This Carthusian monastery is definitely worth a visit. You enter the place through a medieval cloister, very restrained, then enter an elaborately decorated baroque church which leads to a lavishly OTT counter reformation sacristy - stunning in its way...

Got here at the same time as two very large parties so the peace of the cloisters was a bit spoilt. Some of the decoration really has to be seen to be believed. Worth seeing but there are better places if your time in Granada is very short.

If you have the tourist ticket- make use of it and hop the bus here. The art is really bizarre... so morbid it's almost humorous... it's a crazy ornate monastery, but we'd had enough of palaces and churches by the time we arrived here on our last day of 10 days in spain so... we were just churched out!

It's 20 minutes ride on the bus from the center of town. The monasterio itself is well kept, beautiful but not outstanding. It's typical. On my mind the best thing there is small inner orange garden - patio. No photo allowed.

We got a taxi from our Hotel to take us to San Nicolas look out point. Our driver insisted we go to the monastery on the way and he was right. Incredibly ornate chapel as well as interesting garden and a few nice paintings.

I would lie if I'd say that I didn't like this place, It was one of the most beautiful monasteries/churches I have visited. I just cannot understand why the photos are not allowed. No flash I get it, but no photos at all is just a luck of respect to the tourist that visits the place.

The monastery is not far from the city centre, but when we visited, there were very few other visitors - good for us, but we felt it deserved much more attention. We were welcomed by one of the monks, and showed where to start our tour. Sadly, there are signs everywhere: "No photos". Why ever not? You visit a beautiful... More

The monastery is a short 10min bus ride (we used the #8) from downtown. It houses a decent art collection set among an odd mix of primitive and then elaborate rooms and chapel.

The Cartuja monastery dates from the 16th century and is situated just to to the north of the city next to the university. On the advice of the helpful lady from the tourist office we took the regular bus there rather than the considerably more expensive tourist option. Bus number 8 leaves from opposite the cathedral on Gran Via, costs... More