Ruta del Veleta is a fine-dining restaurant in Centro Sagrario, Granada.
Ruta del Veleta is the Pedraza familys 1976 Mudejar mansion outside Granada in Cenes de la Vega, with 3,000 clay jars hanging from the dining-room ceiling.
Tip: Six kilometres east of Granada on the Sierra Nevada road; the Cenes de la Vega location justifies a taxi over driving.
Address: Avenida de Sierra Nevada 146, 18190 Cenes de la Vega, Granada
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.
Tip: Continuous service to 01:00 makes it a rare late-kitchen option; the bar is informal, the back dining room formal.
Chikito in Granada sits where Cafe Alameda hosted Lorca and Manuel de Fallas Rinconcillo circle in the 1920s; Jose Carlos Exposito runs the kitchen.
Tip: Closed Wednesdays; the front bar pours free tapas at lunchtime if you do not want to commit to the dining room.
Carmen Mirador de Aixa in Granada is the Albayzin carmen restaurant near Mirador de San Nicolas with one of the citys best terraces over the Alhambra.
Tip: Front-row balcony tables carry a 10 percent surcharge; the back terrace has the same Alhambra view at no markup.
El Trillo in Granada is the Albayzin carmen with a leafy patio and Alhambra view, running a Basque-Andalusian menu locals book for anniversaries.
Tip: The terrace fills first; reserve and specify terraza for the Alhambra view or you eat in the courtyard.
Mirador de Morayma in Granada is the Albayzin carmen named for Boabdils wife, with terraced gardens facing the Alhambra and a remojon-bacalao menu.
Tip: Closed Sundays and Mondays; book the carmen terrace not the indoor room from May to October.
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.
Tip: Continuous service to 01:00 makes it a rare late-kitchen option; the bar is informal, the back dining room formal.
Tendido 1 in Granada sits under the bullring grandstand at Plaza de Toros, working a Granadina grill menu since 1997 with brick-walled rooms.
Tip: Closed Sundays; ask for the bar tables against the curved bullring wall for the most theatrical seat.
Chikito in Granada sits where Cafe Alameda hosted Lorca and Manuel de Fallas Rinconcillo circle in the 1920s; Jose Carlos Exposito runs the kitchen.
Tip: Closed Wednesdays; the front bar pours free tapas at lunchtime if you do not want to commit to the dining room.
