As we left Merida, we continued further down the Via de la Plata route to Zafra - where a historical complex of cultural interest - roman ruins was tone situated. Sunday arvo, cold and wet, most things closed - after 2pm, we managed to find 1 item of cultural interest to me
-Closed!!
No point in hanging around, so we headed south east across into the province of Andalusia to the city of Cordoba. After getting horribly lost due to my non-existent navigation skills and no maps, we finally found and booked into Hotel Maximano.
We found a back street bar where they served terrible whites, good beer and no 'Wodka' as the bar person - Monty- didn't want to see Annette get drunk. Very friendly and wanted us on his Facebook- specimens I suppose!
Next morning we headed off to explore the city - at least the old parts. The amt of walking we did was extraordinary - but how else can one explore. We were really interested to see the Grand Mosque come cathedral. Couldn't use a camera inside but an absolutely breathtaking building with the combined history of the Christian and Muslim influences.
Andalusian horses are very famous and Parts of Cordoba reflected this
Cordoba dates back to at least 206BC when the Romans conquered it. Arab Muslims took over in the 8th century, by the 10th century it was the most populous city in the world. It currently has a population of around 330K. It is a beautiful city and deserves more time exploring it. Unfortunately, we didn't strike the better restaurants there probably due to the lack of them in the vicinity of our hotel. never mind, onwards and upwards!
Location:Cordoba
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