Granada may be the best-value city in Spain: order a €2.50 beer and a plate of food lands beside it, free. Half the Alhambra hill, every mirador and most churches cost nothing, and a €5 day-pass covers the whole bus network.
The Albaicín's most famous terrace faces the Alhambra across the Darro valley, with the Sierra Nevada behind it. Open 24 hours, always free. Arrive before 10:00 and you share it with a handful of locals rather than three tour groups.
A 19th-century estate on the Alhambra hill with peacocks, a nasrid-style pond and terraces overlooking the whole vega — and entry is free. Open roughly 10:00-14:00 and 16:00-20:00 in summer, shorter hours November to March.
The cobbled riverside street below the Alhambra, lined with 16th-century bridges, the ruined Puente del Cadí and the 11th-century Bañuelo Arab baths. The street is free; the Bañuelo costs €5 on the Dobla de Oro combined ticket.
Renaissance monastery with a double-storey orange-tree cloister and the tomb of the Gran Capitán. Entry is €5, but the adjoining church is free during mass times and the exterior patio can be seen without paying.
Granada's covered municipal market a block from the cathedral, trading since 1892. Stalls sell jamón, Alpujarra cheese, olives and fruit at supermarket-beating prices; a picnic for two costs under €8. Open Monday to Saturday mornings.
An 1890s barrel-lined bodega where a €2.80 caña or vermut arrives with a genuinely substantial free tapa — often migas, salchichón or patatas a lo pobre. Two rounds each is a full lunch for under €12 a head.
The 'Little Morocco' lane of Moroccan tea houses and spice shops climbing into the Albaicín. Mint tea runs €2.50-3.50, a plate of Arabic pastries about €3, and browsing the lamps, babouches and spice sacks is free.
The pedestrian tapas street running off Plaza del Carmen, packed with bars where every drink still buys a free plate. Los Diamantes serves fried seafood, Taberna La Tana pours Andalusian wine — four bars, four tapas, roughly €12.
Whitewashed cave houses dug into the hillside, historic home of Granada's Roma flamenco families. The lane is free to walk; the Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte, with furnished caves and Alhambra views, charges €5 (€3 reduced).
A free footpath from Sacromonte across the Barranco de los Negros to the ruined 14th-century Santa Elena watchtower above the Generalife. The highest free viewpoint over the entire Alhambra complex and the Sierra Nevada.
The poet's summer family house sits in a public park with free lawns and shade. House entry is €3, and it is free to everyone on Wednesdays; the original desk and the piano he played are still in place.
A 17th-century hermitage on the ridge above the Albaicín city wall, 30 minutes uphill from San Nicolás and free at all hours. The 360-degree sweep takes in the Alhambra, the vega and, on a clear day, snow on the Veleta.