Granada: Royal Chapel and Granada Cathedral Guided Tour
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Granada, Spain
- 1 to 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
See a different side of Granada during this 1.5-hour guided exploration of the city’s top Christian monuments. If you’ve seen the Alhambra, this is a great opportunity to check out highlights like the Granada Cathedral along with the 16th-century Royal Chapel, assisted by a professional art historian guide. Site admission fees are included.
- Tour Granada's Cathedral and its Royal Chapel
- See a different side of the city beyond its famous Alhambra palace
- Admire the intricate interiors and facades of the Spanish Renaissance-style Cathedral
- Learn about the 16th-century construction of the Royal Chapel
- Tour led by a professional art historian guide
- Great way to explore Granada's Christian monuments
What's Included
- Professional art historian guide
- Royal Chapel Admission Ticket
- Granada Cathedral Admission Ticket
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation to/from attractions
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Plaza Isabel la CatólicaPl. Isabel la Católica, Centro, Granada, Spain
Behind the Monument of the Capitulations (Statue of Queen Isabella I and Christopher Columbus)
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
Meet your guide in Central Granada in the afternoon and proceed on foot to the city’s Cathedral to start your architecture-themed visit.
Learn about the Cathedral’s construction by Spain’s Queen Isabella on the site of a former mosque, and get an introduction to its “Spanish Renaissance” architecture as you admire its façade and intricate interior. You’ll continue after the Cathedral to the Royal Chapel, a religious structure dedicated to St. John the Evangelist and St. John the Baptist and built between 1505 and 1517 in the “Isabeline Gothic” style.
You’ll return to your original departure point at the end of the excursion.
Learn about the Cathedral’s construction by Spain’s Queen Isabella on the site of a former mosque, and get an introduction to its “Spanish Renaissance” architecture as you admire its façade and intricate interior. You’ll continue after the Cathedral to the Royal Chapel, a religious structure dedicated to St. John the Evangelist and St. John the Baptist and built between 1505 and 1517 in the “Isabeline Gothic” style.
You’ll return to your original departure point at the end of the excursion.
1
Royal Chapel of Granada
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Iglesia del Sagrario (Pass By)
La Madraza (Pass By)
2
Granada Cathedral
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Only be operated by one language
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Travelers are required to wear personal masks and observe social distancing during the experience.
- Guides will worn masks and gloves.
- It is recommended to the client to have his own headset.
- In place procedures frequent cleaning or sanitizing.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.8
based on 57 reviews
Marissa_T, Mar 2026
Mercedes was very knowledgeable and very good. Very sweet.
The church is very beautiful. A lot history.
Sarah_K, Jan 2026
Wonderful experience. Thoughtful, very knowledgeable guide. Would highly recommend to others. Very grateful for the experience.
M_F, Oct 2025
It was a great way to learn more about Granada’s history. Our tour guide Mercedes, was very knowledgeable and gave us great explanations about all the places we visited. We spent 2 hrs with her.
John_H, Oct 2025
Alfredo was very informative and knew the historical aspect of the chapel & cathedral. I recommend this tour for first timers.
Victor_P, Sep 2025
Estefana is an incredibly knowledgeable tour guide, who takes you on a historical adventure throughout the ages, explaining both the history and the religious backgrounds of the iconography and artwork present in the churches, as well as describing the different engineering styles present between the two buildings.
The tour ran a little longer (2h30m), but Estefana was more concerned with giving us a good tour than rushing us along to meet a deadline, which was greatly appreciated. If you have any interest in the religious, political, and cultural history of Granada and Catholicism in Spain, this is a must-do tour!
choners, Sep 2025
Very well explained tour. The guide was very nice and knowledgeable. Fascinating history.
Recommend.
Samar_S, Jun 2025
Our guide was very informative and had a great way of relating the stories.
However the audio system wasn’t good at all. We kept losing signal and there was no backup microphone. So we missed quite a bit of the info.
Diane_V, Mar 2025
Our guide was knowledgeable and we had a great experience. The tour included access to the cathedral and chapel. We were impressed with the tombs of the Catholic monarchs.
MariaLuisa_M, Feb 2025
Our guide Sara was great. She was very knowledgeable and helpful. The Cathedral is beautiful and definitely you should not miss exploring it
Daniel_S, Oct 2024
It’s all remarkable. Great guide. Stunning architecture and stories. One can only marvel at these incredible structures.
Tina_S, Oct 2024
Laura was an excellent guide- so knowledgeable and funny! She explained the history, politics and gave us some great insights to Granada as well. Highly recommend!
Amy_S, Sep 2024
Superb guide on this fascinating tour. Christopher (SP?) was so knowledgeable and attentive. I learned many details of the history of Granada. I would highly recommend this guide/tour.
Debbie_D, Sep 2024
Our guide Jamie was excellent. He gave us detailed historical background about the monarchs and cultures. His information about the monuments helped us to better understand them. His background in art history showed! He was also open to questions and made a point of highlighting element we were interested in. We highly recommend this tour.
Christne_S, Aug 2024
Informative of both the cathedral and Alcaraz.Thoroughly enjoyed the experience.Guide was interesting to listen to but perhaps needs to slow down as she was hard to understand at times.
stephanies_c, Jun 2024
Our tour guide was super knowledgeable, which help us understand spain empire history. A lot of descriptive details of each things we were presented.
christy_r, Jun 2024
Amazing tour guide with fun and interesting facts that I know I will remember while making the tour interesting!
Charles_L, Jun 2024
Our guide was very knowledgeable, helpful, and patient. It was a very complete and thorough tour of the chapel, cathedral, and museum.
mayrap257, Jun 2024
It was a very nice experience. The guide was knowledgeable. The chapel was very impressive . I will recommend to my friends
Wei_J, May 2024
The tour was entertaining, plenty of detailed explanations about the history of Granada without being too dry. She was professional and spoke good English.
Debra_M, Mar 2024
This is a great experience. We two had a private tour with a guide who spoke good English and appreciated so much history and architecture details. It was awesome. If you can, do this. It's very worthwhile.
Daniel_G, Mar 2024
Laura our guide wae extrenely knowlegeable,very patient and explained very clearly the major components and historical aspects of the cathedral and church...a lovely tour
Massimo_S, Mar 2024
I had the same guide (Marta) that I had in the Alhambra guided tour.
Marta is excellent, she knows a lot about Spanish history, besides being nice and very professional.
Jesse_D, Nov 2023
Very worthwhile experience - usually just see the thing and don't fully appreciate the nuance and historical context so this was a first for me to participate in a guided tour with a local expert. A little long in parts, perhaps could have been reduced by 30 minutes for my taste, but glad to have done it.
Adrienne_S, Oct 2023
We are staying here in Granada for an extended time and wanted to learn about the local history so we decided to take this tour to learn about the cathedral and chapel. We had Mercedes as a tour guide and she was wonderful. We brought our 6 year old child and she was so good with him. The tour was an hour and a half which was perfect for him and for us but we learned so much in that amount of time. So glad we did it!
Johan_d, Oct 2023
The guide was an amazing story teller. She created invaluable context. The chapel is much more rememberable than the cathedral.
James_O, Oct 2023
Both the Royal Palace and Cathedral were beautiful and overwhelming to view. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about both buildings and answered any questions we had.
Robert_A, Oct 2023
We had a Great guide who skilful account of the history adderto the visual splendour. Well worth it.
David_B, Oct 2023
Cathedral tour was cancelled on the morning we showed up; guide said they’d send us the tix to go later; never did. Never replied to any of our requests for the tix on whatsapp or a partial refund, they just took the money and never wanted to deal with it. Shame on you all.
LAURENCE_B, Aug 2023
Really beautiful. This might be my favorite cathedral in the world. The guide was so knowledgeable and friendly.
Stacey_S, Aug 2023
I want a refund. This bus to far from port where cruise ships come in. Taxi would not take us. Refund Refund
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