Córdoba, Spain Travel Blogs

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

... buy an additional 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 ...

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)

... not been to see, so Córdoba was our destination, as we needed to see the Mezquita, and whatever else was there.   Córdoba   Once there, we dumped our bags and headed for the Mezquita. From outside, there was a couryard with orange trees and a ...

Cordoba
Nov 4, 2006 (19 photos)

... 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 city. the catholics came ...

Cordo´boring
Sep 15, 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)

... to support the structure. The plaster-work, grand pipe organ, and altars of the interior Cathedral were stunning. This structure demands a visit to Córdoba for anyone traveling through Andalusia - much like La Giralda in Sevilla and the Alhambra of Granada.

Another Day in Spain
Jul 12, 2007

This was when I was in Cordoba.

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

On Thursday, June 12, we went on a day trip to Cordoba, the first capital of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) - a caliphate was located here from the 8th to the 12th century, at which time the Muslim capital moved to Sevilla, until it fell in 1248 and moved on to ...

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

... all, Córdoba is an amazing place with rich history. I love how you can just get lost in walking down the small, winding streets, and view groups of people all over. I believe Córdoba was once Spain's capital before it was moved to Madrid. Next stop, Sevilla.

Get me outta here!
Oct 11, 2005

... to Madrid tomorrow instead and will try to get to Valencia on Sunday or Monday. But that´s still a few days away so we will see. Cordoba is pretty boring so far. It poured all day, the hostel is boring as heck like all the other HI ones, and it´s just ...

Cordoba!
Sep 19, 2009

... me many phrases that will no doubt prove useful as I believe the Jedi currently govern mmuch of Andalucia. Wandered round Cordoba this afternoon. Itś completely different to Barcelona, much smaller and with very narrow streets that are a bit like a ...

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)

... following day.   Saturday we got up early and had breakfast before heading 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 ...

Bullfight in Cordoba
Oct 15, 2005 (5 photos)

... to Algeciras, taking 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 ...

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 ...

Arabes and oranges
Mar 8, 2009 (5 photos)

... Jewish district, which consists of some narrow cobbled streets and grey brick houses. Almost each house has a picturesque patio, and Córdoba is actually famous for its magnificent patios. They even have an anual competition of patios, and if you want to ...

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

... green grass with an electric blue sky in the background. It looked like the windows XP desktop background!! We wandered around Cordoba for a while, asking several people along our path to direct us towards the Mezquita. It was a very joyous moment ...

Where mosques and cathedrals merge
May 4, 2007

... after about 15 to 20 minutes walk, we got into the picturesque historic center. Unlike Sevilla's colorful old barrios, Córdoba's Judería is a labyrinthine district of whitewashed buildings and cobbled streets. Equally beautiful in its own way though, it's a ...

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)

Unfortunately, I only had 3 hours to see Córdoba, meaning I didn't get to see much at all.  I took a bus from Seville and arrived at 13:00, then needed to take a bus to Madrid at 16:00.  As soon as I got off the bus, I headed in the direction of ...