Córdoba, Spain and Canary Islands Travel Blogs

Sara worst campground and the Mezquita
Apr 20, 2007 (6 photos)

... map to find the campground, it's simply not worth it. This is not a hypothetical story. This happened in Cordoba. Chad thought it sounded quiet and quaint. It was both. But sucked. Luckily, the Mesquita was lovely and we had a great morning enjoying it ...

Cordoba - Charming and Corny
May 31, 2008 (12 photos)

While Madrid did not provide the most uplifiting introduction to Spain, Cordoba more than made up for it so far. Part of that has to do with our luck: without us knowing, the city holds a gigantic annual fair and we happened to arrive right in the middle ...

Cordoba
Oct 19, 2005 (9 photos)

Cordoba is possibly our favorite inland city, as there is so much to see and do. Again its a historic city with winding streets, small parks and plazas shaded by orange trees, courtyards full of plants, a Moorish castle or alcazar, and a huge mezquita ( ...

The Mezquita
Nov 30, 2008 (107 photos)

... our pockets, dug out the money, and booked another flight.   The Plan   There is something special that we love about Spain, and that is the Moors. The sites we have seen over the years have been great, but there was one we had not been to ...

Cordoba
Nov 4, 2006 (19 photos)

... is a pretty little town to the north of sevilla. it is much smaller and prettier than sevilla, and not completely under construction, which was great :) cordoba is famous for its amazing mezquita, which is a huge mosque complex in the middle of the ...

Cordo´boring
Sep 14, 2009 (4 photos)

Got to Córdoba and I am glad to have only spent one day there.  The place is small, overran with tourists and besides walking around noce, there isn´t much to do.  I met up with Caro again and met this really cool guy from san Diego named Devin.& ...

Córdoba
Mar 18, 2007 (21 photos)

... flowing, ice cold water during the searing summers to control the temperature of the contents. My second tasting here in Spain, and I still haven't had an opportunity to taste characteristic red or white wine in a bodega - just the signature, fortified ...

Another Day in Spain
Jul 12, 2007

This was when I was in Cordoba.

Córdoba: Mosques and Flower Pots
Jun 12, 2008 (31 photos)

... and moved on to Granada, which remained capital of Al-Andalus until the Mores were finally thrown out of Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492. Cordoba, a much smaller city than Sevilla, is most famous for its Cathedral, which was the old mosque of the ...

cordoba: face rubbing time
Jul 23, 2007

ah cordoba what can I say other than its the one place in spain my older brother didn't go to but really wanted to, hence face rubbing time. Naturally I´m going to say its wonderful, its warm sunny and full of history. We started of going to the church/ ...

lebendiges cordoba
Jun 14, 2009 (29 photos)

... stadt niemals erwartet ! unglaublich! ich würde eigentlich sehr gerne spanisch lernen gehen. wenn,dann ganz sicher hier in cordoba. 100%.     so ziemlich jeder grosse macker der geschichte,der etwas auf sich hielt, hielt hier zumindest eine ...

Cordoba
Jun 5, 2006

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Roasting in Cordoba
Jul 9, 2005 (2 photos)

July 9, 2005--Cordoba, Spain Today we arrived in Cordoba, Spain and it is the hottest place we have been to yet. One digital thermometer in the city had it at 99 degrees, but a real thermostat that we saw had it at 110 degrees. Regardless--it is hot. ...

Cordoba
Sep 28, 2007

Sooo this past weekend we went to visit Cordoba. They told us it is the oldest city in Spain or something like that. It has lots of muslim roots just like Granada! First we visited the castle place that the royal folks lived and wandered for a while ...

Group Trip 1: Part 1: Córdoba and Sevilla
Feb 15, 2007

... and go over our first group trip, which included Córdoba and Sevilla. After that, I'll give insights to the many differences between Spain and the US, and update you on how life has been so far. ALSO, SORRY BUT PICS WILL BE ADDED LATER (I forgot my battery ...

Get me outta here!
Oct 11, 2005

... yet just go to a sports lounge. Anyways, went to bed a little late and got up around 8:30 so I could pack and catch the 10:30 bus to Cordoba. Got to Cordoba at about 1pm. It didn´t look all that inspiring, and I had been thinking about my plans since ...

Cordoba!
Sep 19, 2009

So we´ve arrived in Cordoba now. Barcelona was cool. Saw the old town and La Ramblas on the first full day. There were loads of street performers on La Ramblas that made even me look normal! Also, lots of animals, ranging from rabbits to pigeons to ...

Do-It-Yourself Judaism, Russian-Style
Aug 20, 2008 (6 photos)

... only one remains.  We wandered through the synagogue, noted that the Hebrew inscriptions on the wall closely resembled those from Cordoba and ended up outside in front of Rambam's visage (The Rambam is Maimonides' "nickname," a common practice for ...

road-tripping the long way round
Aug 24, 2008 (58 photos)

... to the most famous and beautiful Mosque in Spain, the Mezquita. Cordoba was ruled by Muslims for many years when the Moors took over Spain, and the Mezquita is one of the only mosques from that time left standing in modern day Spain. It was built in 785AD ...

Bullfight in Cordoba
Oct 15, 2005 (5 photos)

... a train to Granada where we stayed one night (this time in a not-so-sketchy BnB), we head for Cordoba. Again, the weather in Andalucia is superb, and we check the Mezquita and catch a bullfight at the local ring...this proved to be more upsetting than ...

Cordoba, Spain - The Mezquita
Jun 25, 2008

Awesome architecture, HOT(110) Sara a bit of heat stroke walking around. Headed back to train station early to wait for train to Madrid.

Cordoba - entry in English
Dec 17, 2005

... Micha yesterday about my stay in Britain during the first half of the year.. a great time to remember!!! Today I went to Cordoba a lovly City in ANdaluzia together with Steffi, Alexandra, Nils, Tobi, Florian and Jodi. We had a great visite and superb ...

Day 20
Jun 3, 2006 (5 photos)

Cordoba Spain We took a day trip today to the biggest most intact mosque in Spain. The mosque in Cordoba was taken over by the christians in the 1200's The mosque was built during the 9th and 10th centuries. Construction during that time period made ...

The ruined Mezquita
Jun 10, 2008 (5 photos)

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Hunt for La Mezquita
Sep 6, 2007

After skiing today, Me Mat Lez and Lewis went into Cordoba for a look around. I dragged the boys all the way across town in search of La Mezquita. Then we parked it in a little ally way cafe and had some great Spanish food and wine. I love this country. We ...

Back to the Plate
Mar 5, 2006 (6 photos)

This morning we left Granada, packed the car back up, and hit the road to Cordoba. Spanish countryside is as different as Texas country. When we were driving to Portugal we saw barron, sandy desert, and our travels to Granada wove us in and around ...

Where mosques and cathedrals merge
May 4, 2007

... able to find a room turned out to be quite fortuitous in that regard, I guess. Tomorrow we make for France via a long trek across Spain and a night train to Paris. It ain't gonna be a whole lot of fun, frankly, but we don't have much choice in that ...

bored....
May 26, 2008 (31 photos)

cordoba is pretty boring...it pretty much seems like a smaller, slower version of sevilla.  i am not sure what´s going on with this city, but so far it seems like everything has been closed the entire time i´ve been here! where the hell are all the ...

Spain 5- Córdoba
Apr 30, 2007 (22 photos)

... This trip was much too fast for me to actually see anything.  What it taught me though was that I need to go back to Spain and, next time, stay there for at least a month.  Any shorter, and I wouldn't get a good feel for the country, especially ...

Cordoba
Jun 11, 2009 (3 photos)

Abandoned when the Arabian Sultans were driven out of Spain in the 15th century, the preserved Great Mosque of Córdoba, remains one of the most beautiful and hauntingly spiritual jewels on earth. We will enjoy a day and a night in this ...