What to eat in Coroba
Like the Seville region, the province of Cordoba is landlocked, though that shouldn’t be a justification for the more adventurous visitor to not visit either for both are engaging. The region of Cordoba is split by the mighty Rio Guadalquivir on which lies the traditional city of Cordoba, set up by the Romans, though it flourished under the Moorish occupation and this is evident in the architecture found all over the town.
Built on a sharp bend of the river which is crossed by the Roman bridge, the El Puente Romano, the city was once a port. When the Moors were replaced by the Christians, the city’s beauty was left untouched and the Christian cathedral was built within the mosque, the Mezquita. The Mezquita goes back to the twelve century and symbolises the power of the Moorish Islamic influence on this region of Andalucia. Built in 785AD by Abd al Rahman, the mosque has been added to over the generations by both Christian and Islamic religions as they each controlled this area.
At the centre of Cordoba is the old Jewish quarter where tiny has changed in centuries, narrow streets and garden piazzas, tapas bars and restaurants, the ultimate area to explore and relax in the Spanish way. The bull fighting museum and the cool and refreshing fountains and gardens of the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos are definitely worth a visit both being open from tuesday to Sunday.
Move outside the town into the area of Cordoba, and you’ll find it quite unoccupied, most of the people live in the town itself while the remainder are spread out in this large unexploited area. Summers here are dry and hot, so the best time of the year to visit is during the cooler spring and autumn months, where you may find hamlets that still hold on to their Spanish values, something that has virtually all but vanished from the Costas to the south.
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