Catedral Cordoba

Cordoba is the second largest city in Argentina, however the difference from BA was huge. It was nowhere near in the same league as BA. Once we'd wandered around the city, which did have some good features, I think both Crag and I felt that maybe it was an unnecessary stop on our trip. So to remedy this we decided to look at the activities on offer …

Where should I start... You know I said that maybe I would fall in love with Buenos Aires? Well forget that, sorry BA I had a great time with you, but now I have found Córdoba! ;-)

Córdoba is Argentina's second city. It was a long 10 hour bus ride, but well worth it! The evening I arrived the city was buzzing. The girl at the reception of …

Having been in Cordoba for nearly two weeks I decided it was high time I had another look around the city, and so made an afternoon of various art galleries, museums and churches. It was a pretty packed day so here are the highlights:

The first stop (and I was quickly glad it wasn't my last) was to the 'Archivo Provincial de la Memoria&# …

... it." We plunked our packs into his Toyota 4Runner and he took us for a tour of the city. Cordoba was recently described as "the most beautiful city in Argentina", and we felt it would have a lot to live up to after Mendoza. Arriving at Casa Gutierrez ...

... of the huge metropolises of South America, Córdoba has everything you need.  Home to many universities – including Argentina’s earliest and South America’s second university, created in 1613 – Córdoba has a slightly more ...

... We took the morning to catch a few more zzz's before heading out to scope the city. Córdoba is considered Argentina’s 'second city’, holding the second largest population outside of Buenos Aires and boasting seven major universities. As you ...

... right by the main square.  We had a really good feeling for the city during a quick walk around. Córdoba is Argentina’s second city with a number of universities and colleges, some dating back to Jesuit times. Many of the main buildings in ...

... San Martin which was nice enough but smelled a bit of wee so we held our noses as we stared up at the magnificent Catedral and across to the white-washed Cabilda.  We decided to brave a locro for lunch which is a corn-based stew with random ...

... is Lisa and her boyfriend was there too. They were drinking mate (pronounce as maté) and offered me some too. Everywhere in Argentina you see people drinking mate. If you are wondering what is mate?! I'll try to explain... Mate is a ...

... todos a cidade foi fundada por Dom Jeronimo Luis de Cabrera em 1573. O passeio pelo centro histórico nos levou a conhecer a Catedral de Córdoba, que por sinal é muito bonita com sua arquitetura mesclada de   barroca com modificações ...

After a surpisingly pleasant overnight bus trip, I arrived in Cordoba, Central Argentina.  'Executive class' buses in Argentina are certainly no hardship.  I chose Cordoba as my first stop outside Buenos Aires largely because I didn't fancy the ...

Cordoba is usually a stopover point for people traveling through Argentina as it is smack dab in the middle of the country.  I spent a few days in the city walking through the varioius neighborhoods and plazas.  Some of the churches and ...

... lot better than the ones that we did in Turkey. We were even fed a pretty large dinner which was decent. Cordoba is the second largest city in Argentina and the central part has a very colonial feel to it. There are European-style churches everywhere and ...