Solana de Granada is a cozy hostel and climbers’ paradise located in the mountains north of the city of Granada. If you want to enjoy a friendly atmosphere and share a home with fellow climbers and travellers in a beautiful place – this is it!

A charmingly refurbished traditional Andalusian house, Solana has a huge garden (with its very own climbing crag), and is located in a quiet mountain town with lots of nature and rock around. There’s plenty of climbing and bouldering within walking distance, and if you’re prepared to drive 10-60 minutes then thousands of routes of all grades and styles will be at your disposal…

Granada city centre – one of the most beautiful in Europe – is just 40 minutes away by bus (or 30 minutes by car). There’s also the mountains super nearby, where you can participate in any sporty activity that takes your fancy, and the coast just 1 hour away :)

Distance: 5 to 15 minutes walk

Style: Single pitch sport, bouldering

Number of routes: approx 170 sport routes

Grade range: 5+ to 8b+

Distance: 10-minute drive or 1 hour walk

Style: single pitch sport; multi-pitch

Number of routes: 360+

Grade range: 5th to 8th grades

Distance: 30-minute drive from Solana

Style: single-pitch sport, multi-pitch

Number of routes: 280+

Grade range: 4 to 8a+

Distance: 35-minute drive from Solana

Style: single-pitch sport, via ferrata

Number of routes: 140

Grade range: 6a to 8b

Distance: 50-minute drive from Solana

Style: single-pitch sport, multi-pitch, trad

Number of routes: 280

Grade range: 4a to 8b+

Distance: 30-40 minutes walking from Solana, 5 minutes by car

Style: bouldering

Number of routes: still under development

Grade range: V0 to as hard as you can climb! The area is still under development, so loads to explore

Distance: 30s walk from Solana (home crag!)

Style: single-pitch sport

Number of routes: 20+

Grade range: 5+ to 7c

Mountain range with Alpine-style trad climbing in summer, and mixed routes in winter.

You can read more about the climbing in Andalucia in our blog post on Granada and Jaen.

Edu

Edu is a passionate climber who made his way from being a vet in Venezuela through Tenerife to Granada, where he had the idea to open a climbers hostel because the area is just perfect for climbing, outdoor sports and holidays in general. He knows the crags of Granada (and Jaen) very well, so you can ask him for climbing advice and recommendations anytime.

Miri

When Miri was formerly working in IT in Munich, Germany, she used to travel a lot for climbing and visited many places like Solana de Granada before starting this climbing hostel project. Whatever you need during your stay, you can ask her and she will help you organize it.

Choose between a bed in one of Solana's two 6-bed dorms, or a private double room.

6-bed dorms (x2)

Solana boasts 2 spacy 6-bed dorms with comfortable home crafted wooden bunk-beds. They are equipped with a lockable box for each guest and a few shelves and hangers. Solana provides the sheets and bedding, as well as a towel for you, so all you need to bring is your climbing kit :)

2-bed private room

Solana has 1 private room with a double bed, equipped with the hostel's rustic home-crafted wooden furniture. The room is spacious with a comfortable loft-style bed and sofa to chill on underneath. There’s a big shelf with a clothes rack, and comfy chair for reading. As always, Solana provides the bedding, sheets and towels for you.

Head to Solana's website to book and find out more.

To learn more about Solana de Granada and book, head to their website.