Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos
Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos, Córdoba: 14th-century fortress where Columbus met the Catholic Monarchs. UNESCO gardens, Roman mosaics. €5, free Tuesdays.
7 monuments to visit in La Judería. A labyrinth of whitewashed lanes and flower-filled patios where the echo of three cultures lingers
The Judería's monuments tell the story of medieval three-culture coexistence — Andalusia's only surviving synagogue, Moorish city walls, and churches built on mosque foundations, all minutes apart on foot.
Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos, Córdoba: 14th-century fortress where Columbus met the Catholic Monarchs. UNESCO gardens, Roman mosaics. €5, free Tuesdays.
Whitewashed walls and red geraniums framing the Mezquita bell tower. Córdoba's most photographed alley in the Judería. Free, open 24 hours, best before 10am.
A late 14th-century Gothic-Mudéjar chapel in Córdoba with exquisite plasterwork, blending Christian and Islamic artistic traditions over 600 years old.
Baroque palace facing the Mezquita, free with your entrance ticket. Diocesan Museum inside: 14 centuries of Córdoba art and a courtyard most visitors skip.
Arab baths in Córdoba's Judería, steps from the Mezquita. Hot, warm and cold pools with optional massages in brick-vaulted, candlelit rooms. From €24.
856 columns, 1,300 years of Islamic and Christian history. UNESCO monument in Córdoba, Andalusia. Red-and-white arches, Byzantine mosaics, a Renaissance nave.
Built in 1315, one of only three medieval synagogues still standing in Spain. Mudéjar stucco and Hebrew inscriptions in the heart of Córdoba's Judería.