Córdoba and Granada

Got back yesterday from a really great trip to Córdoba and Granada. Both cities were really beautiful and it was nice seeing other parts of Spain.

We only spent a few hours in Córdoba, mostly touring the Cathedral, formerly the Great Mosque of Córdoba, and having lunch in the city.

Outside the Cathedral

Inside the Cathedral

Inside the Cathedral

 

After Córdoba, we went to our hotel in Granada. Granada felt much more like Sevilla than Córdoba did. We ate similar food to what we eat in Sevilla, but in Granada a random tapa comes free with a drink order so we tried a few new dishes. We visited the Alhambra the next day, the main attraction in Granada. The Alhambra was a palace and fortress complex constructed for Moorish royalty. It was full of beautiful rooms, gardens, and views of the city.

Ceiling in the Alhambra

Alhambra

Alhambra

Alhambra garden

Alhambra
 

We decided to stay an extra night in Granada with friends, which ended up being a lot of fun. We spent the rest of the day shopping and walking around Granada. At night, we went to a few shot bars (chupiterias) and a little club up on a mountain.

The next day wasn't quite as fun. We went to the train station to buy a 5PM ticket to go back to Sevilla. The tickets for the 5 train were sold out, but they had ones for the 8:50 train. We call the bus station and they told us they had tickets for a bus that worked for us. We then took a taxi to the bus station and the tickets were sold out by the time we got there. THEN, we had to go back to the train station to get the 8:50 tickets. While we were at the bus station, we had warned our other friends that the tickets were sold out. They then got to the train station before us and bought tickets for the 8:50 train and by the time we were there the tickets were sold out.

At this point, its 4PM and we're really trying to leave Granada, but there was no public transportation until the next morning. Finally, we figured out how to rent a car and had to pay 350 euro to get the only automatic car that the company owned....which turned out to be a brand new white audi :). So we road-tripped from Granada to Sevilla and eventually made it home way before any of our other friends.


Will write again soon! xx Hannah