Tryp Cordoba Hotel
Travel Blogs from Córdoba
Feria
... and the temperature would be much more tolerable). Indeed, it was crowded and buzzing! I walked around, peering into windows mostly, but also hopping into a tent here and there to watch the locals dance and have a good time, or to watch a performance. Reminded me of the tango milonga night I had in Buenos Aires...
This was a family fair - there was a carnival going on as well, on the other side - rides, ripoff games, and all. Even ...
Cordova!
Cordova or Cordoba?
The city of Maimonides and Averroes, Cordoba is a city that instantly gave off a very "old-school" charm the moment I set my sights on the narrow alleys and historic areas across this city. It is the first major city when you enter the province of Andalusia from the north of Spain. A bit of history for you lot: Cordoba was the ...
The Mezquita
Last night I went out with some members of the group. First we went to a Bodega near here to eat. It was a little restaurant with a wine shop next door. We got there kind of early by Spanish standards – 7:30 pm – so there wasn't anyone else in there. By the time we left it was pretty busy, though. Had a really good time eating different foods and drinking wine. We left
the Bodega and ...
Cordwainers and mezuzot
... from earlier eras – mostly Roman times. Then at the end of the 13th century, the Christians retook Cordoba and the Mezquita ceased to be a place of Muslim worship. Sometime later and not without some controversy, a full-blown Roman Catholic cathedral was constructed literally in the middle of the mosque. Around 400 of the original arches were destroyed in order for this to happen and a bell tower was built around the mosque’s ...
Mezquita de Córdoba y noche en aeropuerto
... 8230; que, junto con 2 gaseosas y unas papas para la noche, el pedido alcanzó la módica suma de 19 euros… 19 EUROSSSSS… QUÉ BRONCA! Prácticamente un robo. En cualquier lado puede salir 7 como MUUUCHO.
Bueh, ya fue. Con Ami buscamos un lugar para cenar y había como una terracita con los locales cerrados a dónde nadie subía, pero como había mesas y un enchufe nos sentamos a comer viendo “Cartas a Julieta”, peli que nos dejó con muchas ganas de ir a ...