Greetings from partly cloudy and 61 degree Córdoba, Spain!
We drove the easy 5 hours from Lagos, Portugal to beautiful Córdoba, Spain with a quick stop at Costco in Seville. That’s the only Costco on this trip so we stocked up while we could. 😜
We visited Córdoba on our trip in 2019, but decided to visit again. It’s a fantastically beautiful city! Mostly flat with cobblestones, my favorite!
You know the story in this part of the world, Romans until 200 AD or so, then Muslim conquests. Around 1200 AD the crusaders and Christians retook the city.
Córdoba is a city with a long, long history of education, music and libraries. It’s a fantastic city to visit, clean and safe. You can see the city in a day easily. It’s also the hottest city in Europe, averaging 99 degrees in the summer, so the Spaniards are freezing!
Like most sights here in Córdoba, the cathedral was built on the sight of a Muslim mosque.
The mosque was built in the early 800’s and became a Cathedral in 1250 with the Crusade conquest of Córdoba.
The Cathedral is surrounded by walls, each a work of Art.
See the Muslim art work!
This is the Roman bridge into Córdoba, it’s a pedestrian bridge only now!
Built in the 1st century, the bridge has been completely renovated, fantastic!
Built in the 1300’s to be the home of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain.
Christopher Columbus met with the King and Queen here. Córdoba was a very, very important city in Spains history.
Ok, the steps are adding up now, TGC is on the move😬
Córdoba’s central Plaza, frankly not up to Spanish Plazas
More than a little disappointing, but we’re spoiled now aren’t we😬
22,000 steps with cobblestones later,
Ok, that’s it from Córdoba. We’re traveling to Estepona, Spain tomorrow.
Estepona is on the Mediterranean, in the Costa de Sol, the Sunshine Coast.
Adios Amigos
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