The Sierra Nevada is the southernmost resort in Europe, located in the Spanish mountain range of the same name, and within sight of the Mediterranean’s beaches - near the historic city of Granada and the Costa del Sol.

The resort is 32kms to the southeast of Granada’s international airport. Iberia flies to Granada once or twice daily from Barcelona and Madrid, several times a week from Palma de Majorca, three times a week from Valencia, and every Thursday from Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Malaga‘s international airport, with charter flights linking to the major European capitals, is 160kms to the west.

Granada is connected by superhighway to Madrid, Málaga and Seville. Many sightseers prefer to make the drive from Madrid to Granada in two days, rather than one. You reach the resort via the A-92, a steep, winding mountain road which can be hazardous when icy; expect traffic delays near the top in peak season periods.

If you arrive early in the morning, you may be lucky enough to get a free parking space by the side of the road leading into the resort village of Pradollano. Otherwise you'll need to use the underground car park which has capacity for 2,800 vehicles but is expensive for long-term parking.

Most buses pull into a station on the fringe of Granada at Carretera de Madrid, with six buses per day from Córdoba (three hours), 12 from Jaén (1 hour, 30 minutes), nine from Madrid (five hours), 15 from Málaga (two hours), and six from Seville (three hours). A daily bus from Granada to Sierra Nevada departs at 09:00 and returns at 17:00; journey time is one hour. The road up to the resort is in good condition.

Two trains connect Granada with Madrid's Atocha Rail Station daily, taking six hours. Overnight trains from Madrid generally take eight hours. Many connections to the rest of Spain are funnelled through the railway junction at Bobadilla, a two-hour ride to the west. The train station is at avenida Andalucía.