Facade of the Alhambra Palace
King Alfonso XIII was in charge of inaugurating the Alhambra Palace the January 1, 1910 , a hotel that would help give shelter to the 18,000 people who annually visited the Alhambra already at that time.
Construction of the Alhambra Palace
Little by little, the hotel was receiving personalities that have been increasing its 'Gold Book' , the Alhambra Palace guest book, a compendium of names that more than a registration book looks like a historical summary of personalities from all fields, all countries and from all times.
Photograph of the announcement of the inauguration of the Alhambra Palace by the monarch Alfonso XIII
From the guitarist Narciso Yepes or the lyrical singer Monserrata Caballé going through Rage Against the Machine , Pedro Almodóvar, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Jean Cocteau, Federico García Lorca, Mario Vargas Llosa, Mr. Rockefeller, Stephen Hawking or Dalai Lhama himself... the list is endless as well as surprising.
It became a Blood Hospital during the Spanish Civil War
After having been a Hotel-Casino and even a blood hospital during the Civil War, it has been renovated from the ground up to the rooms, modernizing the air conditioning and the electrical system of the rooms , elevators and access for people with reduced mobility ... everything, so that it remains what it has been for 102 years: the lodging of Granada that symbolizes Granada itself.
Terrace of the Hotel Alhambra Palace today