Jardines de Zoraya occupies a 17th-century Carmen villa whose tiered garden terraces once supplied Granada's silk-merchant quarter with mulberries and shade. The tablao opened in 1996 when flamenco curators restored the property's central patio, preserving its Nasrid-era fountain and original brick arches while installing acoustic paneling that captures the percussive snap of zapateado footwork without electronic amplification. The venue seats 120 across three levels, each row positioned to preserve sightlines to the six-metre-square performance floor where dancers work within arm's reach of front tables. Flamenco arrived in Granada's Albayzín and Sacromonte neighborhoods through Romani families who migrated from Andalusia's rural south in the 18th century, bringing with them the soleá and seguiriya forms that would merge with Granada's Moorish music traditions. Jardines de Zoraya's company draws from this lineage, programming nightly shows that rotate through palos—flamenco's 50-plus rhythmic structures—with each performance featuring a different combination of cante jondo vocals, toque guitar work, and baile choreography. The tablao employs 14 resident artists who alternate across evening and late-night sessions, ensuring no two visits follow identical setlists. The dinner service preceding each flamenco performance runs Mediterranean-Andalusian, with fixed menus built around Granada's Vega produce and wine from the Contraviesa slopes. Dishes arrive coursed between 19:30 and 21:00, timed so mains clear before the first bulerías sequence begins. The venue's kitchen occupies the villa's original ground-floor storage vaults, where temperature-controlled stone walls now age jamón and cure olives in the same chambers that once held merchant inventory. Outdoor seating expands into the garden between April and October, when jasmine blooms and the Sierra Nevada skyline frames the upper terrace.