Mirador de San Nicolás
Hilltop viewpoint packed nightly with vendors, guitarists and tea drinkers watching golden light hit a Moorish fortress across the valley.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Mirador de San Nicolás in Granada opens with an odd truth: the hill actually blocks the sunset from this square, even though the spot has been marketed for decades as home to the world's most beautiful one, a reputation often traced to a supposed 1997 remark by Bill Clinton. You'll hear how that appetite now fills the terraces of Huerto de Juan Ranas and Balcón de San Nicolás, and why walking a few steps to a cheaper spot like Bar Kiki gets you the same view. The guide also leads you down to Calderería Nueva, Granada's street of Moroccan-style teahouses, before turning to a recent ban on drinking in the square itself.
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