Tickets for the Alhambra of Granada

To avoid getting lost among so many options, the important thing is to know what each type of ticket lets you see and, above all, whether or not it includes the Nasrid Palaces.

This is the full ticket. It gives daytime access to the Nasrid Palaces, Alcazaba, Partal and Generalife. It is the one I always recommend for a first visit and the one we use on standard guided visits. The time shown on the ticket is for access to the Nasrid Palaces.

It includes the Alcazaba, the landscaped areas of the Partal and the Generalife Gardens, but does not allow entry to the Nasrid Palaces. It is usually used as an alternative when you already know the palace part or have not managed to get a general ticket.

There is a night ticket for the Nasrid Palaces and another for the Gardens and Generalife Palace. They are different routes from the daytime visit, more focused on the lighting and atmosphere.

There are combined products such as Alhambra Experiencias or the Granada Card, which include different types of visit (general, night or gardens) depending on the option. It is worth checking carefully which type of Alhambra access each one includes before buying.

Alhambra ticket prices are set by the Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife in its 2025 rates order. Here is an approximate reference for an individual visit:

Daytime General ticket (full Alhambra)
Includes the Nasrid Palaces, Alcazaba, Partal and Generalife.

Adult: around €20–21

Reductions (young people, seniors, disability…): a somewhat lower price depending on the case

Children entitled to free entry: must still get their €0 ticket to be able to enter

Gardens, Generalife and Alcazaba ticket
Does not include the Nasrid Palaces.

A somewhat lower price than the general ticket, designed for those who have already seen the palace part or have not managed to get a full ticket.

Nasrid Palaces at night: reduced price compared with the general ticket, focused only on the palace part.

Gardens and Generalife Palace at night: similar, but focused on the gardens and summer palace.

Granada Card and other tourist passes
The Granada Card includes the Alhambra together with other monuments and transport. Depending on the option (24h, 48h, 72h or Gardens), it may include a general ticket, a night ticket or gardens only.

The exact amounts may change slightly over time, but as a practical reference you can count on a general adult ticket costing around €20–21, with the gardens or night options somewhat below that.

When it comes to buying tickets for the Alhambra of Granada you have several official channels. The most advisable is to do it in advance and, whenever you can, through the advance channels, not at the ticket office on the day.

Go to the official Alhambra ticket website.

Choose the type of ticket (for a first visit, the daytime general ticket).

Select the date and check the Nasrid Palaces time carefully.

Enter the details of each visitor; tickets are named.

Pay by credit or debit card (VISA/Mastercard) and download the QR code to your phone or print it.

If you are already in the city, there are also official machines and physical points where you can buy or collect tickets: the Corral del Carbón (Calle Mariana Pineda), the Alhambra ticket offices next to the car park and the Estafeta Building, next to the Palace of Charles V.

At the ticket office a very small quota is released for the same day and there is no guarantee of availability, especially with the Nasrid Palaces. It is the least advisable option if you want to be sure of the full visit.

Of all the options, many people prefer to book a guided visit with tickets included and let us handle the official purchase, the times and the organisation of the route. In that case, we always work with the same Patronato ticket types, but you only have to show the tour voucher on the day of the visit.

When you buy your tickets for the Alhambra of Granada you will see that the times are divided into the daytime visit and the night visit, and that there are only two days a year when the monument closes completely.

Winter: 8:30 to 18:00 approximately.

Summer: 8:30 to 20:00 approximately.

With any daytime ticket (general or gardens) you can enter within that window, but you must always plan around the time assigned to the Nasrid Palaces on your ticket, the only part with strict timed access control.

Night visit (palaces or gardens)
Night tickets have shorter hours and are sold for a specific session:

Nasrid Palaces at night: a route through the palace part with special lighting.

Gardens and Generalife Palace at night: focused on the gardens and summer palace.

In both cases, the time on the ticket marks the slot when you must already be at the corresponding entrance.

The Alhambra only closes to the public two days a year: 1 January and 25 December.

The rest of the year it opens every day unless the Patronato announces one-off closures for conservation or exceptional reasons.

When we talk about getting into the Alhambra for free, there is no free day for everyone for the whole monumental complex. What there are is specific programmes and very particular cases:

The Patronato has a programme known, in short, as free visits for Granada locals, within La Alhambra más cerca.

500 free tickets are offered every Sunday of the year, from 14:00 until closing time.

Of those 500, around 220 are afternoon general tickets and around 280 gardens tickets, aimed at people from Granada and residents of the province.

Although they are free, you have to book and get the named ticket just as if you were paying; they sell out quickly.

A different matter are the so-called Andalusi Monuments (Corral del Carbón, Bañuelo, Casa Horno de Oro, Palacio de Dar al-Horra). For these spaces, entry on Sundays is free, according to the Patronato's own opening hours and rates page.

Entry for children under 12 is free, but their €0 ticket must still be issued and linked to their ID or family book.

Apart from these cases (programmes for residents, Sundays at the Andalusi monuments and children with free entry), to visit the full Alhambra with the Nasrid Palaces the normal thing is to do it with a paid ticket or through a guided visit with tickets included.

When you go to the official website and it shows that there are no tickets available for the date you wanted, things get complicated, but there are still some resources worth considering.

The first is usually to check the Granada Card, which has its own quota of Alhambra tickets in some of its options. Sometimes individual tickets have sold out and yet there are places left within these tourist passes, always checking carefully which type of visit each includes (general, night or gardens only).

It is also a good idea to check the official website again in the days before, because last-minute places are sometimes released through cancellations or capacity adjustments, and single tickets appear that were not available before. At the same time, many travellers look at our guided visits with tickets included, where we arrange the general ticket and organise the Nasrid Palaces time. In any case, bear in mind that on high-demand dates availability can also run out for guided visits.

One of the most common questions is when to start looking for tickets for the Alhambra of Granada.

For weekdays outside high season, looking several weeks ahead is usually enough. For weekends, long weekends, Holy Week, summer or public holidays, however, it is prudent to check availability one or two months in advance. On many of those dates, the general tickets with the Nasrid Palaces sell out first, followed by the gardens or night options.

If your calendar is fixed and you cannot move the date, my advice is to book the official tickets or a guided visit with tickets included as soon as you know the day, and then organise the rest of the trip around that time.

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