 €.
• Members of the International Council on Monuments and Historical Artistic Sites (ICOMOS) and of the International Council of Museums (ICOM): Free Entry.

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