Gastronomy
Try the delicious 'salmorejo'
Visits
Alcazar of the Christian Kings
From its Roman origins, the Alcazar has always been the center of power. The emirs and caliphs of Qurtuba, the Islamic Cordoba, built their Alcazar -a fortified palace- in the same area that today occupies the Christian Alcazar, although that was much larger. The current gardens preserve the essence of Al Andalus, the plants brought from the East: lemon trees, orange trees, myrtles, jasmine, alelis...