In the one hundred years it has provided elegant hotel accommodation in Granada, Hotel Alhambra Palace has played host to a wide variety of luminaries. Everyone from Spanish royalty to Hollywood screen sirens to prominent politicians to music legends has graced our hotel. Discover just a few of our famous guests below:

ROYALTY

KING ALFONSO XIII OF SPAIN

KING AGA KHAN

KING CARL GUSTAF XVI AND QUEEN SYLVIA SOMMERLATH OF SWEDEN

KING ALFONSO DE BORBÓN Y DAMPIERRE

KING JUAN CARLOS I AND QUEEN SOFIA OF SPAIN

PRINCE OF ASTURIAS FELIPE DE BORBON

PRINCESS IRENE OF GREECE, SISTER OF THE QUEEN SOFIA OF SPAIN

KING ALBERT II AND QUEEN PAOLA OF BELGIUM

KING ALFAHED OF SAUDI ARABIA (BEING PRINCE)

PRINCESS SISTER OF THE SHA OF PERSIA, REZZA PALEVI

KING FAYD OF SAUDI ARABIA

PRINCESS SHANAZ PAHLAVI OF IRAN

PRINCES SONS OF THE KING HASSAN OF MOROCCO

DUKE OF WINDSOR AND PRINCE OF WALES, CHARLES MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR

EDWARD VIII, PRINCE OF WALES AND DUKE OF WINDSOR

SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI, EMIR OF QATAR

MR. AL-THANI (PRINCE OF QATAR)

MR. AL WALEED BIN TALAL ( SAUDI ARABIA PRINCE )

 

 

PRESIDENTS

Mr. FUGENCIO BATISTA, PRESIDENT OF CUBA

Mr. RÓMULO BETANCOURT, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA

Mr. URHO KEKKONEN, PRESIDENT OF FINLAND

Mr. GHAFAR NUMEIRI, PRESIDENT OF SUDAN

Mrs. VIGDIS FINNBOGADOTTIR, PRESIDENT OF FINLAND

Mr. SUHARTO, PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA

Mr. ADOLFO SUÁREZ, PRESIDENT OF SPAIN

Mr. LEOPOLDO CALVO SOTELO, PRESIDENT OF SPAIN

Mr. FELIPE GONZÁLEZ, PRESIDENT OF SPAIN

Mrs. LADY BIRD JOHNSON, US FIRST LADY

Mr. CHARLES DE GAULLE, PRESIDENT OF FRANCE

Mr. RODRIGUEZ DE LA BORBOLLA, PRESIDENT OF THE ANDALUSIAN AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT

Mr. RAFAEL ESCUREDO, PRESIDENT OF THE ANDALUSIAN AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT

Mr. VICE PRESIDENT OF JORDAN

Mr. JUAN MANUEL GÁLVEZ, PRESIDENT OF HONDURAS

 

GOVERNMENT MINISTERS

Mr. ALDO MORO, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY

Mr. AMIR-ABBAS HOVEIDA, PRIME MINISTER OF IRAN

Mr. PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA

Mr. CAMILO ALONSO VEGA, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, SPAIN

Mr. ALBERTO MARTÍN ARTAJO, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SPAIN

Mr. RICARDO DE LA CIERVA, MINISTER OF CULTURE, SPAIN

Mr. FRANCISCO FERNÁNDEZ ORDÓÑEZ, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SPAIN

Mr. MIGUEL ÁNGEL MORATINOS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SPAIN

Mr. MANUEL FRAGA IRIBARNE, MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND TOURISM, SPAIN

Dr. XINZHONG, MINISTER OF HEALTH, CHINA

Dr. SOARES, MINISTER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, BRAZIL

Mr. MINISTER OF TRADE, SAUDI ARABIA

Mr. INFORMATION MINISTER, IRAQ

 

AMBASSADORS

THOMAS ENDERS, USA

TERENCE TODMAN, USA

JOH CLARK

YURI DUBININ, USSR

 

POLITICIANS

PINAR BLAS (President of Fuerza Nueva)

MANUEL FRAGA IRIBARNE

LUIS SERRANO

S.F. BELTRAN (Director General of Tourism of Mexico)

MR. ROSSELL (Secretary General of Tourism of Mexico)

SANTIAGO CARRILLO (Secretary General P.C.E.)

MR. STOLEROU (Secretary of Labor Frances)

MR. MAYOR(Director General of UNESCO)

MR. SANCHEZ RUIZ (Secretary of Tourism of Argentina)

RAMON TAMAMES (P.C.E. Committee Member)

ALBERTO RUIZ GALLARDON (Mayor of Madrid)

MANUEL CHAVES (Andalusia Community-Vice President 3 º)

JAIME MAYOR ORJA (MEP)

NARCIS SIERRA

 

PERSONALITIES

LOPEZ PORTILLO (President of Mexico)

MARGARITA LOPEZ PORTILLO (Sr. President of Mexico)

Monsignor ERNESTRO GALLINA (Vatican Nuncio in the WTO)

POPE CLEMENT (Palmar de Troya)

DALAI LHAMA

MR. MIRZA AHMAD TAHYZ (Pontifice ADMADIYYA Community)

DR. FISHLERDER (Nobel Prize)

SEVERO OCHOA (Nobel Prize)

MS. IRVING (the grandniece of Washington Irving)

REV. FATHER MUNDIN (expert in Botany)

MR. HARRISON SCHMITT (Apollo 17, last astronaut on the moon)

MR. ROCKEFELLER

MARIBEL DE FALLA (niece of Manuel de Falla)

JOSE MARIA GARCIA DE PAREDES (architect)

SALCEDO MIGUEL DE BLOCK (reporter and athlete)

MIGUEL MARTINEZ LOPEZ (opera director)

JULIO MATEO (entrepreneur)

STEPHEN HAWKING (scientist)

JAIME DE MORA (brother of Queen Fabiola)

ANDREA CASIRAGHI (son of Princess Caroline of Monaco)

JAIME MARICHAL (former husband of the Infanta Doña Elena de Borbón)

CARMEN FRANCO Y POLO (Duchess of Franco and daughter General Franco)

BLANCA FERNANDEZ OCHOA (skier)

FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ OCHOA (skier and gold medalist)

SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM ( 2005 )

 

WRITERS & JOURNALISTS

FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA (poet and playwright)

IAN GIBSON

LUIS GALVEZ (journalist and diplomat)

CESAR GONZALEZ RUANO (journalist and writer)

FEDERICO SOPEÑA (art historian)

ANTONIO SOLER (writer and journalist)

JOSE MARIA PEMAN (playwright)

JEAN COCTEAU

ANTONIO GALA (writer)

LUIS ROSALES (poet essayist)

RAFAEL ALBERTI (poet)

GABRIEL CELAYA (poet)

ALFONSO PASO (playwright)

CHICHO IBANEZ SERRADOR  (TV screenwriter)

JAIME PENAFIEL (journalist and writer)

ROSA VILLACASTIN (journalist and writer)

ALMUDENA GRANDES (author)

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA (writer, Nobel Prize for Literature)

ANA MARIA MATUTE (author-Cervantes Prize-Member Royal Academy)

ARTURO PEREZ REVERTE (Writer-Fellow of the Royal Academy)

JOSE JUAN BENITEZ (journalist and writer)

MARI PAU DOMINGUEZ (reporter)

ANA ROSA QUINTANA (journalist and presenter)

 

MUSICIANS

COLE PORTER

ANDRES SEGOVIA (classical guitarist)

ARGENTA ATAULFO (pianist)

ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN

HERBERT VON KARAJAN

ERNESTO HALFTER

CARAMEL BERNAOLA

NICANOR ZABALETA (harpist)

NARCISO YEPES Narciso Yepes (classical guitarist)

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (cellist)

ZUBIN MEHTA

ROSA SABATER (pianist)

AGUSTIN LARA

RAFAEL PUYAN (pianist)

ODON ALONSO

AUGUSTO ALGHERO (composer)

MIGUEL ÁNGEL GÓMEZ-MARTÍNEZ (opera director)

JESUS LOPEZ COBOS

DANIEL BARENBOIM

PLACIDO DOMINGO

LORIN MAAZEL

JOSE ANTONIO RUIZ (National Ballet Director)

JOAQUIN CORTES (dancer-choreographer)

MONTSERRAT CABALLE (opera singer)

MONTSERRAT MARTIN (Montserrat Caballe's daughter)

AINHOA ARTETA

HOLLYWOOD STARS

TIRONE POWER

MAUREEN O'HARA

GREER GARSON

LAWRENCE OLIVIER

VIVIEN LEIGH

BURT LANCASTER

YUL BRYNNER

CHARLES BRONSON

ROCK HUDSON

MERLE OBERON

GLENN FORD

DAVIE REYNONDS

JAMES STEWART

ANTHONY QUINN

ORSON WELLES

MEL FERRER

HENRY FONDA

LAUREN BACALL

VAN JOHNSON

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI

JEAN PAUL BELMONDO

MYLÉNE DEMONGEOT

DICK BOGARDE

JOHN MILLS

JULIETTE MASINA

WILLIAM DAFOE

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

ALEC GUINNESS

CANTINFLAS

JOSE LUIS SANDRINI

JORGE CAFRUNE

TELLY SAVALAS

TESSA HOOD

BROOKE ADAMS

JOSEPH COTTEN

FAYE DUNAWAY

VIGO MORTESSEN

BRAD PITT

VARIOUS ACTORS & ACTRESSES

FRANCISCO RABAL

ASUNCION BALAGUER

FERNANDO FERNAN GOMEZ

LOLA HERRERA

SARA MONTIEL

ANGELA MOLINA

SERRADOR POME

MONICA RANDALL

MARIBEL MARTIN

BLANCA ESTRADA

GUSTAVO RE

MANUEL GOMEZ BUR

JOE RIGOLI

CARMEN SEVILLA

CARMELO GOMEZ

MARIA BARRANCO

RAFAEL ALONSO

LUIS VARELA

RAFAEL ROMERO MARCHENT

IMANOL URIBE

PAZ PADILLA

RUTH GABRIEL

CANDELA PEÑA

JESUS QUINTERO

PEDRO ALMODOBAR

VICTORIA ABRIL

PILAR BARDE

JUAN DIEGO BOTTO

MIKI WEAVER MOLINA

CARLOS LARRAÑAGA

MARIA LUISA MERLO

RAMON LANGA

EMILIO ARAGON BERMÚDEZ-MILIKI

MARIA JOSE ALFONSO

BEATRIZ CARVAJAL

JOSE ORTEGA CANO

MANUEL BENITEZ

JULIO BENITEZ

BECERRA JAVIER CONDE

ENRIQUE PONCE

PALOMA CUEVAS

ALEX DE LA IGLESIA

TOLEDO WILLI MONSALVE

VERONICA FORQUÉ

CAYETANO MARTIN CROW

EMILIO GUTIÉRREZ CABA

TERESA RABAL BALAGUER

LUCIA BOSE

FLORINDA CHICO

AITANA SANCHEZ GIJON

MARIA PINEDA

ESTHER ARROYO

MARIBEL SANZ

IKER CASILLAS

CARLOS LOZANO

JOHN AND ENVIRONMENT

VICTORIO AND LUCHINO

MS. FLORES

FERNANDO ROMAY

MIGUE-MIGUEL PUGA MAGO

ENRIQUE LOEWE

 

SINGERS

MAGDALENA NILE DEL RIO

LOLA FLORES

MANOLO CARACOL

MARQUEZ PIQUER CONCHITA

JUANITO VALDERRAMA

MS. DOLORES ABRIL

MARUJITA DIAZ

CARLOS CANO

MANOLO ESCOBAR

MARIA DOLORES PRADERA

MIGUEL RIOS

ROCIO JURADO

JUAN CARMONA-BEAN

ENRIQUE MORENTE

ESTRELLA MORENTE

VICTOR MANUEL

ANA BELEN

MIGUEL BOSE

LUIS MIGUEL

MARIAH CAREY

THE CORRS

LENNY KRAVITZ

ANA TORROJA

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE