With this article about the three things to do in Cordoba, I wanted to start a kind of column that touches all, or almost all, the cities that I have visited for some years now, a sort of vademecum for travelers By Masterpiece Travel.
After all, I talked about Cordoba almost two years ago, in fact it was the first article of the blog of the first solo trip, and more than a help to travelers was a real travel diary that I had written by hand during the trip itself, so totally different from the articles that you read after your trip to Andalusia.
On Cordoba I have few doubts about the three things to do or see, simply because I think they are the things that most represent and characterize this Spanish city.
Mezquita or Mezquita Catedral
I suggest you to take a stroll first of all in the Patio degli Orangeci, an immense courtyard dotted with lots of orange trees that emit a great scent and make the atmosphere warm and welcoming.
The entrance to the Mezquita is from Puerta del Perdón, which leads to Calle Cardenal Herrero and the current Mezquita, where the Church of San Vincenzo once stood. The many decorations inside bring us back to the time when Muslims, Jews and Christians lived side by side, creating an interaction between the various cultures. In fact, strolling inside the Mezquita, you will also find a Cathedral (hence the name of Mezquita-Catedral), whose construction lasted about 250 years.
Entrance Price: 8€
Alcazar de los Reyes Christianos
The fortress of the Christian Kings was the residence of the kings during their stay in the city, a fortress where they lived for a total of eight years.
Once inside the fortress, I turned over the various rooms, in the Arab baths and read my guide about it, but the thing I recommend that you do more than anyone else to walk and walk inside its immense, colorful gardens and fountains that really give that real touch to the fortress.
Entrance Price: 4.50€
Plaza de la Corredera
In practice, the main square of Cordoba together with Plaza de las Tendillas was once the scene of violent games and horse racing, while today we find it surrounded by condominiums and numerous pubs and shops. Turn it all over and make a detour to the civic market (and maybe buy a sandwich with raw ham as I did) that you will find there, in fact I believe that there is no better place than a market to come across the population and local lifestyle in the deepest sense of the term.
