Granada Artisan Workshops

La Alcaicería is a maze of narrow, winding alleys characterized by intricate arches and low ceilings that distinguish it from the wider streets nearby. Originally founded in the fourteenth century under Muhammad the Fifth, it functioned as…

Victor Díaz is a luthier whose workshop is located at Placeta de la Miga, number five. Born in Granada in nineteen seventy-four, Díaz grew up in the workshop of his father, Francisco Manuel Díaz, who was a prominent figure in the local…

La Guitarrería de Granada maintains a workshop dedicated to the construction and restoration of Spanish and flamenco guitars, continuing a centuries-old tradition in the city. The practice of lutherie here relies on specific methods passed…

Artesanía González occupies a space on Cuesta de Gomérez where the shop displays intricate woodwork known as taracea. This traditional craft involves inlaying fine woods to create geometric patterns and vibrant mosaics, a technique…

Guitarrería Casa Ferrer occupies a space along the Cuesta de Gomérez, a path climbing toward the Alhambra. Founded in eighteen seventy-five by Benito Ferrer Martín, this workshop is one of the oldest guitar-making studios in Spain. The…

Taracea Valdivieso is a workshop dedicated to the preservation of taracea, a traditional marquetry technique involving the inlay of small, geometric pieces of wood, bone, or metal into wooden surfaces. You can identify the shop by the…

Taracea Artesanía del Árbol is a family-run workshop that has produced traditional Granadian marquetry for one hundred and fifty years. The shop specializes in taracea, a craft brought to the region during the Moorish occupation of Spain.…