Alhambra Palace 'queue-free' thanks to print-your-own-ticket system
Sunday, January 28, 2018 @ 6:38 PM
ONE of Spain's most popular and world-famous attractions is practically queue-free thanks to a new system where visitors print their tickets at home.
Granada's spectacular Alhambra Palace has, historically, involved allowing a margin of several hours to queue for tickets – even since 2007, when they became available online, tourists still had to prepare for a certain amount of standing in line as they needed to pick up the paper copy from the entrance office.
But the system which has come into effect in the last few weeks, designed by Hiberus Technology, lets visitors book online and print their ticket off at home or use their mobiles to scan the QR code at the entrance.
The latter does not work so well with older phones, those which run fairly slowly or have damaged screens, meaning it is safer to print tickets either at home or in an internet café as a precaution.
Otherwise, printing can be carried out from any of the 10 terminals near the Generalife gardens or the Carlos V Palace in the Estafeta building on the complex.
Traditional ticket-buying at the gate is still available and, for the first time, entries can be bought using a credit or debit card if required, not just in cash.
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