Tagged With "Cordoba"
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Re: Suggestions wanted: Andalusia
Will you have a car? I ask, because if you will, you might consider stopping at one or more of the White Towns between Seville & Granada. I stayed a week in a house just outside Iznajar, a lovely little place, and visited a bigger town, Antequera, worth a stop. For a brief stop I'd recommend the smaller town, one of a number in the area, millions of olive trees everywhere. There is no train there although Antequera has a station, but outside the town. Below the town of Iznajar, beside...
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Re: Suggestions wanted: Andalusia
I should have said, but no: no car...although I did consider taking one for a day, for the Jerez excursion. Sounds more and more, though, like we'll have to plan on returning to Andalusia another time...
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Re: Kids with castanets, Cordoba Spain, by John T
Such fun! I can hear them now! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Kids with castanets, Cordoba Spain, by John T
They look as if they are having a ball. The fun is contagious. Thanks
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Re: Walking Tours in Andalusia
Hi Pheymont I wouldn't worry about the wine and tapas portion. Things are really inexpensive her, and the tapas has been universally good. It's easy to get three or four tapas to share and a couple of glasses of wine for 15 Euro. As for the tours, we didn't take any, but I think for one day in Cordoba it would be a good idea because I think that day may feel really busy. For Sevilla, I have a mixed opinion, I really love to wonder around, get lost and then navigate my way out...but thats...
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Re: Walking Tours in Andalusia
Thanks so much! We're also the wanderers, but in a new city we sometimes find a walking tour is useful either for orientation upfront, or to clear up questions about things we've noticed. The wine and tapas tour is semi on the radar more for the opportunity to meet new people than to have a drink and a snack. Picking those things carefully, we've been able to have time with other travelers from other countries (not always English-speaking). I'm looking forward to our trip...your pictures are...
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Re: Walking Tours in Andalusia
Hi Pheymont Try this: Naturanda.com The gentleman's name is David Guillen Garrido. We took a tour of Italica with he and a lovely young lady today. It turned out to be a private tour and we were very impressed. They will do other tours as well. I think we will try them for Triana and are trying to organize something for Baelo Claudia as well.
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Re: Mezquita, Cordoba at sunset
That image is wonderful. It makes you feel as if you are standing in the same place, only hundreds of years prior. Ignoring the date stamp. of course. Great pic.
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Re: Mezquita, Cordoba at sunset
I love the photo, too, JohnT! Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
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Re: Mezquita, Cordoba at sunset
Yes ,great photo. You couldn't of picked a better time of day to take the shot! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Gallery: Cordoba's Great Mosque-Cathedral
The engineering, carved arches supporting more carved arches, and layered colors of stone to such striking effect, just astounding. I've seen other pictures of it but having a good look now has been seeing it with new eyes. Thanks SO much.
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Walking Tours in Andalusia
I'm working on details for my February trip to Sevilla, Cordoba and Granada, and I'm up to walking tours--I'd appreciate any experience from the TG community. In Sevilla, our base for 5 days, I've found a Pancho tours 2-hour free tour of main sights that seems like a good orientation, and almost everyone who's reviewed it on TripAdvisor felt it was really good...I hope so. They also have, not free but for 20€/person, a wine and tapas tour...anyone done? For Cordoba, where we'll be from...
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Suggestions wanted: Andalusia
I'll be in Southern Spain next month for 9 days, staying mainly in Seville, but with a loop-around at the end (Thursday early to Cordoba, Thursday late to Granada, Friday and Saturday in Granada, and then back to Seville Saturday night for Sunday...
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Gallery: Cordoba's Great Mosque-Cathedral
Every place wants to be the "most important," "most popular," "most famous," "most beautiful." It can't all be true—but there's no doubt in my mind our visit today to the Great Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, also called the Mezquita, took us to...
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Spain: Lots of May events on tap
A round-up of festivals, sports and music events, pilgrimages and more to enliven May visits to Spain.
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The Roman Bridge (Puente Romano), Córdoba, Spain (Where Gumbo was, #167)
This week Gumbo was visiting Cordoba, Spain. Particularly it's historic Roman Bridge, featured in the popular TV series, "Game of Thromes".
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Cordoba's Historic Synagogue
DrFumblefinger comes across an old Synagogue in Cordoba, one of only three left from this era in Spain.
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Re: The Roman Bridge (Puente Romano), Córdoba, Spain (Where Gumbo was, #167)
Hope to walk this bridge next year!!