Email: A historical city you want to visit on vacation? (Spain)
Keen to explore Seville and Cordoba, two most beautiful cities in Andalucia, Spain. Home to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Beautiful gardens, Santa Cruz quarter of Seville. Enjoy fantastic flamenco dancing in Triana neighbourhood. The ornate Alcázar royal castle complex built during Moorish Almohad dynasty. 18th-century Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza bull-ring. Gothic Seville Cathedral, site of Christopher Columbus’s tomb, minaret turned bell tower, Giralda. The ‘Catedral de Santa María de la Sede’ is one of the largest cathedrals in the world. ‘Casa de Pilatos’, a 16th century palace in historic district of Santa Cruz.
Witness rich heritage of Cordoba at city’s gorgeous Jewish Quarter, colonial architecture. An important Roman city, a major Islamic center in Middle Ages. Best known for La Mezquita, an immense mosque from 784 A.D featuring a columned prayer hall, older Byzantine mosaics. Became a Catholic church in 1236, a renaissance-style nave added in 17th century.
During 10th century, greatest capital city of Europe, surpassing Paris, Rome in academic, architectural, artistic achievements. Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba contains a staggering 35,000 Spanish artefacts. Madinat al-Zahra, a 10th century Moorish palace built by Abderrahman III for his favourite wife, Zahara. Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park’s dramatic limestone mountains outside Córdoba.
Equally, discover incredible, innovative Spanish cuisine. Someday…