Gar-anat and El Ladrón de Agua
El Ladrón de Agua is set in a 16th-century building and focuses on a book of poetry written in 1924 by Juan Ramón Jiménez after a visit to the city. It is this hotel’s elder brother, and together they form a whole for all our guests… El Ladrón de Agua is open to art and culture. It is a focal point for a concept of the city as home for free, creative people… Gar-anat is a citadel under constant development by the pilgrims who come… The two of them, along with the path between them, form a whole…
The Path of the Three Hills
When you get here we will suggest a pilgrimage between these two places, (Gar-Anat Hotel de Peregrinos and El Ladrón de Agua, avoiding a straight line, looking for the long way round, because that is where beauty lies). This route (which will take at least half a day) has a prize, although the best prize of all will be that of knowledge and creative magic.
You will discover the essence and history of Gar-Anat; you will climb 3 different hills: Mauror, Sabika and Albayzin, to then return to the hotel from the Cathedral. You will delve into three religions: Judaism, Islam and Christianity, to discover that they form the same age-old culture of Granada. You will discover the Alhambra, but as the culmination of other experiences (streets, squares, palaces, churches, convents, faces, words, light, breezes…) and not as a tourist attraction.
You will understand why Granada is an eternal city, why it is Nasrid, Mudejar, Renaissance and Baroque all at the same time; why it is a host of names and realities that look up to the sky with cypress eyes, touching it with wisteria flowers; why Granada’s spirit lies in the water channels, fountains and cisterns, in the water that springs forth, runs down or remains calm so that the pilgrims of the world, like you, can look down at themselves and become one.
This route will help you to feel at one with Granada and we are keen for you to do it. We will talk to you about other pilgrims who left behind an everlasting legacy, such as Washington Irving, Juan Ramón Jiménez and Manuel de Falla. We will talk to you of treasures hidden to everyday tourists but which you will discover – perhaps a church or a simple square that you find stunning, perhaps an autumn tree, a garden at dusk or a distant fountain that reflects your desires.