Moorish palaces and tapas bars nestle beneath Sierra Nevada peaks, where flamenco rhythms echo through whitewashed Albaicín streets.
You know that friend who insists every European city "has it all"? In Granada's case, they're actually right. One morning you're wandering through 14th-century Alhambra palace rooms where light filters through geometric screens. That afternoon, you're ordering cervezas in Plaza Nueva and watching three free tapas plates arrive without asking. By sunset, half your group is hiking Sacromonte's cave district while the others hunt down the best viewpoint in Albaicín. The city runs on a rhythm that makes group travel shockingly easy. Everything's walkable or a cheap bus ride away. Dinners stretch past midnight without anyone checking their phone because the next round of tapas just arrived. And unlike Barcelona or Madrid, you're not fighting cruise ship crowds at every turn—Granada still feels like locals actually live here. Most international flights route through Madrid or Barcelona. From Madrid, the direct bus takes four hours and costs €20-25 (book Alsa online). The train's scenic but…