As we firstly came out the train station Còrdoba did not look very special but I knew that the older part of this city is much more interessting as the industrie looking place arround the train station.
So firstly we walked through a little park near the station which luckely was on our way and where you already could feel the more southern ambient of spain. I am such a sucker for palm trees - so I was already in love with Còrdoba as I saw these trees. Also there were a lot of orange trees which also just makes me so happy. I truly do not know why but they do.
So we walked firstly to the Plaza de las Tendillas as this place was in the center of Còrdoba and a good place to start strolling arround. On our way to the Plaza de las Tendillas we saw already some really nice churches and buildings which I had to take picture of.
Also I think it is really interesting as you could see how the architecture changed to this more old spanish/andalusian architecture style. And it almost felt a little bit like a time travel if you compare the next buildings with the below pictures of the old part of Còrdoba. I also love the old churches which are all distributed arround the city.
Plaza de las Tendillas
Plaza de las Tendillas is a nice little place with stunning buildings arround it. Some buildings of Còrdoba reminded me a lot of the architecture of Madrid especially the below buildings:
Where we drank Coffee, La Gloria
As we were getting a little bit hungry we wanted to go for a coffee near the Plaza de las Tendillas so we walked a little bit outside in the direction of the river Guadalquivir and found there the café La Gloria. La Gloria is a really place which is amazing decoraded and you can get a good coffee. The waiters are not familiar with English but it was enough to get some coffee.
After our little break we walked outside and continue our walk in the direction of the river Guadalquivir.
Calle San Fernando
So we decide to follow the beautiful buildiungs and followed them until we turnt right to follow the street Calle San Fernando. As we walked through this street I really fell in love with Còrdoba.
Iglesia De San Francisco
The church Iglesia De San Francisco is one of the most beautiful ones in the whole city. The church itself was used for a ceremony so we could not go in but I would love to see how there was a ceremony like.
Arround the church Iglesia De San Francisco are a lot of beautiful buildings and alleyways where I could take hundrets of pictures off but I hope you are pleased with the ones I have took.
Calle Cardenal González
We turnt into the street Calle Cardenal González which reminds me a lot of Greece as the buildings are all white and there are a lot of the same colors as I saw on pictures of the Island Santorini. And Santorini is also on my bucket list so I was very amazed by Còrdoba.
Mezquita Mosque and Cathedral
The Mezquita Mosque and Cathedral is the most beautiful building in Còrdoba. And it is definately worth a visit. Unfortunately we went to Còrdoba on a sunday so there was also a big ceremony so there was no chance to go inside the cathedral.
Triunfo de San Rafael
Almost in front of the Mezquita Mosque and Cathedral is the Triunfo de San Rafael. Because of the ceremony which was in the Cathedral there were a lot of people arround it. We also heard a lot of music and singing.
Puerta del Puente
Next to the Triunfo de San Rafael is the Puerta del Puente. Which reminds me a lot of the scenery of Games of Thrones.
Guadalquivir
Patios de Còrdoba
The most stunning experience of Còrdoba was in my opinion the Patios Festival. There are 46 little patios which are all decoraced with a lot of flowers. Some of them are for free and others you need some tickets to go into. We meet a very nice guid which marked for us the few patios which were for free so we could go in them and look at all the beautiful decoraded patios.
Mercado De La Victoria
For lunch we really wanted to go to the Mercado de la Victoria to see if there would be any interesting food. I really love these foodmarket in spain and I wished we would have somehing similar in Switzerland so I could go there and drink everyday a smoothie for about 2-3 EUR.
After we had lunch we walked back to the old part of the city and tried to explore the city a little bit more. So we walked trough a lot of different alleyways and walked into a lot of different little shops. Really interesting were the shops which selled all kind of different spices.
We also went again to the bridge behind the Puerta del Puente to have a full look of Còrdoba. But unfortunately it began to rain so we walked back into the city and tried to find a nice shop or café.
Salón de Té
So we found this morrocan café called Salón de Té which had this amazing oriental look and just seems to be a perfect spot if you want something really new to try out. I really love this café and the vibe of it. It felt like we were far away from home and it made me so interested of the arabic culture.
When it stoped raining we went back outside and walked again arround. So there is no big surprise that we walked arround 25km that day.
So I felt in love with Còrdoba and I totally can recommand it to everyone!
The city itself is not really big so if you would take it as a daytrip as we did you will be fine and you will see a lot of it. I also would suggest that you go arround spring time to see the patios as we did which were definately one of my highlights of Còrdoba.
I hope you also like the pictures I have made and I would love the hear some tips and suggestions from you guys.
xoxo
Florina
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