What to do in Cordoba Spain
Like the Seville region, the province of Cordoba is landlocked, though that shouldn’t be a justification for the more adventurous traveller to not visit either for they both are engaging. The area of Cordoba is split by the mighty Rio Guadalquivir on which lies the ancient town of Cordoba, founded by the Romans, though it flourished under the Moorish occupation and this is evident in the design found all over the city.
Built on a pointy bend of the river which is crossed by the Roman bridge, the El Puente Romano, the city was once a port. When the Moors were replaced by the Christians, the town’s beauty was left untouched and the Christian cathedral was built in the mosque, the Mezquita. The Mezquita goes back to the twelve century and symbolises the power of the Moorish Islamic influence on this region of Andalucia. Built in 785AD by Abd al Rahman, the mosque has been added to over the generations by both Christian and Islamic faiths as they each controlled this area.
At the centre of Cordoba is the old Jewish quarter where tiny has changed in centuries, narrow streets and garden plazas, tapas bars and eateries, an ideal area to explore and relax in the Spanish way. The bull fighting museum and the cool and refreshing fountains and gardens of the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos are easily worth a visit both being open from tuesday to Sunday.
Move outside of the city into the area of Cordoba, and you’ll find it quite unoccupied, most of the populace live in the town itself while the remainder are spread out in this large unexploited area. Summers here are dry and hot, so that the best time of the year to go to is during the cooler spring and autumn months, where you will find villages that still hold on to their Spanish values, something that has virtually all but vanished from the Costas to the south.
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October 11, 2009 12:44 am
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