Here our itinerary in Andalusia:
1st day, SEVILLE
Arrive to the airport in Seville. From the moment that the flight
arrived in the late evening, we have preferred to stay a night in a hotel in
the proximities of the airport.
Night in SEVILLE: Hotel Catalonia Hispalis, Sevilla: We have
chosen this hotel because it is found in the proximities of the airport in
Seville.
2nd day, Seville-CARMONA-ECIJA-CORDOBA 150 kms
Follow the road E5 for Cordoba. Stop along the road to visit the
towns of Carmona (38 kms) (Carmona, small town with a tower of the 15th
century to imitation of the Giralda in Seville) and Ecija (92 kms) (Ecija, known for its bell tower in Baroque style).
Night in CORDOBA: Hotel Eurostars Maimonides, Córdoba: excellent
three stars, situated in the center of the city to few footsteps from
the Mesquita of Cordoba; very important thing, the hotel has a parking
lot guarded to a reasonable price, good relationship quality/price. We
stayed very good.
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Carmona, Andalusia, Spain |
Ecija, Andalusia, Spain |
Old Mill, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain |
3rd day, CORDOBA
Whole day devoted to the visit of Cordoba. The visit of the city starts
from the stupendous Mezquita (mosque), the most interesting building of
Cordoba. The entrance is found where is the Patio de los Naranjos, an
Arabic courtyard for the ablutions furnished with trees of orange tree
and fountains, to the time of the Arabs all the 19 aisles of the mosque
were open toward this courtyard, forming a suggestive scenographic effect, after the Christian conquest were built some
chapels, that jeopardized this effect: the Capilla Villaviciosa with
amazing arcades; and the Capilla Real in style Mudejar that became the
pantheon of the Spanish sovereigns. In 1523 inside the mosque was
initiated the construction of the Cathedral, finished in 1599, forming
the extraordinary architectural match of church-mosque that we can
admire today.
Night in CORDOBA: Hotel Eurostars Maimonides, Córdoba
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Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain |
Mezquita, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain |
Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain |
4th day, CORDOBA
Today we can visit the defensive structures of the Alcázar de los Reyes
Cristianos (1328), the Tower Fortaleza de la Calahorra, the ancient Roman
Bridge, the great Arabs mills, the ancient Jewish Synagogue, the
Baths of the Caliph, the typical roads and plazas of the Jewish
medieval district called Judería. In the plaza de la Corradera are
the ruins of a Roman temple, the Renaissance Ayuntamiento and in the
proximities the Romanesque church of St. Pablo.
An escursion not to be missed to 7 kilometers from Córdoba, along the road
N-437, are the ruins of the city of Medina Az-Zahra, a city of pleasure
built in the 10th century from Abd al-Rahman III and completed by Almansur
another splendid testimoniance of the Arabic domination in Cordoba.
Night in CORDOBA: Hotel Eurostars Maimonides, Córdoba
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Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain |
Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain |
Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain |
5th day, CORDOBA-JAEN - BAEZA 153 kms
Follow the road that goes to Jaen, visit of Jaen (105 kms) (to visit:
the Cathedral de Jaén, the Castillo de Santa Catalina, the Palacio de
Villardompardo with the Baños Árabes) therefore continue to Baeza. You
can visit Baeza in the afternoon (where you sleep for 2 nights) and the
following day visit Ubeda to your pleasure. Baeza: The visit of the
city starts from the plaza del Populo, known also as plaza de los
Leones, where are the sixteenth-century Casa del Populo,
the Fuente de Los Leones and the Carniceria (an old butchery). A few over
lies the Cathedral of Santa María, Gothic-Renaissance,
work of Andrés de Vandelvira. Other buildings to be visited are: the
university, founded in 1538, the Palacio de Jabalquinto, the
Ayuntamiento and some buildings in the plazas of Plaza de España and of
the Paseo de the Constitucíon. The gates of Ubeda and Cordoba and the
arc of Baeza are among the few rests of the visible Arabic
fortifications today.
Night in BAEZA: Hotel La Casona Del Arco, Baeza: excellent
three stars hotel, situated in the center of Baeza, pleasant environment. Indeed beautiful, perhaps it would also deserve a star
more than that it has, we were found very good there.
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Jaen's Cathedral, Andalusia, Spain |
Baeza, Andalusia, Spain |
Baeza, Andalusia, Spain |
6 giorno, BAEZA-UBEDA-BAEZA 20 km
Intera giornata dedicata alla visita di Ubeda: il cuore rinascimentale della città è la plaza Vázquez de Molina, uno dei migliori spazi rinascimentali della Spagna. Nella piazza si trovano la Sacra Capilla del Salvador, la gotica Iglesia de Santa María de los Reales Alcázares, il Palacio de Vázquez de Molina, l'Antiguo Pósito (deposito del grano del XVII secolo), la casa de Juan de Medina, il Cárcel del Obispo, il Palacio del Deán Ortega, il Palacio del Marqués de Mancera, e il Palacio Francisco de los Cobos. Altri monumenti interessanti di Úbeda sono: l' Hospital de los Honrados Viejos del Salvador, L'Hospital de Santiago, nella piazza del Mercado, si trovano alcune interessanti costruzioni come la iglesia de San Pablo (XV-XVI secolo), e l'Ayuntamiento Viejo.
6th day, BAEZA-UBEDA-BAEZA 20 kms
Whole day devoted to the visit of Ubeda: the Renaissance heart of the
city is the plaza Vázquez de Molina, one of the best Renaissance spaces
in Spain. In the plaza lies the Sacra Capilla del Salvador, the
Gothic Iglesia de Santa María de los Reales Alcázares, the Palacio de Vázquez de Molina, the Antiguo Pósito (deposit of the wheat of the 17th
century), the Casa de Juan de Medina, the Cárcel del Obispo, the Palacio del Deán Ortega, the Palacio del Marqués de Mancera, and the Palacio Francisco de los Cobos. Other interesting monuments of Úbeda
are: the Hospital de los Honrados Viejos del Salvador, the Hospital de
Santiago, in the plaza del Mercado, some interesting constructions
are found as the iglesia de San Pablo (15th-16th century), and the
Ayuntamiento Viejo.
Night in BAEZA: Hotel La Casona Del Arco, Baeza
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Ubeda, Andalusia, Spain |
Ubeda, Andalusia, Spain |
Ubeda, Andalusia, Spain |
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