Realejo-San Matías, Granada — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Realejo-San Matías?

Towers, chapels and museums crowd the list. The Royal Chapel of Granada and the Catedral Metropolitana de la Encarnación stand at one end of it, with the Museo de la Capilla Real and the church del Sagrario attached to the same block of ground. Alhambra work appears too: the Museo de la Alhambra, the Torre de la Cautiva and the Torre de las Infantas.

Houses hold their own. Casa de los Girones, Casa de los Vargas and the Casa Huerta de San Vicente are all entered, along with the Centro de Arte José Guerrero and the Sephardic Museum.

What is the history of Realejo-San Matías?

The register carries no founding year. What it carries instead is the Monument to Isabella I of Castile and Christopher Columbus, a marker of the crown's business in Granada rather than of the quarter's own beginnings. Convents multiplied afterwards.

The Convent of San Francisco, the Convento de Santa Cruz la Real, the Convento del Ángel Custodio and the Monasterio de Carmelitas Descalzas all belong to that stretch of building. Castillo de Bibataubín and the Arc of Granadas are recorded on the same ground. The Sephardic Museum keeps a separate thread of the district's past.

Where is Realejo-San Matías?

Realejo-San Matías runs through Granada from the Castillo de Bibataubín towards the Museo de la Alhambra, with the Iglesia de San Matías at its middle.