Learn more about our HOTEL CARLOS V
Our establishment
HOTEL CARLOS V welcomes you and offers its modern facilities to ensure you enjoy a happy and pleasant stay. To make your stay comfortable and enjoyable, we offer you the most complete and polished service. We are in a unique location in an exceptional area. An exclusive setting where style, comfort, past and present blend in perfectly. We offer all of the comforts you seek to enjoy a stay that invites you to experience history: both past and present. Because the hotel offers a series of pleasures that have already made history in the world of hospitality and leisure. HOTEL CARLOS V has it all: surroundings that guarantee relaxation and leisure, and comprehensive facilities for all kinds of holidays and business trips. We have a full staff that will provide you with a completely professional service to make your stay in our hotel much more pleasant. HOTEL CARLOS V offers top class facilities, in spacious, pleasant surroundings.
Meet our facilities
Rooms
The hotel sleeps 42 guests in its 23 rooms. We have 19 double rooms and 4 singles, all with a full ensuite bathroom and 1 with disabled access. There are cots and a smoking area available. Our rooms are equipped with all the creature comforts necessary to make your stay a memorable one. - Heating/air conditioning. - Internet. - Telephone. - Television. Our hotel offers a wide variety of rooms. We are professionals who care about your comfort and well-being - the reflection of a decidedly modern and specialised establishment.
Other facilities
Our hotel also has: - Two lounges. - Lift, available between floors. - Garden/terrace. - Indoor parking. - Unisex WC with disabled access. At HOTEL CARLOS V there are smoking areas.
Useful tourist information
Its geographical location, surrounded by mountains, with a fertile plain and excellent climate, made Granada an important settlement in prehistoric times. The first known settlement, which was the origin of the modern city, dates back to the Turdetanian period, one of the most advanced Paleoiberian tribes.
The arrival of the Romans brought it great civil and religious importance, as can be seen from numerous remains found all over the city. During the Visigoth period the city maintained all its grandeur. The Roman fort was followed by a Visigoth castle, thus becoming a fully-fledged fortress.
The Moors made it their home from the moment of their arrival. In 1013 it became an independent kingdom under the Zirid dynasty and the city underwent a period of sustained growth. Granada lived its zenith for 250 years, achieving major economic, artistic and cultural wealth. The main desire of the monarchs was to make this city so beautiful that nobody could match it. This is highlighted in stunning buildings, including the Alhambra and Generalife Palaces.
On 2 January 1492 the Catholic Monarchs entered Granada, putting an end to almost 8 centuries of Moorish presence on the peninsular. With the arrival of Christian domination, the city began a new period of splendour. During this period, the great late-Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque Christian monuments were built.
Today's Granada always leaves visitors surprised at the potent contrast between history and modernity that exists in the city. Ancient neighbourhoods like the Albaicín and the Alhambra fill the spirit with peace and memories of times gone by, in contrast with the bustling lower city, noisy and lively, with its tunas (university singers) students, bars and tapas.
The Alhambra is a palace-city with fortress (alcazaba), royal chambers, houses, barracks, mosques, bath-houses, cemeteries, administrative buildings and gardens.
The site as a whole originated from a 9th century fortress that was known as Qatat Alhamrá (meaning Red Castle) for the reddish hue of the earth in the area. In 1238, Mohamed Ben Alhamar, the first king of the Nazari dynasty, decided to move his court from the Albaicín to the neighbouring hill. Later, Yusuf (1333-1354) ordered the Palacio de Comares (Comares Palace) to be built, and his son, Muhamad V (1354-1391) ordered the Patio de los Leones (Courtyard of Lions) and adjacent chambers to be built. Following the Christian conquest it remained a Royal Household. Under Carlos V, part of the Comares chambers was demolished for his palace to be built and a church to be erected on the site of the mosque. During the 17th Century the palace was neglected and it was not until the 18th Century that the buildings were examined. During the 19th Century, after all the buildings were almost blown up by Napoleon's troops, restoration work began.
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