We are a young team that left Spain in 2009 and we are in London to create this beautiful project. At the request of our "walkers" we grew up in Paris, Dublin, Berlin, Malaga, Cordoba and Budapest, teaching these cities to thousands of Spanish speakers. We are professional guides and we are madly in love with every corner of the cities we teach.
Do you want to know every detail of one of the most important medieval cities in history? During our tour you will understand why its founder, the Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, Abderramán III , gave it the name of “The Shining City” .
The archaeological site was ordered to be built in 936 as a royal residence and seat of government in Al-Andalus . Today, it is considered a World Heritage Site and one of the most important and representative monuments in the history of medieval Europe.
On this guided tour of Medina Azahara we will walk through the streets that once housed the old Andalusian civil and military administration.
We will also travel back in time to lose ourselves among its ruins, corridors, guard and servants' rooms, mosques, towers and royal halls, the pool and the great portico, to imagine what life was like in that majestic palace. In addition, you will have the opportunity to delve even further into its history by visiting the Medina Azahara Interpretation Centre, named Best Museum in Europe in 2012.
👀 ADDITIONAL COSTS 👀
- This tour requires an additional cost for a shuttle bus from the Visitor Center to the Archaeological Site.
Adults: €3.00 / Children aged 5-12: €1.50.
- This tour requires additional entrance fee for non-EU citizens (€1.5/person).
👀 HOW TO GET TO MEDINA AZAHARA 👀
To get to our meeting point, located outside the Medina Azahara Visitor Center, between the main gate and the shuttle stop, you can take several options:
1. By private car. You will be able to access the parking lot of the Visitor Center, where our meeting point is located. Remember that you will not be able to go up to the site in a private car. It is mandatory to take the shuttle.
2. By bus. There is an exclusive bus for the Medina Azahara Visitor Center that leaves from Córdoba. You can find all the information here: https://www.turismodecordoba.org/bus-diario-a-medina-azahara-cordoba
3. By taxi. You can find information about prices at the following link: https://www.pidetaxicordoba.es/tarifas/#visita_ma
👀 Reservations for more than 6 people 👀
Door of the Medina Azahara Visitor Centre. Next to the shuttle stop with a "blue-green" banner and accreditation with the logo: Walking Through Europe.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
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