Ryan Air has just started offering direct flights to Granada from Liverpool and London Stansted, and Monarch airlines have just started flights from London Gatwick to Granada. It is also rumoured that they plan to offer direct flights from Dublin to Granada in the future. Many people however fly to Malaga which is about an hour and a half away from Granada. There are plenty of flights into Malaga with various different companies. For further information on flights please see below.

From Granada Airport
Granada airport is 12km from Granada so to get into the city centre you will need to get either a bus or a taxi which costs about 20 euros. N.B. The bus timetable below is for current flights but will change to ensure that any new flights have a bus transfer service..

From Malaga Airport
If you are booking for a group, transfers can be arranged for you in a private minibus. A minibus for up to 8 passengers costs approximately 220 euros and a minibus for up to 20 passengers costs approximately 250 euros. Please contact Theresa or Sonia on (0034) 958521875 or info@awolgranada.com to book a minibus. If you are booking individually, you have the following options:

Car Hire
If you are hiring cars please be aware that many hotels do not have parking, and driving around Granada is not easy due to the one way system and most of the city centre has restricted access to traffic. If you do decide to hire a car the following company has some very good deals www.carjet.com

Public Transport
From Malaga airport you can either get a taxi to the bus station or there is an airport bus which leaves every 30 minutes. You catch it just outside the exit of the airport, it is well signposted and costs about 1 euro per person. At Malaga bus station you need to go to the ticket office “Alsina Graells”. Here you can buy a ticket to Granada. Buses go every hour from 7am until 9pm and they cost about 8 euros per person. When you arrive in Granada you can take a taxi to your hotel for about 5 euros or the number 3 bus will take you to the city centre. For bus timetables and prices please see the following website http://www.continental-auto.es/continental/index.php.

You can also take a train from Malaga to Granada but the service is irregular and tends to be very slow. For train timetables and prices please see the following website - http://www.renfe.es/ingles/index.html

Taxi
A taxi from the airport costs 110 euros if you order it through Theresa or Sonia. If you take a taxi at the airport they will charge 120 euros or more and probably won’t know where they are going once they get to Granada. In order for to arrange for a taxi to meet you at the airport, Theresa or Sonia will need your flight number, time of arrival and departure airport.

Directions
When you first exit the Malaga airport follow the signs for Malaga.
Then follow the signs for Motril, Almeria .
You need to turn off on to the N331 direction Cordoba, Seville, Antequera, Granada
From then on just follow the signs for Granada A359 and then A92
From Malaga and from Granada Airport you will come into Granada on the A92.
You will need to follow the directions for Santa Fe, Exit Number 230.
Once you have gone through Santa Fe you need to follow the directions for the “circumvalacion” direction Motril.

Once on the “circumvalacion” you will pass the exit for “Recogidas” and you need to take the next exit Number 131 sign-posted “Armilla” Palacio de Congressos, Parque de Los Ciencias.

When you come off at this exit you will come to a big roundabout and you need to turn left taking the 3rd exit. Following this road you will pass a big shopping centre called Carrefour, which should be on your right hand side as you drive up the road.

Once you have passed Carrefour you need to stay in the middle lane. You will then go under a tunnel which splits into 2 lanes, staying on the right hand side. After the tunnel go straight across the first roundabout. This road is called Paseo del Violon. After the roundabout the road turns to the left taking you over the river on to the road called Acera del Darro, passing the shop El Corte Ingles on your right hand side. You will see the Car park “Parking Puerta Real” just in front of you on the corner on the right hand side. There is a taxi rank just outside the car park where you can take a taxi to your hotel.