{"id":12852,"date":"2026-09-29T21:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/dar-al-horra-palace-granada\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T21:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:40:40","slug":"dar-al-horra-palace-granada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/things-to-see-in-granada\/palaces-and-carmenes-granada\/dar-al-horra-palace-granada\/","title":{"rendered":"Dar al-Horra Palace: Private Residence of Sultana Aixa in the Upper Albaic\u00edn 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tucked into the crest of the ancient Alcazaba Cadima in the upper Albaic\u00edn (Callej\u00f3n de las Monjas), the <strong>Palacio de Dar al-Horra (The House of the Honest Woman)<\/strong> was the private 15th-century residence of <strong>Sultana Aixa al-Horra<\/strong>, the formidable mother of Boabdil, the last Nasrid king of Granada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adsense-zero-cls\" style=\"min-height:280px;background:#f8fafc;border:1px dashed #cbd5e1;border-radius:8px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;margin:28px 0\"><span style=\"color:#94a3b8;font-size:0.85rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1px\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<h2>1. Pure Nasrid Intimacy<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike the monumental scale of the Alhambra palaces, Dar al-Horra preserves the intimate, domestic scale of a royal Moorish noble residence. A central courtyard features a tranquil rectangular water basin surrounded by porticoes with delicate plaster arches, carved wooden ceilings, and painted tile friezes with Arabic inscriptions of praise.<\/p>\n<h2>2. The Panoramic Tower<\/h2>\n<p>Climb to the upper tower mirador for an exceptional view across the terracotta roofs of the Albaic\u00edn, the church bell towers, and the distant olive hills.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Admission:<\/strong> Included in the <em>Monumentos Andalus\u00edes<\/em> combined ticket (~7.00 \u20ac) or single entry ~3.00 \u20ac.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hours:<\/strong> Open daily 10:00 to 17:00 h (winter) \/ 20:00 h (summer).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucked into the crest of the ancient Alcazaba Cadima in the upper Albaic\u00edn (Callej\u00f3n de las Monjas), the Palacio de Dar al-Horra (The House&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9975,"parent":12823,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12852","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5Jd8y-3li","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12852\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}