The butterfly house
A hot tropical house where butterflies fly freely around you — the section children love most.
Antonio Periago Miñarro from Murcia, España — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Jars — CC0 · Junta de Andalucía — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Junta de Andalucía — CC BY-SA 2.0
The Parque de las Ciencias in Granada is a large interactive science museum, among the biggest in Spain. It spreads over a wide site of buildings and outdoor gardens, and its exhibits are designed to be worked by hand. Sections cover physics, astronomy, the human body and the environment, and there is a planetarium, an observation tower and a tropical butterfly house where they fly freely around you. Outside are large-scale hands-on experiments about water, energy and motion. It is the best option in Granada for families with children, particularly after a tiring day at the Alhambra and in the Albaicín. It needs at least half a day.
A hot tropical house where butterflies fly freely around you — the section children love most.
Astronomy shows on a domed screen, for an extra ticket at set times.
A tower in the middle of the site with a view over Granada and the Sierra Nevada.
Large-scale hands-on experiments in the gardens about water, energy and motion.
Avenida de la Ciencia, 18006 Granada
Huerta de San Vicente, Lorca's Summer HouseThe summer house of the family of the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcí12 minutes walk4.4
Basílica de las AngustiasA seventeenth-century Baroque church dedicated to Granada's patron, on the avenu14 minutes walk4.6
Cuarto Real de Santo DomingoA thirteenth-century Nasrid hall, what remains of a country palace that once loo18 minutes walk4.3
Corral del CarbónThe Corral del Carbón in Granada is the only surviving building of its kind in S19 minutes walk4.4
Centro José GuerreroAn art centre in central Granada devoted to José Guerrero, the Granadan painter 20 minutes walk4.5Yes — by a wide margin the best family option in Granada. Almost everything is designed to be operated by hand, and the outdoor areas are large and safe. It suits every age from small children to teenagers.
Half a day minimum, a full day with children who want to try everything. The site is far larger than it appears from the entrance, and there is a restaurant inside so you need not leave.
Partly. Many exhibits work without language at all, being hands-on, but the panels are mainly Spanish with English in some sections. There is nothing in Arabic. This matters less than it might, since the point is doing rather than reading.