Top Things to do in Cordoba
Top 10 Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Cordoba, Andalucia
Córdoba was once the premier city of the Western World, the greatest metropolis west of Constantinople, and the seat of Europe’s first university. Today, there’s a modern commercial center, but most travelers love strolling the town’s ancient cobblestone streets, peeking through gates for glimpses of lush flowers and beautiful tiled fountains.
Restaurants in Cordoba
1. Mezquita Cathedral de Cordoba
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5.0 based on 28,159 reviews
Roman Catholic church that was once a mosque. Blending many architectural styles, the structure evolved over the centuries.
Reviewed By FESTEE
I suspect I’m in a curmudgeonly minority for whom the many fellow tourists apparently more concerned to photograph their visit (and of course themselves) than to feel anything while they’re there detract from the experience, so I’ll move on to the Mezquita Cathedral of Córdoba itself: it is genuinely awe-inspiring. The atmosphere and beauty of the place, the record-in-stone of historical events, artisanal craft, religious devotion, riches and power are worthy of buying a postcard or book to record the place, leaving you free to be, well, moved (or even, if you like, well-moved;).
2. Sala el Potro
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5.0 based on 20 reviews
3. Aqui Hay Gato Encerrado Escape Room
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5.0 based on 121 reviews
Aquí hay gato encerrado Escape Room Córdoba es una nueva forma de ocio alternativo para jugar en equipo y pasar un rato diferente y divertido con los tuyos. Os enfrentaréis a una apasionante aventura en la que tendréis que descubrir y resolver diferentes misterios que esconde una sala, el objetivo final será salir en un tiempo límite de 70 minutos.
4. Museo Arqueologico de Cordoba
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4.5 based on 684 reviews
September 16 to June 15: Tuesday to Saturday: from 9,00 to 20,30 hours. Sundays and festive of opening: from 9,00 to 15,30 hours. Monday closed (excluded holidays). June 16 to September 15: Tuesday to Sunday and festive: from 9,00 to 15,30 hours. Monday closed (excluded holidays).
Reviewed By 301willema - Turnhout, Belgium
This is one of the most impressive archaeological Spanish museums. It offers a wide range of exhibits from prehistoric times up to the period of Arabic rule that gave its name (“Al-Andalus”) to the present Spanish province of Andalusia and shows the various architectural styles of that era. The visit starts on the first floor, but towards the end of the tour, in the basement, one visits the restored archaeological site of a Roman theatre (“Corduba” was the capital of the “Bética” province when the Romans ruled over Spain).
5. Museo de Julio Romero de Torres
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4.5 based on 613 reviews
Reviewed By SusaMasa - Helsinki, Finland
We did not know about this fairly famous Spanish artist before visiting the museum. He is known for his great paintings of Andalucian women. If you visit the Carmen Thyssen museum in Granada, you will see a couple of his works there as well. Recommended.
6. Casa de Sefarad
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4.5 based on 823 reviews
Reviewed By MichaelAGoldberg - Vancouver, Canada
This small museum is packed with wonderfully informative exhibits in both English and Spanish on the history, achievements, and hardships of Spain’s Sephardic Jews. It is very weworth investing an hour or two to explore.
7. Museo del Guadameci Omeya. Exposicion de Ramon Garcia Romero y Jose Carlos V. Garcia
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4.5 based on 81 reviews
This Museum-House is unique in the world as it shows the recovery of the original Omeya techniques to work on the leather used like decoration. All this thanks to our master Mr. Ramón García Romero and Jose Carlos Villarejo García, research artists on Caliphal and sumptuary techniques which were developed in Cordoba in the 10th century. In particular, you will learn on the genuine Omeya labour regarding their git-leather panels (guadamecíes), which became extraordinarily famous around the world due to their esthetic quality and outstanding beauty. This gilt-leather panel (guadamecí) was a really appreciated piece which showed a plant and geometric design. It consisted in gilding the leather so as, later, to get it polychromed and ironed and used almost exclusively in important houses and palaces.
Reviewed By belem49
We found this little museum by chance. It's a wonderful showcase of Ramón García Romero's life's work: sumptuous leather decorated with gold and silver leaf, chased and painted, in the "guadamecí" style of the Umayyad dynasty (who ruled Córdoba 929-1017). I'd never seen anything like it, and I'm really happy we went. All the work in the house-museum deserves a closer look; it's a small museum but we went twice for over an hour each time, and could have happily gone more. The pictures draw you in and they all have a huge amount of detail that you just can't take in all at once. García Romero's work spans so many styles - from traditional designs through Cubistic chickens to the Virgin of Guadalupe. The gentleman in charge of the museum when we went is the artist's cousin. He is very friendly and enthusiastic about the work on display. He doesn't speak a lot of English, but the written descriptions on the walls are well translated and the work speaks for itself. The curator/attendant's son has carried on the family tradition, and produced the guadamecí work on sale in the shop. The museum is completely free - though it's well worth making a contribution to its upkeep in the discreet box in the final room (by the visitors' book). It's all on the ground floor, with a series of connecting rooms housing the work.
8. Capilla Mudejar de San Bartolome
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4.5 based on 685 reviews
This chapel, once the parish church of San Bartolome, now forms part of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, the former Cardinal Salazar hospital, and is a splendid example of Mudejar architecture, built between the 14th and 15th centuries
Reviewed By GeorgeFMarkhamON - Toronto, Canada
The combination of Moorish and Christian architecture and decoration yields beautiful and eclectic results found nowhere outside of Andalusia.
9. Nuestra Senora de Gracia
10. Centro Flamenco Fosforito
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4.5 based on 135 reviews
Reviewed By daiga_latvia - London, United Kingdom
Stumbled upon it by accident and was very happy for that. Nice, peculiar courtyard with flamenco museum. One can learn so much. Free to visit.
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