Editorial Contributor
Sarah Mills
Sarah Mills has been writing about Spanish food for over a decade, with the last four years focused almost entirely on Andalusia. Granada's food scene hooked her for reasons she can explain precisely: the city is one of the last places in Spain where a drink still comes with a free tapa, which tells you something about how seriously it takes hospitality. She has written about pionono — the small cream pastry from Santa Fe that most visitors miss entirely — jamón de Trevélez cured above 1,200 metres in the Sierra Nevada, and the particular style of salmorejo that Granada bars make thicker and colder than anywhere in Córdoba. Her reviews are built around ordering what regulars order rather than what the menu pushes at tourists. She has strong opinions about which restaurants have coasted on reputation and which ones are still earning it. Her food journalism has appeared in British food and travel publications.
Credentials
Ten years in food journalism specialising in Spanish and Andalusian cuisine. Four years focused on Granada's food scene.
110 articles published across 8 topics
Published Work
110 pieces across guides, places, and food.
Recent Guides
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Best Flamenco in Granada
Where to experience real flamenco in Granada: Sacromonte cave zambra shows, the oldest peña (est. 1949), and sunset walks with live street performers.
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Best Things to Do in Granada for Couples
Eight activities worth doing as a couple in Granada: the Albaicin at sunset, Arab baths, the Alhambra, cave flamenco, and a balloon at dawn over the Vega.
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Best Boutique Hotels in Granada
Eight boutique hotels in Granada ranked by location, character, and value: Albaicín palaces, Nasrid courtyards, Realejo convents, and design hotels from 55€.
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Best Luxury Hotels in Granada
Granada's five-star and luxury hotels ranked: the Parador inside the Alhambra walls, palace-hotel conversions, boutiques with Alhambra views, prices included.
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Granada Tapas Bars Ranked by Kitchen Quality
How Granada's tapas bars are judged: kitchen specificity, local patronage, and value, ranked and scored. See the full neighbourhood guide for all picks.
Recent Activities
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Granada Cathedral Tour
Guided tour of Granada Cathedral and the Royal Chapel. Expert commentary on Siloé's Renaissance interior and the tombs of the Catholic Monarchs. From €20.
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Granada Cooking Class
Cooking class in Granada's Sacromonte cave kitchen. Make salmorejo, paella, and Andalusian dishes with Moorish roots. From €71 — wine and meal included.
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Granada Tapas Tour
Guided 2.5-3 hour walk through Granada's authentic tapas bars. 10-12 tapas samples and 4-5 local drinks per person. Small groups, max 8 people. From €60.
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Granada Wine Tour: Alpujarras Bodegas and DO Wine Tasting
Full-day tours from Granada into the Alpujarras visit 2-3 bodegas producing Granada DO wines at 900-1,400m altitude. Includes tapas pairings. From €40.
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Alpujarras Olive Oil Tasting Tour: Mill, Cooperative and DOP Granada
3-hour guided tour combining a 15th-century olive mill, a modern cooperative and a full DOP Granada tasting. Extra virgin, organic varieties. €38 per person.
Recent Events
1 articleRecent Hotels
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Soho Boutique Granada
4-star design hotel with spa and wellness centre on Plaza Isabel la Católica, the geographic centre of Granada. Contemporary interiors, couples-friendly.
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Hotel Boutique Casa Morisca
14-room boutique hotel in a restored Nasrid-era house in the Albaicín. Traditional central courtyard, Moorish detail, ten minutes from the San Nicolas mirador.
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Seda Club Hotel Granada
5-star boutique with 21 rooms and 6 suites, steps from Granada Cathedral. Small Luxury Hotels member: fine dining, spa, and rooftop terrace. From 300€.
Recent Restaurants
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Los Diamantes
Bar Los Diamantes on Calle Navas, Granada: fried anchovies since 1942, a free tapa with every drink, tables from 12:00. Address, hours, and specialties inside.
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Restaurante Chikito
Restaurante Chikito on Plaza del Campillo: Tortilla Sacromonte, Lorca's old literary café, €25-40 per person. Hours, menu highlights and booking tips inside.
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Taberna La Tana
Award-winning wine bar in Granada's Realejo with 300 references. Boquerones en vinagre, salmorejo with langoustines, artisan cheese board. €12–20 per person.
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Aljibe 1644
Creative Andalusian menu on Carrera del Darro, inside the 1804 birthplace of Mariana Pineda. Chef Ángel Rodríguez. Three-ham board, seasonal fish. €30–50.
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Bar Aliatar
Granada institution trading since 1947 on Calle San Sebastián. Famous for bocadillos de jamón and montaditos. Budget tapas, three central locations. €4–10.
Recent Bars
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Bar Aliatar
Local bar on Plaza Aliatar in the Albaicín. Residents drink here more than visitors do. Free tapas, cold beer, and a square that catches the last evening light.
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Taberna La Tana
Taberna La Tana, Placeta del Agua, Albaicín: the bar Anthony Bourdain filmed for morcilla de Burgos. Open daily from 12:00; drinks from €4 include a free tapa.
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B Heaven Granada
Rooftop bar in the Albaicín with 360° views of the Alhambra and Sierra Nevada. Craft cocktails and gin-tonics from €10. Best at dusk, before the crowds.
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Bar Ávila Tapas
Family-friendly Centro bar: creative tapas (the Ávila Burger with tomato jelly and sheep's cheese) alongside Andalusian classics. Free tapas with every drink.
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Bar Casa Julio
Tiny, standing-room-only bar near Plaza Nueva with TripAdvisor recognition. Fried espetos, jamón serrano, and boquerones arrive free with every drink order.
Recent Dishes
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Ajoblanco
Ancient cold soup of blanched almonds, garlic, bread, and olive oil, blended to a creamy white liquid. Granada's version comes with a baked potato on the side.
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Bienmesabe Granadino
Granada's thick cold almond cream: blanched almonds, egg yolks, cinnamon and lemon zest. A convent sweet sold from monastery turn-boxes since the 15th century.
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Carne en Salsa Granadina
Granada's slow-cooked meat stew in a sauce of onion, garlic, tomato, almonds, paprika, and cumin. Warming and aromatic, with clear Moorish spice roots.
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Choto al Ajillo
Kid goat braised for over an hour in olive oil, white wine, and 20 garlic cloves until the sauce turns golden. Granada's most festive traditional dish.
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Dulces de Convento
Almond cookies, crumbly polvorones, ring pastries and marzipan figures made by Granada's enclosed nuns and sold through a wooden turn-box in the convent wall.