Medina Azahara guided tour from Córdoba

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Itinerary

1. El bus sale desde la parada GLORIETA CRUZ ROJA, frente al hotel Eurostars Palace. Es muy IMPORTANTE que acudan a esta parada antes de la hora seleccionada, ya que el bus no parará un minuto más de la hora de salida (sale muy puntual). Le recomendamos que acuda con unos 10 minutos de antelación. Allí encontrará a nuestros compañeros con el paraguas naranja. Visitaremos el museo, que se encuentro en el centro de visitantes, y el yacimiento. Para llegar hasta el yacimiento, utilizaremos un bus lanzadera (de estos gastos se hará cargo el guía ya que están incluidos en la visita). El orden de la visita puede variar dependiendo de las normas impuestas por el monumento.

   10 min

2. Encontrarán a su guía en el parking de Medina Azahara (centro de visitantes) con el paraguas naranja. Le recomendamos que acudan unos cinco o diez minutos antes. Subiremos al yacimiento cogiendo el bus lanzadera que va desde el parking hasta el mismo yacimiento (de este gasto se encarga el guía ya que está incluido). Visitaremos el yacimiento y el museo en el centro de visitantes. El orden de la visita puede variar dependiendo de las normas impuestas por el monumento.

   2.2 hAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 58 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 4Sunbaked ruins!

  The guide was very informative. The welcome video helped to explain what would’ve been there. Some restoration gives you an idea of the splendour. The day was very hot and it was like an oven, which made it quite a challenge.

  Noela FJuly 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5Claudia was an amazing guide

  Despite some problems the date of the tour happened (I got a message saying I had to go to the offices of the company to ask for the bus tickets or we wouldn't be allowed to take it. I noticed it just one hour before the tour started and had to run to their office, for they to tell me the information was wrong and I just to show up at the appointed place, so then I had to run to the bus stop) we enjoyed it. Our guide, Claudia, was amazing. I loved her energy, enthusiasm and how ready she was to answer any doubt you had about the site. I send her a lot of love, she really made our visit to Madinat al-Zahra something special.

  AbnerIsaac_MApril 2024via Viator

• 5A must place to visit for history and archeology lovers

  Excellent, comprehensive tour with a very knowledgeable guide. Would have liked a bit more time there but overall a great tour.

  margaretj829September 2023via Tripadvisor

• 2Outdated information by Viator

  Be careful with the information provided by Viator because it is outdated. The Tour itself was ok (although the "English" guide could improve his wording), but our experience was completely ruined because of following the outdated information provided by the Viator website. Fortunately, the company that provided the tour was very nice and were able to partially fixed the issue. We tried to claim some money from Viator but Viator declined our application. Lesson learned, book with the locals and don't use Viator as intermediary!

  DiazpapOctober 2019via Viator

• 5Another amazing experience!

  First of all, i would recommend doing the tour of the Mosque-Cathedral before doing the tour of Madinat-Al Zahra as it is somewhat of a continuation of the Mosque-Cathedral tour. This tour was very informative, Understanding just how big the area was and just how important it was was great to learn. Listening to how those that ran the city were ahead of their times was surprising to hear. Nothing can prepare you for just how brilliant this tour is aswell as the short video you watch at the end, just gives you a glimpse of how stunning it would have been to see in real life. Definitely recommend this tour if visiting Cordoba!

  499generalzodAugust 2019via Viator

• 4The tour was great. There were only...

  <p>The tour was great. There were only 4 in the group, and Angela the tour guide was very knowledgeable and, of course, very friendly person.</p>

  Muhammad NApril 2017via Viator

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How it compares in Córdoba

• Its from-price is 65% below the median of the 260 experiences we list in Córdoba.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 44 of 260.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Córdoba

Córdoba is an Andalusian city on the Guadalquivir, once the capital of Moorish Spain, with the great Mezquita, a Roman bridge and flower-filled patios.

Córdoba was the capital of Moorish Spain in the 10th century, one of the largest and most learned cities in Europe, and its old town is a World Heritage site. The Mezquita-Catedral, begun as a mosque in the 8th century, has a forest of double-arched columns in red and white and a Christian cathedral built inside it in the 16th century. A Roman bridge crosses the Guadalquivir to the Calahorra Tower.

Top-ranked sights in Córdoba: Mezquita (Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba), Cordoba Jewish Quarter (Judería de Córdoba), Roman Bridge (Puente Romano).

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