Medina Azahara Guided Tour: Explore 10th Century Muslim Palace Ruins from Córdoba

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Step back in time and explore the 10th century Muslim palace ruins of Medina Azahara on this guided tour from Córdoba. Discover the fascinating history of this fortified Arab palace and immerse yourself in the remnants of mosques, ceremonial halls, palaces, and workshops.

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Glorieta Cruz Roja - 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.
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What's Included

Local guide

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Additional Information

Embark on a historical journey with this 3-hour guided excursion to Medina Azahara from Córdoba. Also referred to as the ‘Bright City,’ Medina Azahara is home to the remnants of a large, fortified Arab Muslim medieval palace, built during the 10th century under the Moorish reign in Spain. After a brief bus trip, engage in a 90-minute informative walking…

Location

Gta. Cruz Roja, 114

Glorieta Cruz Roja

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Luisbarq

Jun 13, 2024

From 10 - Our guide was Miguel Ángel, a 10 not to be missed, very entertaining, educational, entertaining and fun. Even in the heat it is worth doing it.

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Abnerisaac_m

Apr 14, 2024

Claudia 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.

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Viajerosworld

Oct 15, 2023

Very pleasant visit - Our guide, Miguel José, wonderful. An unhurried tour, explaining with historical details, which place you perfectly in the context. An exceptional guide, highly recommended.

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Xpms

Oct 8, 2023

Great excursion - We were in Medina Azahara today and Susana, the guide who gave us the tour, clearly likes what she does because she explained all the details of the history to us, making it very enjoyable and interesting. We really liked the visit.

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Margaretj829

Sep 3, 2023

A 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.

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Esther_p

May 13, 2020

Very interesting - Very documented guide. The volume of visitors was excessive. The board should control excessive exploitation if the monument is to be preserved.

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499generalzod

Aug 4, 2019

Another 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!

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Maria

Jan 24, 2024

Good guide - Good guide, enjoyable. But we bought the ticket on TripAdvisor and they told us to look for a green umbrella, but in the end, after asking a lot, the umbrella was orange. We share a guide with civitatis.

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Muhammad

Apr 3, 2017

The 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>

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Diazpap

Oct 28, 2019

Outdated 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!

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From $19

up to 15 guests

1 Adult