Capering in Cordoba

Monday 05 August 2018

Up at 6 today to travel to Córdoba. All the buses worked perfectly and we arrived at the Al Katre hostel at 12:30pm. Very hot again today but fortunately our hostel is a two minute walk from the Mezquita which is the reason we came to Cordoba.

Dumped our bags and walked across to buy our tickets. About four people in the line so we were very lucky. We figured it was probably too hot for a lot of people. Had some lunch and headed inside the main building. The Mezquita is the Mosque of Córdoba and is Catholic with Moorish architecture and Roman foundations below. It is an incredible building and the arches and details throughout are breathtaking. We spent quite some time wandering around and exploring all the different areas, mum had to hand over the camera at one point because she kept taking photos of very similar things again and again. We tried to go up the bell tower but after lots of pointing by the staff at the site we were informed that the tower had been closed for the afternoon.

Headed back to the hostel via a few shops and had a rest. The hostel is our cheapest accommodation yet and is lovely. Small twin room with air conditioning and bathrooms down the hall. Everything is very clean and it has excellent wifi which mum is pleased about.

We went out for pre dinner drinks at an outdoor place near the Mezquita and then wandered down the road to an air-conditioned restaurant for our tapas. Mum is coping much better with the heat than I am, it was still 43 degrees at 6pm! Had a lovely server called Alberto, quite the smooth talker and he gave us some good recommendations about what to order. We even got free candied nuts from the restaurant's connecting shop.

After dinner we went for a walk to see some of the other sites close by, including a huge old bridge with romanesque pilons.

    

 

 

 

 

Hostel Al Katre (photo for Alastair )