If there is something that defines the Hotel Alhambra Palace, it is the amount of stories that have been lived in it. If we have already seen some of the distinguished personalities who have stayed at our palace hotel, now we discover the historical milestones in these 115 years. Undoubtedly, a journey through history that will leave you wanting to know and learn more about us.
Granada, hundreds of incredible legends surround it. The most visited monument in Spain will welcome you as soon as you enter. Awesome, Granada has all the options to make you want to come back. Its neighbourhoods, its gastronomy, its narrow and sometimes almost impenetrable streets? A getaway as a couple, with friends or family. We invite you to visit us and we invite you to come back.
Hotel Alhambra Palace is part of its legend, where every Granadino does not know the city without its skyline next to the Alhambra, and it is already living history and heritage of Andalusia.
You enter the lobby and you might not imagine all that this idyllic place could have witnessed. During the Spanish Civil War, the Alhambra Palace Hotel in Granada was used as a blood hospital, a place that during the civil war was used for the first cures. At that time, it was made available for the use of people in necessity, such as war wounded and civilian patients. The nurses and nuns who were in charge of the cures and care, painted large crosses to prevent the bombing of this area, to safeguard the historical and architectural legacy that is the Alhambra Palace Hotel.
The Alhambra, the Albaicin, the Alpujarra, or recently the Sierra Nevada in the film The Snow Society, have been some of the settings chosen for some of the most acclaimed films of Spanish and Hollywood cinema.
Douglas Fairbanks y Mary Pickford, the Hollywood stars in 1924 at Hotel Alhambra Palace
Along with them, we could not miss the iconic Hotel Alhambra Palace , where apart from having Hollywood actors and actresses as guests, it has been another of the exclusive locations chosen for many of the films that you can see today.
Some anecdotes surrounding the golden age of Hollywood at the Alhambra Palace Hotel are the walks of Sophia Loren looking for her dog in her dressing gown while filming Marriage in Italian style, the parties of Orson Welles or the mythical dances of Vivien Leigh. Without a doubt, the hotel of the Hollywood stars.
Granada is also getting ready to receive the 39th edition of the Goya Awards in Granada. Take a walk through our city, and look for the Goya Giant statues in the most emblematic places! Don't forget to take a picture next to it to keep it as a souvenir. Some of the places where you can find them are in the Mirador de San Nicolas, Plaza Nueva, Avenida de la Constitución or Barrio de la Chana.
Inspiration is one of the keys for an artist, and here you will find one of the most inspiring and enigmatic places if you want to spend a few days surrounded by art, music and passion for history.
