Today we took a day trip to Cordoba, Spain. Its another Moorish influenced city in the south of Spain and a 45 minute train ride from Sevilla. If you’re spending a few days in Sevilla, I would recommend that you go to Cordoba for one of those days. Anyways, once we arrived to Cordoba, we went straight to the famous mosque or La Mezquita, which was a mosque that was converted into a church once the Catholic Kings kicked out the Arabs in Spain. It was interesting to see the mixture of the two religions in one establishment and how they converged together. I was very impressed by the detail put into the cravings in the walls by the arabs and artwork done.
After the mosque we went to the Puente Romano, which is the Roman Bridge that connects the two sides of the city. Like most Roman bridges in Spain, it has lasted thousands of years and it truly a well built bridge. The view of the city and the mosque when you get to the other side was unbelievable pretty. You would see the structure of the bridge, the monuments, and the mosques. We took a few more pictures and headed back towards the other side and started heading towards to the Jewish Quarter. It took us a while to get into the Jewish Quarter since we didn’t really understand how to enter the area. We finally had lunch and figured out that the entrance of the area was right beside us the whole time and we kept walking right past it.
The Jewish Quarter was very different than the rest of Cordoba. We saw the synagog and started to just walk around the area. We went to two really famous streets with just flowers on the walls. When we went into a gift shop I saw multiple postcards with the streets with flowers blossomed, so I assumed that was what Cordoba is famous for. We kept on walking throughout the Jewish Quarter and saw Puerta de Almodovar. We continued to see other sights around the Jewish Quarter and then stopped at a cafe. It took us quite a while to find a cafe since its Holy Week and it was Good Friday so most places were closed. When we finally did have one we got a few cappuccinos, and then called it a day and headed back to the train station to go back to Sevilla.
Tomorrow were going back to Madrid and we leave on Tuesday. I can’t believe how fast this week went by and how near the end of our vacation is close to an end. It’s been a good week of travelling around Spain and seeing the major cities in the south of Spain and going to Barcelona.
Ellie and Bahram Go to Spain 