SPAIN: CORDOBA

As soon as we arrived at Sevilla, we rented a car and drove to Córdoba, where a fascinating monument and a beautiful surprise were waiting for us. The monument, the Córdoba Mosque. The surprise, the Alcázar and its gardens.

White and red archs inside the Mosque of Córdoba

Interesting places we visited in Cordoba:

• Old town - Jewish Quarter *
• Artisan's Zoco
• Alcázar of Cordoba and Gardens*
• The Great Mosque of Cordoba *

* Strongly recommended


Day 1 - 03 Oct 2010

Courtyard of Córdoba Mosque 

Inside the courtyard of the Mosque of Córdoba

Fountain inside the courtyard of the Mosque of Córdoba

Old town - Jewish Quarter

The streets arround the Mosque of Córdoba are an interesting place to walk

Walking along the streets of Córdoba

Andalusian Courtyard

Having breakfast (some tostas with tomato and olive oil) in Córdoba

This restaurant had a lot of plants which gave a colorful look to this place

Artisan's Zoco

Artisan's Zoco in Córdoba

Lovely look of Artisan's Zoco in Córdoba

One more picture of this nice place of Córdoba

Alcázar of Córdoba

The minaret of the Mosque of Córdoba from the Alcázar

Flowers in the Alcázar of Córdoba

The gardens of the Alcázar of Córdoba are really beautiful

Walls of the Alcázar of Córdoba from its gardens

Another nice view of the gardens of the Alcázar of Córdoba

Vase of flowers in the gardens of the Alcázar of Córdoba

View of the Córdoba Mosque from the Alcázar

Another view of the Mosque of Córdoba from the Alcázar

Mosque of Córdoba

Inside the Mosque of Córdoba, a really beautiful building

Córdoba Cathedral

The cathedral of Córdoba was built inside the mosque

From the cathedral, on the right you can see the arches of the Mosque of Córdoba

Mosque of Córdoba

Mihrab of the Mosque of Córdoba

Arches of the Mosque of Córdoba

A last picture of the Mosque of Córdoba, a fantastic monument you can visit in Spain

After visiting Córdoba we began to visit some nice villages of Cádiz. The first ones, Arcos de la Frontera and Zahara de los Atunes, in the next post. 

Besides, clicking on the next link, you will find more links to the other Cádiz beautiful villages we visited in this trip.

• Córdoba (Mosque + Jewish quarter)
• Arcos de la Frontera (White Village)
• Zahara de los Atunes
• Playa Bolonia and Baelo Claudia
• Tarifa
• Gibraltar
• Vejer de la Frontera (White Village)
• Caños de Meca (Wild Beach)
• Cádiz
• El Puerto de Santamaría
• Sevilla

Finally, other beautiful places you can visit in Spain are:



- Catalonia

• Costa Brava in Catalonia
• Barcelona
• Girona

- Basque Country

• Bilbo - Bilbao
• Getaria, Zarautz and Hondarribia in San Sebastián

- Cantabria

• Cantabria
• Santander, Comillas and Santillana del Mar in Cantabria

- Granada

• La Alhambra, Albaicín and Sacromonte in Granada

- Sevilla, Córdoba, Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

• Sevilla
• Córdoba
• Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

- Toledo, Madrid, El Escorial and Segovia

• Toledo, Segovia, Monasterio del Escorial near Madrid

- Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera

• Sóller, Port de Sóller, Deià and Valldemossa in Mallorca
• Palma de Mallorca

• Beaches and Las Dalias Market in Ibiza
• Ses Illetes beach in Formentera

- Galicia

• Santiago de Compostela in Galicia
• Costa da Morte
• Baiona, Islas Cíes and more Beaches in Galicia
• Tui and Camino de Santiago Portugués

- Zaragoza, La Rioja and Navarra

• Monasterio de Piedra near Zaragoza (Tapeo in Zaragoza)
• Haro in La Rioja
• Laguardia in La Rioja Alavesa
• Camino de Santiago Francés
• Estella and Los Arcos in Navarra
• Tarazona, Veruela Monastery and Sanctuary of Borja

- Alicante

• Alicante, Elche and Isla de Tabarca