Pasteleria Lopez Mezquita is a bakery in Centro Sagrario, Granada.
Pasteleria Lopez Mezquita on Reyes Catolicos in Granada has baked hojaldres since 1872, with the Apperley pastel named for English painter George Apperley.
Tip: Closed for the month of August; the front window display rotates by feast day with seasonal specials.
Address: Calle Reyes Catolicos 39, 18001 Granada
Panaderia Maria on Calle Mesones in Granada is the locals favourite for molletes antequeranos, sweet pan de leche and the working-day mid-morning bread queue.
Tip: Cash preferred; the queue moves fast and the mollete with olive oil is the canonical desayuno order.
Worth the queue: Mollete antequerano with olive oil and tomato
Pasteleria El Sol on Calle Alhamar in Granada is the long-running confiteria of Granadina hojaldres and honey-glazed pestinos near the Centro.
Tip: The pestinos rotate Christmas to Easter; the rest of the year run hojaldre and roscas.
Worth the queue: Pestino glazed with honey and aniseed
Minuit Panaderia in Granada is the bakery half of Minuit Pan y Cafe on San Anton, with sourdough loaves and a laminated pastry counter the Granadinos rate.
Tip: The viennoiserie laminates fresh at 09:00; brioche and croissant are the morning order before 12:00.
Worth the queue: Brioche with chocolate and croissant ferme
Panaderia Maria on Calle Mesones in Granada is the locals favourite for molletes antequeranos, sweet pan de leche and the working-day mid-morning bread queue.
Tip: Cash preferred; the queue moves fast and the mollete with olive oil is the canonical desayuno order.
Worth the queue: Mollete antequerano with olive oil and tomato
Casa Ysla Piononos Beiro in Granada is the second-oldest branch of the 1897 Santa Fe pasteleria, next to the Caleta courts on Avenida de la Constitucion.
Tip: Quieter than the Centro branch; the Beiro counter has the largest seasonal pastel selection.
Worth the queue: Pionono with rum syrup and caramelised cream
Panaderia Luque on Cuesta del Progreso in Granada is the Realejo neighbourhood panaderia for Twelfth Night roscones and the citys best Christmas mantecados.
Tip: Seasonal: roscones de reyes come out late December; the rest of the year run a steady pan basket.
Worth the queue: Roscon de reyes with marzipan and candied fruit
Pasteleria El Sol on Calle Alhamar in Granada is the long-running confiteria of Granadina hojaldres and honey-glazed pestinos near the Centro.
Tip: The pestinos rotate Christmas to Easter; the rest of the year run hojaldre and roscas.
Worth the queue: Pestino glazed with honey and aniseed
Convento de las Comendadoras de Santiago in the Albayzin of Granada sells cloistered-nun convent sweets through a turn, with bizcochos and yemas baked daily.
Tip: Ring the buzzer; the nuns pass the order through a wooden turn so there is no face-to-face contact.
Worth the queue: Bizcochos and yemas through the convent turn
