The archeological site
Discover each and every corner of a unique city in the world, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Medina Azahara
TOUR
Tour Guides and Interpreters of the Andalusian Heritage
Tour Guides and Interpreters authorized by the Mosque-Cathedral
World Heritage Monument and Exceptional Character
World Heritage City and
Historical Center
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Medina Azahara
Guided Tour
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MEDINA AZAHARA
AT NIGHT GUIDED TOUR
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MEDINA AZAHARA GUIDED TOUR
What does the reservation include??
1. Bus to Medina Azahara:
You have two options, go by your own car to the archeological site, or choose the option with the bus included..
– With bus. If you choose this option, you have two stops where you can hop on in the Paseo de la Victoria. The first one in Glorieta de Cruz Roja, the second in front of Mercado Victoria.
– Without bus. If you choose this option we’ll see eachother in the parking lot of the archaeological site.
2. Authorized guides and interpreters: Enjoy an unique experience with the best guides and heritage interpreters.
3. Headphones: Listen clearly to the explanations of our guides with high-quality headphones. We’ll use them with groups of more than 10 people.
4. Languages: Choose the language of your visit, Spanish or English.
5. The most complete tour: Enjoy the monument in its entirety. We’ll visit all the areas of the archaeological site, the museum and the audiovisual room.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON MEDINA
AZAHARA AT NIGHT GUIDED TOUR
What does the reservation include??
1. Bus to Medina Azahara:
You have two options, go by your own car to the archaeological site, or choose the option with the bus included..
– With bus. If you choose this option, you have two stops where you can hop on in the Paseo de la Victoria. The first one in Glorieta de Cruz Roja, the second in front of Mercado Victoria.
– Without bus. If you choose this option, you have to go by car to the visitor reception center, leave your car in the parking lot, take the shuttle bus and wait for us at the main entrance to the archaeological site.
2. Authorized guides and interpreters: Enjoy an unique experience with the best guides and heritage interpreters.
3. Headphones: Listen clearly to the explanations of our guides with high-quality headphones. We’ll use them with groups of more than 10 people.
4. Languages: Choose the language of your visit, Spanish or English.
5. The most complete tour: Enjoy the monument in its entirety.
BUS STOP
If you choose the option “bus included” you have two stops where you can hop on in the Paseo de la Victoria, Bus stop 1 and Bus stop 2
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE
If you choose the option “without bus”, and you decide to go with your own car, we’ll be waiting for you in the parking lot of the Archeological Site of Medina Azahara. View Location
DEPARTURE DAYS
From Tuesday to Sunday
What does this tour include?
- Tickets includes.We handle your tickets quickly and free of charges without waiting in annoying lines at the ticket office.
- Languages. Choose the language of your visit, Spanish or English, and enjoy the monument with all the guarantees.
- Authorized Guides and Interpreters. Enjoy an unique experience with the best guides and interpreters of the Andalusian Heritage.
- The most complete tour. Enjoy a 3 hour guided tour with the best authorized guides that will make your experience unforgettable.
- Headphones. Listen clearly to the explanations of our guides with high-quality headphones and enjoy an unique experience.
- Visit all. The museum to the fullest, the video that recreates virtually the life in this city of the Xth century, the archeological site…
What will we see in the Medina Azahara tour?
The Mosque, the house of the Grand Vizier Ya’Far, the private rooms of the Caliph and his family, the reception hall…discover each and every detail.
The museum
Also known as the Interpretation Center. We’ll discover inside of it the historical context and the reasons that motivated the construction of the “brilliant city”.
Lattices, “atauriques” or the famous “Fawn of Medina Azahara”, will be waiting for you together with hundreds of archeological remains extracted from the ruins.
The video
What better way to discover Medina Azahara than with a virtual recreation? You’ll be able to see the life inside of the walls of this city palace of the Xth century.
Thanks to the enormous work of archaeologists we can enjoy an amazing graphical document that will leave you breathless.
Private tours
If you would like to hire a private guide just for you, your family or your group of friends… you are in the right place.
If you wish to hire a guide only for you, your family or your group of friends…you’re in the right place.
Not only can you request a quote for your private visit to Medina Azahara, you can also request the Mosque-Cathedral and the rest of the monuments of the city.
You only have to fill up this simple form and we’ll answer your request shortly. Give us as much information as possible and leave it in our hands.
Enjoy Córdoba with us,
Here are some of our other visits
Here are some of our other visits
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Mosque of Córdoba and
Jewish Quarter Guided Tour
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Mosque of Córdoba Jewish Quarter
and Alcázar Guided Tour
What does this reservation include?
1. Tickets included: We manage your tickets quickly, free and easily, without waiting in annoying queues at the box office.
2. Authorized Guides and Interpreters: Enjoy a unique experience with the best guides authorized by the Mosque-Cathedral.
3. Headphones: Listen clearly to the explanations of our guides with high-quality headphones.
4. Languages: Choose the language of your visit, Spanish, English or French, and enjoy the monument in depth.
5. The most complete tour to the Mosque: We are the only operator that makes its regular visit in 1.5 hours.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON THE MOSQUE OF CORDOBA,
JEWISH QUARTER AND ALCÁZAR GUIDED TOUR
What does this reservation include?
1. Tickets included: We manage your tickets quickly, free and easily, without waiting in annoying queues at the box office.
2. Authorized Guides and Interpreters: Enjoy a unique experience with the best guides authorized by the Mosque-Cathedral.
3. Headphones: Listen clearly to the explanations of our guides with high-quality headphones.
4. Languages: Choose the language of your visit, Spanish, English or French, and enjoy the monument in depth.
5. The most complete tour to the Mosque: We are the only operator that makes its regular visit in 1.5 hours.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON THE MOSQUE-CATHEDRAL
OF CORDOBA GUIDED TOUR
What does this reservation include?
1. Tickets included: We manage your tickets quickly, free and easily, without waiting in annoying queues at the box office.
2. Authorized Guides and Interpreters: Enjoy a unique experience with the best guides authorized by the Mosque-Cathedral.
3. Headphones: Listen clearly to the explanations of our guides with high-quality headphones.
4. Languages: Choose the language of your visit, Spanish, English or French, and enjoy the monument in depth.
5. The most complete tour to the Mosque: We are the only operator that makes its regular visit in 1.5 hours.
BOOK
PATIOS DE Córdoba
Guided TOUR
BOOK
ALCÁZAR DE Córdoba
Guided TOUR
BOOK
FREE TOUR
HISTORIC CENTER
Book free tour Córdoba at night too!
BOOK
FREE TOUR
CÓRDOBA AT NIGHT
Book free tour Historic Center too!!
RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON THE
ALCÁZAR DE CÓRDOBA GUIDED TOUR
What does this guided tour include?
1. Tickets included. We manage your tickets quickly, easily and free of charge, without waiting in annoying queues at the ticket office.
2. Authorised guides and interpreters. Enjoy a unique experience with the best tour guides and heritage interpreters.
3. Headphones. Listen clearly to the explanations of our guides with high quality headphones. We will use them whenever the group exceeds 10 people.
4. Languages. Choose the language of your visit, Spanish, English or French, and enjoy the monument in depth.
5. The most complete Alcazar tour. Enjoy all the rooms of a unique building. Stroll through its beautiful gardens and, if you dare, climb the towers and enjoy the views.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON THE
PATIOS DE CÓRDOBA GUIDED TOUR
What does this guided tour include?
1. Patios Populares. Enjoy the most famous and laureates Patios of the popular contest of may.
2. Intangible world heritage. The visit is about the Patios that participates in the festival of may, declared intangible world heritage by UNESCO.
3. Almost all year around. The owners strive to spread the festival beyond the popular contest in may.
4. Entrance tickets included. We handle your tickets quickly, free of charges and easily, without waiting in annoying lines at the ticket office.
5. Authorized guides and interpreters. Enjoy an unique experience with the best guides and heritage interpreters.
6. Languages. Choose the language of your visit, Spanish or English.
7. The most complete tour. The duration ranges between 1,5 hours and 2 hours. We’ll make the most of our time to enjoy a unique experience.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON THE
FREE TOUR HISTORIC CENTER
Book free tour Córdoba at night too!
What does this free tour include?
1. Free booking. Reservations are free of charge. Reserve your place at the most complete free tour of Córdoba.
2. It ‘s not for free. The guided tour is not for free, we asked you that at the end of the visit you value the guide’ s work with a tip depending on your happiness after the tour.
3. Professionals guides. Our team is not amateur, they’re official guides and professional historians. We dedicate our work to spread Córdoba and its heritage.
4. Historical accuracy. Our free tours are of the highest quality, designed so you can enjoy them to the fullest, without neglecting historical rigor.
5. The tour. We’ll walk around one of the biggest historical centers in Europe, so you cannot miss the highlights of the city.
6. Big groups. If your group is bigger than 6 persons, contact us, and we’ll try to offer you the best option at the best price.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON THE
FREE TOUR CÓRDOBA AT NIGHT
Book free tour Historic Center too!!
What does this free tour include?
1. Free booking. Reservations are free of charge. Reserve your place at the most complete free tour of Córdoba.
2. It ‘s not for free. The guided tour is not for free, we asked you that at the end of the visit you value the guide’ s work with a tip depending on your happiness after the tour.
3. Professionals guides. Our team is not amateur, they’re official guides and professional historians. We dedicate our work to spread Córdoba and its heritage.
4. Historical accuracy. Our free tours are of the highest quality, designed so you can enjoy them to the fullest, without neglecting historical rigor.
5. The tour. This tour it’s only available in Spanish, so if you dare you can practice your Spanish with us.
6. Big groups. If your group is bigger than 6 persons, contact us, and we’ll try to offer you the best option at the best price.
CÓRDOBA, THE CITY WITH
4 HERITAGE DESIGNATIONS BY UNESCO
If you are on this site, it’s because you’re interested in history, and maybe you’re planning to visit the city of Córdoba, one of the world’s most historical cities.
Probably you know that Medina Azahara was declared World Heritage Site on July 1, 2018. But, did you know that the “Brilliant City” was the fourth declaration that the UNESCO granted the city with? The city of Córdoba is the only city in Spain with 4 designations, do you know them? This may be your chance to plan your trip to the “Caliphal City”, betting on the most important monuments and sites of interest…Let’s go there!
Medina Azahara is the city that the first caliph of Córdoba, Abderramán III, constructed with the goal to established his residence, as well as that of his family and government. From Medina Azahara, 8 kilometers away from the capital, the umayyad caliph governed Al-Ándalus.
We recommend you to do the Medina Azahara Tour in the mornings. You have the possibility to book the visit by bus or go with your own car. In summer you can also enjoy the visit in the nighttime schedules.
The second of the World Heritage declarations is, of course, the Mosque-Cathedral, the greatest treasure of our city, the great jewel of Al-Andalus.
The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba received its designation in 1984. But that is not the end of it, in 2014 this building received the distinction of Outstanding Universal Value, which elevates it to the Olympus of world monuments.
The Mosque of Córdoba is the mirror of an unique city in the world, since in it you can find all the historical stages of the city, and somehow you could say that in it are represented all the cultures that were once settled in Córdoba, hence the exceptional universal value referred to by UNESCO.
Inthe Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba Tour you’ll enjoy an historical monument, unique in the world, without parangon. You have the option to add the Jewish neighborhood and its Synagogue, or even the Chistian Alcazar, a monument full of relevant facts in the history of our country. You cannot miss it!
The Historical Center of Córdoba will the third designation. Considered one of the largest and most beautiful in Europe, delights the thousands of tourists that wander around its narrow streets daily.
We recommend you the Historical Center Free Tour, and the Córdoba at Night Free Tour. Both of them are compatible and fulfill their purpose, even though the Córdoba at Night Free Tour is only available in Spanish. With them you can discover each corner of one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
We end our tour with the Fiesta de los Patios, the last designation by UNESCO of Córdoba. In this case the galardon is not a concrete patio, but the festival, the contest, therefore is a intangible heritage of humanity. The UNESCO has recognized the fact that Córdoba has maintained over time a cultural tradition of its own, which sets it apart from many other historic cities.
We recommend you the Patios de Córdoba Tour, that takes place almost although the year. Enjoy one of our most popular and rooted traditions of Andalucía.
Preguntas Frecuentes
- How will I recognise the guide?
Our guide will carry a maroon umbrella with white lettering at the meeting point.
- Are entrance tickets included?
Entrance tickets are included in the price of all our guided tours, except for the tours we run at the Mosque-Cathedral. In that case we also offer the option of booking without the Mosque ticket, in case you already have one or are entitled to an additional discount and therefore need to buy your ticket from the official website of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.
- How will I recognise the guide?
Our guide will carry a maroon umbrella with white lettering at the meeting point.
- How many people can there be in a group?
Groups are usually small to ensure we offer the best quality to our customers. On exceptional days, such as public holidays or specific dates when demand for guided tours is higher, a group may reach up to 30 people.
- Do I need to bring a printed booking confirmation?
No, you can show your voucher printed or on your mobile phone or tablet.
- What happens if I arrive late for the tour?
First of all, we recommend calling us to let us know you will be late, so that we can give you instructions or change the time of your tour if possible.
Secondly, if you have not let us know, our guides always allow all customers 5 minutes' courtesy before starting the tour.
If you arrive more than 5 minutes late, the guide will have started and you will lose your right to the tour and, therefore, also the entrance tickets to the monuments.
- Is there a discount if we book several guided tours?
The only discount we apply when booking several guided tours is through our Offer Packs on the website.
