Córdoba party in May

 Córdoba, in Andalusia, puts on its best clothes in May. During this month some of the most well-known festivals of the city that houses the famous Mosque are celebrated. Below you will find detailed information on each one of them by clicking on the one that interests you the most. Visiting this city in May will allow you, for example, to contemplate its courtyards adorned with flowers while you smell of jasmine or orange blossom, to attend a spectacular parade of decorated floats with flowers that walks through Córdoba or taste the wine of the land, Montilla-Moriles. The festive month usually ends with the Feria de Córdoba, a great opportunity to see horsemen, gypsies and flamencos who meet in the booths. #SPRINGINSPAIN

Festival of the Cordoban courtyards

The Festival of Patios will discover a party Cordoba that lives the day in the street to the rhythm of flamenco and breathing the aroma of jasmine and orange blossom.

During the days of the Festival, the citizens of Cordoba proudly open the courtyards of the old town, which they adorn especially for the occasion with pots of geraniums, carnations and jasmine hanging from the whitewashed walls. You can visit them practically throughout the day and in them you will always find the enthusiastic hospitality of the hosts and, in many occasions, flamenco shows and the possibility of tasting the delicious tapas from Cordoba and the wine Montilla-Moriles. The Festival is celebrated the first fortnight of May. However, you have more options to know the courtyards of Cordoba. You can visit the Interpretation Center of the Patisserie Exchange Four, the Palace of Viana or sign up for a concerted visit at any time of the year.

Popular competition of bars and balconies

The Festival of Patios will discover a festive Cordoba that lives the day in the street to flamenco rhythm and breathing the scent of jasmine and orange blossom.

During the days of the Festival, the citizens of Cordoba proudly open the courtyards of the old town, which they adorn especially for the occasion with pots of geraniums, carnations and jasmine hanging from the whitewashed walls. You can visit them practically throughout the day and in them you will always find the enthusiastic hospitality of the hosts and, in many occasions, flamenco shows and the possibility of tasting the delicious tapas from Cordoba and the wine Montilla-Moriles. The Festival is celebrated the first fortnight of May. However, you have more options to know the courtyards of Cordoba. You can visit the Interpretation Center of the Patisserie Exchange Four, the Palace of Viana or sign up for a concerted visit at any time of the year.

Cordoba Fair

Córdoba celebrates at the end of May the Fair of Our Lady of Health.

With a marked Andalusian style, the fairgrounds host the booths, which are usually open to the public. The walk and its nearby streets are filled with horse-drawn carriages, flamenco dresses, sevillanas music and wine. Its origin goes back to livestock transactions, a market that has now moved to the outskirts of the city. During the fair there are several bullfights that take place in the Plaza de Los Califas.

Night visits to the Mosque

The Mosque-Cathedral Monumental Complex of Córdoba proposes the beautiful complexity that the integration of the most diverse artistic styles and supports supposes. From Hellenism to the Baroque, passing through the Caliphate splendor, this building offers us a complete and unrepeatable vision of the History of Art, a rich dialogue between cultures.

His career, as a primitive Visigothic basilica, Aljama and later Cathedral, gives a good idea that we are facing a living building, a building that has perpetuated itself over the centuries. We stand before an exceptional and prodigious architecture that continues to provoke the emotion and perplexity of everyone who contemplates it.

Permanent equestrian show passion and elf of the Andalusian horse

The Royal Stables of the city of Córdoba host a wonderful exhibition in which the purebred Spanish horse is the protagonist.

In the year 1570, Philip II ordered the creation of the monumental Royal Stables due to his great fondness for horses and to give rise to one of the best races in history: the Andalusian Horse – Purebred Spanish. This show is a unique opportunity to be impressed by the beauty and magic of these animals that exhibit different disciplines and by the mastery of the riders and amazons. In addition, all this is accompanied by music prepared for the occasion and dance numbers that fuse the dance with the exercises of the horses.