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Tapas are the heart of how Granada eats: order a drink and a free plate arrives unbidden, a custom the city defends fiercely. Bodegas Castaneda in Centro is the most famous of the old bodegas, while Bar Aliatar Los Caracoles in the Albayzin and Bar Avila in the Realejo keep their neighbourhoods fed. Casa Julio nearby is a tiny standby for fried fish with a glass.
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La Riviera on Calle Cetti Meriem in Granada is the heart of Centro tapeo, with cocina casera tapas the size of starters arriving free with every drink.
Order Free tapa of jamon Trevelez with a cana, then a glass of house vermut.
Bodegas Castaneda in Granada is the 1927 Calle Almireceros tavern that defines free-tapa culture, with house vermut and Alpujarran cured meats.
Order Rabo de toro tapa and a glass of homemade vermut.
Antigua Bodega Castaneda on Calle Elvira in Granada is a traditional tavern famous for homemade vermut, hanging hams and rabo de toro with migas.
Order Creamy croqueta and berenjenas con miel as your free tapas.
La Bella y La Bestia on Carcel Baja in Granada is the tapeo institution known for the largest free tapas in the centre, with creative croquetas.
Order Roast pork (jamon asado) as the free tapa with a small beer.
Bar Avila in Granada is the working-locals tapas counter on Calle Veronica de la Magdalena, with generous free tapas and a queue out the door at peak hours.
Order Free tapa with a vermut on the Plaza Trinidad terrace.
Bar Reca on Plaza Trinidad in Granada is one of the citys longest-running tapas counters, with traditional and modern Granadina tapas year round.
Order Lunch menu del dia at 13 euros with a free tapa appetizer.
La Vinoteca on Calle Almireceros in Granada is a wine-tapas counter with a daily lunch menu under 13 euros and a long Andalusian wine list adapted by glass.
Order Vegan gyozas or Thai curry as the free tapa.
Babel World Fusion on Calle Elvira in Granada runs an international tapas chalkboard, the rare tapeo stop where the free tapa might be a gyoza.
Order Glass of Andalusian VORS sherry with a queso curado tapa.
Taberna La Tana in the Realejo of Granada has been the citys serious natural-wine bar since 1993, with 400-plus references and pairing tapas.
Order Caracoles en caldo (spiced snail broth) as the free tapa.
Bar Aliatar Los Caracoles on Plaza Aliatar in the Albayzin of Granada is the traditional caracoles bar, working snail broth, fried fish and flaming chorizo.
Order Tofu and aubergine Thai curry or piri-piri chicken as the free tapa.
Bar Poe on Veronica de la Magdalena in Granada is the British-run tapas counter that broke the free-tapa monoculture with Thai curries and piri-piri.
Order Manchego cheese plate and Castile and Mancha wines by the glass.
Bodega La Mancha on Calle Joaquin Costa in Granada has poured Manchego red wine and free tapas since 1956, an emblematic Centro taberna with wood-barrel reds.
Puerta del Carmen in Granada is the City Hall-facing taberna open since 2003 with a 250-bottle cellar and a tapas bar pouring free tapas at lunchtime.
Try Free tapas with vermut
Bodegas Castaneda on Calle Almireceros in Granada runs to 00:30, the citys most reliable late tapeo stop with free tapas and house vermut on tap.
Casa Julio is a 1947 standing-room fritura counter declared local monument, hidden off calle elvira on a side alley most travellers walk past.
Bar Aliatar Los Caracoles is a working-locals plaza bar in albayzin running spiced snail broth in winter, with no terrace view or tourist signage.
Try Free tapa with every drink
Bodegas Castaneda in Granada is the cheapest dinner in town: order three canas at the bar and you eat free tapas across an hour without paying for food.
Try Free pescaito frito tapa
Casa Julio in Granada is the cheapest fritura in the city, with free fried fish tapas on a 2.50-euro cana since 1947, declared Local Monument by the city.
Try Vermut and free tapa
Antigua Bodega Castaneda on Calle Elvira in Granada is the tapeo crawls cheapest stop, free tapas with a 2.50-euro vermut and four rotating raciones.
