Whichever way you choose, by train or car, and from any direction: When you approach Granada, you can already perceive from afar the majestic Sierra Nevada, crowned with the highest peaks of the peninsula, the ancient Moorish fortress city, whose magic can still be felt in its streets, squares and monuments.
It is probably a mixture of factors: its unique location, its Moorish heritage, its charming neighbourhoods, its enormous cultural and monumental legacy.
But not least its street life, its Tapas Bars, and the very high percentage of young population as it is one of the most coveted university cities in Spain, with its consequent very lively nightlife.
Impossible not to be enchanted.
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