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allure of a town
where East meets West, North meets South.
Granada, population: 300,000, is a very lively university
town with over 65,000 students from all over Spain and a variety of other
countries.
In Southern Spain, at the foot of the breathtaking Sierra Nevada
mountains, Gran ada is known world-wide for the Alhambra, the Palace of Charles
V, the Monastery of San Jeronimo, The Royal Chapel, the Cathedral or the
Palace of Madraza (where one of the oldest Islamic universities on European
soil once stood).
Here in Granada we enjoy a continental climate with a long warm season,
lasting from May until the end of October.
The fusion of Eastern and Western cultures in Granada provides the city
with a unique beauty.
Granada also boasts several famous international dance, music, Flamenco,
theater, jazz and Tango Festivals every year.
The daily life in the old part of town takes place in small shops and bars,
open-air markets and squares shaded by trees.
Spain's world-renowned poet Federico García Lorca describes his hometown
as a place with plenty of time to relax and people who are honest, sensitive
and passionate.
Through the town of Granada, CEGRÍ provides the strong socio-cultural background that is necessary for full foreign language immersion.
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| Events: |
| Tango Festival (March) |
| Music, Dance & Flamenco Festival (June) |
| Theater Festival (October) |
| Jazz Festival (November) |
| Easter |
| Day of the Cross (may 3rd) |
| Corpus Fair |
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Granada city map
Less
than one hour's drive from Granada:
Sierra Nevada, with its beautiful waterfalls and lakes,
offers excellent skiing from November to late April (Granada hosted
world championship skiing in 1996)
The natural beauty of the villages in the Alpujarras
The caves of Guadix
The beaches of the tropical Costa del Sol.
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Directions
AIR TRAVEL
Granada's airport
is connected by
daily flights to Madrid and Barcelona
(1 hour's flight time) and from there to all major international
airports.
Malaga's airport
is just a 2 hour bus ride from Granada
and is connected to all major international airports, with both
scheduled and charter flights.
(see Travel
Links section)
BUS SERVICE
Málaga-Granada
every hour from 7:00 to 21:00,
on Sundays until 22:00
Madrid-Granada
Regular bus service from Estación Sur de Autobuses in Madrid
From Granada's Bus Station you can take a taxi or local buses (numbers 3, 10 or 33) to the center of town.
(see Travel Links section)
TRAINS
Trains leave regularly for Seville, Almería, Madrid
and Barcelona from the train station (RENFE) in Granada.
Reduced student fares are available.
(see Travel Links section)
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