Today we had a free day to explore Cordoba. The medieval neighbourhood is a warren of narrow streets surrounding the Mezquita. The streets of the old Jewish Quarter stretch out from here leading to quiet plazas decorated with splendid floral arrangements.

This is our lucky day, the local residents are opening their doors for the Tour of the Patios. From the outside of the homes you would never imagine the oasis you find inside. Lovely sitting areas with colourful flower pots and many of the walls have decorative hanging pots filled with flowers.  Beautiful!

There are lovely little bodegas and traditional handicraft shops selling leather goods, silverwork and pottery. The ladies had fun shopping for treasures.
It’s another rainy day but luckily while we were touring the patios and exploring the shops the rain held off.  We found a lovely restaurant for our lunch stop and just in time, it started to rain.  We relaxed and enjoyed our lunch as we waited for the rain to stop.

This was a lovely day. I think everyone had a good time exploring the interesting shops, colourful patios, art galleries, beautiful doorways and it’s magical view by night. Certainly a city to be included on a trip to Spain.

Dinner this evening is at El Mirador Restaurant.