Food destinations within easy reach of Granada, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Granada. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Famous for: Jamon de Trevelez cured at 1,500 metres in the Sierra Nevada villages
Trevelez in Las Alpujarras is the high-altitude village famous for its PGI cured ham, 90 minutes from Granada on the A-348 through the Sierra Nevada.
Famous for: The 1897 birthplace of the pionono at Casa Ysla
Santa Fe is the 1897 birthplace of the pionono pastry, 10km west of Granada with the original Casa Ysla still trading on the towns main avenue.
Famous for: Alpine lunches in Pradollano and Sierra Nevada wine
Sierra Nevada Ski Resort in Pradollano is 45 minutes from Granada with alpine restaurants and apres-ski venues at the Pradollano village base of the slopes.
Famous for: Costa Tropical mango, custard apple and chiringuito seafood
Salobrena and the Costa Tropical are 60 minutes south of Granada with chiringuito beach restaurants, mango groves and the Castell de Ferro seafood spots.
Famous for: Trout farm restaurants since the 19th century
Rio Frio near Loja is the trout-farm village 50 minutes west of Granada, with seven restaurants serving the same locally farmed Sierra Loja trout.
Famous for: Porra antequerana (thick gazpacho) and mollete antequerano bread
Antequera is the food town 55 minutes west of Granada, the home of porra antequerana and the mollete antequerano flat bread served across Andalusia.
Famous for: Tropical fruit and chiringuito beach seafood
Almunecar and La Herradura on the Costa Tropical are 75 minutes south of Granada, with chiringuito-style beach seafood and the citys closest snorkelling cove.