Where to find Granada Christmas Market
Highlights of Granada Christmas Market
- Nativity market on Bib-Rambla, at the foot of the cathedral
- Stalls reserved by the city council for nativity scenes, Christmas items and decorations, 26 at most in 2025
- From 14 November 2025 to 6 January 2026 in 2025, 2026 edition to be announced
- Combines in a single day with a visit to the Alhambra
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Granada Christmas Market in pictures
The Granada Christmas market is a nativity market, the Mercado de Belenes, held on the Plaza de Bib-Rambla at the foot of the cathedral. The city council allocates its stalls through a call for applications and reserves them for nativity scenes, Christmas items and decorations. In 2025 it ran from 14 November 2025 to 6 January 2026, with 26 stalls at most. The 2026 dates were not yet known as of 27 October 2026.
Granada Christmas market dates and opening hours
The 2026 edition has not been announced. In 2025 the Bib-Rambla market ran from 14 November 2025 to 6 January 2026, from mid-November to Epiphany. The opening hours for the 2024-2025 season were 11am to 2pm and 5pm to 9pm, with an afternoon break. They are still to be confirmed for 2026.
Bib-Rambla: a market reserved for nativity scenes
On Bib-Rambla, the stalls are reserved for the traditional nativity scene, Christmas items and Christmas decorations. In 2025 their number was capped at 26. In some years the municipal Christmas market has spread to Puerta Real and the Humilladero, with close to a hundred craft stalls.
How to get to the Granada Christmas market
The Plaza de Bib-Rambla is in the heart of central Granada, beside the cathedral, and the market can be visited on the same day as the Alhambra. If you are flying in, check flights to Granada or to Malaga with the airlines before booking. If you arrive via Malaga, the Malaga Christmas market, on the Paseo del Parque, adds to the trip.
The other markets in the country are listed on our page of Christmas markets in Spain.
- The Seville Christmas market, the Feria del Belén, is Andalusia’s other big nativity fair, between the cathedral and the Archivo de Indias.
- The Madrid Christmas market fills the Plaza Mayor from late November to 31 December 2026.
Specialities to try
The flavours that make this market what it is
Bib-Rambla is reserved for the traditional nativity scene
Christmas items and Christmas decorations
Our tip
In 2024-2025 the market closed between 2pm and 5pm: visit in the morning or at the end of the day, and keep the middle of the day for the Alhambra. The 2026 dates and opening hours are still to be announced, check them before booking.
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