Palacio de los Patos
A 19th-century palace in the city centre, with a contemporary second building, a garden restaurant and a spa.
Suits Couples who want a palace in the centre to walk out from, and families, in suites that take up to four.
Granada · Andalusia · Spain
Where to stay in Granada
Where you stay in Granada is part of the experience, not just a base. We match you with a hotel that fits how you like to travel — a 19th-century palace with a garden, a former bank facing the Cathedral, or a house of twenty rooms on the Plaza de la Trinidad.
Granada hotels at a glance
- Featured hotels
- Three, all five-star Gran Lujo on Andalusia's tourism register
- Neighbourhood
- All three in the historic centre, near the Cathedral and the Gran Vía
- Settings
- A 19th-century palace, a former bank and a late 19th-century house
01Where to stay
Choose the area, then the hotel
Distances are in a straight line to the Cathedral.
The historic centre
The Cathedral marks the heart of the city, with the Royal Chapel, the Catholic Monarchs’ resting place, beside it, and around them shopping streets, tapas bars, the old silk market of the Alcaicería and the flower stalls of the Plaza Bib-Rambla. For a stay on foot among the monuments, with the Alhambra on its hill above.
Palacio Gran Vía
A five-star Gran Lujo house of 38 rooms in the old Rodríguez-Acosta bank, facing the Cathedral, with a rooftop bar and a spa under a brick vault.
Suits Couples who want to see Granada on foot from the middle of it, and families, in the Suite's two connecting bedrooms or a pair of interconnecting rooms.
Seda Club
A twenty-room five-star Gran Lujo house on the Plaza de la Trinidad, with a rooftop bar and a heated pool.
Suits Couples who want a five-star house at a small scale in the middle of the old centre, with a rooftop for the evening.
Another area to consider
The Albaicín
The old Moorish quarter on the hill facing the Alhambra, on the World Heritage List since 1994, with its lanes, its miradores and its cármenes, houses with terraced gardens, a number of them restored as places to stay. None of our featured hotels is in the Albaicín; tell us if you would like to stay there.
The hotels on the map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Granada’s centre lies at the foot of two hills: the Alhambra’s to the east and the Albaicín’s to the north-east, across the Darro. Our three hotels are in the centre, around the Cathedral and the Gran Vía. The map shows them and the Cathedral.
02Side by side
The Granada hotels compared
| Palacio de los Patos | Palacio Gran Vía | Seda Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Centro histórico | Centro histórico | Centro histórico |
| Setting | 19th-century palace and a contemporary building | An early 20th-century bank building on the Gran Vía | A late 19th-century building on the Plaza de la Trinidad |
| Star category | Five-star Gran Lujo | Five-star Gran Lujo | Five-star Gran Lujo |
| Rooms | 40 | 38 | 20 |
| Pool | Indoor spa pool with jets | Heated indoor pool in the spa | A heated pool in the wellness area |
| Spa and wellness | Bodyna Spa with a sauna and a Turkish bath | Hammam with a Turkish bath, a treatment room and a gym | Massages and treatments; a gym with Technogym equipment |
| Dining | Los Patos restaurant and garden terrace | El Patio, the Miralba rooftop bar and La Sucursal Grand Café | The Seda Club restaurant, a cocktail bar and a rooftop bar |
| To the Cathedral | 600 m | 130 m | 270 m |
Facts from the hotels' official websites and official tourism sources, checked 1 October 2026. Distances are straight lines from each hotel's checked map position to the Cathedral. A dash means we have not confirmed that detail.
03Arranging a stay
How we arrange a stay in Granada
A selection of hotels we recommend in Granada, all five-star Gran Lujo. We can also arrange other properties to suit your preferences and travel plans, including a private villa or residence.
After discussing your plans, we prepare a tailored proposal with a quoted trip price and clear inclusions. Once you approve it and complete the agreed booking requirements, we confirm your arrangements, coordinate the details and support you while you travel.
Peace of mind
- Clear before you commit. A written proposal with a quoted trip price and clear inclusions, before any payment.
- Financially protected. When your stay is part of a package trip, your payments are covered against our insolvency by a guarantee with AXA. A hotel booked on its own is not a package.
- One point of contact. From the first conversation to the last day, with support while you travel.
Further reading
For the city itself, our Granada travel guide covers what to see and when to go, and Spain’s castles and palaces and our guide to Spanish gastronomy go further. Planning more of Spain? Browse luxury hotels by region, or see ten boutique hotels across Spain, Palacio de los Patos among them.
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