Cordoba, Mosque Skip-the-Line & Optional Carmona from Seville

Posted By : Mel
The mosque-cathedral and the historical context given by the guide. Very nice and knowledgeable guide! He was very nice to everyone making everyone feel welcome and giving a lot of info.
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Posted On : 2024-05-01 14:02:14

Posted By : elizabeth_s
Antonio, our guide, Ines, was the other guide and Joachim was our driver. The big bus was very comfy. It was the biggest tour we have been on- maybe 35 and split into two groups . Two kinds of language each group. Antonio is quite a character and very easy to talk to. My husband, a retired plumbing and heating contractor and therefore all about systems that provide heating . Cooling, waste removal- the important things that make our lives comfortable- well he and Antonio had a great time talking all about how the Muslims understand all about water and water systems, heating and cooling - and how their building and houses are constructed to take advantage of the physics. Antonio was fascinating that way with a huge amount of knowledge that he was happy to share. We learned so much and completely appreciated the darling town of Carmona- very easily negotiated and Antonio’s home town, so he was full of so much information. Don’t miss this optional part of the day! I was hoping we would see some of his cousins. Then , to the crown jewel Cordoba and the Roman Bridge . For history buffs, was a HUGE thrill to traverse this bridge ( twice! Thank you Antonio!) and then the walking through the town . The mosque/ cathedral just absolutely takes one’s breath away. I have never seen anything like it except maybe somewhat the Hassan II mosque in Casablanca or one in Marrakech. But it is unbelievable. Our guide there was excellent also. Thank you to all the guides and our safe bus driver!
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Posted On : 2024-04-20 13:16:30

Posted By : thomas_s
Tour guides Jesus and Lucas were great! We split into two groups...i was in Jesus' group. He was excellent. Fun and full of energy and very knowledgeable. Took us to some great places and little hidden treasures in Cordoba and Carmona. Two thumbs way up. If you get these guys...you are in for a treat
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Posted On : 2024-04-16 13:58:31

Posted By : christophersN931YR
It fulfilled all our expectations with two excellent and committed guides. They were helpful and knowledgeable. Only slight disappointement was the place recommended for lunch. It was cheap, lacked character and the food was indifferent. We would have happily paid a lttle more for something better
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Posted On : 2024-03-25 11:18:29

Posted By : U_T
The Mosque Cathedral was magical!
It was one of the most amazing places we have ever visited.
Our guides were fun and educational all in all a fantastic day!
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Posted On : 2024-03-09 17:09:59

Posted By : Kat_P
I had really high hopes for this trip and it really fell flat. I have wanted to travel to Cordoba for years and was so excited to finally have the opportunity to do so. The smaller group tour was apprecaited. The company did reach out to me the day before my trip to let me know that no one else had signed up for Carmona and that they had to cancel this aspect of the trip for me. While this was disapointing as I chose this because of that option, and there were no other tours that allowed just one booking to Carmona available, I do apprecaite their transparency and their willingness to provide a partial refund for this. However, the actual tour of Cordoba differed just enough from what I had booked. There unfortuantley was one family who was bad at keeping track of time and constantly held us up which is always frustrating. The tour noted that it would provide headsets to hear the guides, but none were given. Our guide was kind, but very soft spoken and I felt that I missed a lot of information because if you were not standing directly next to her, you could not hear her. I enjoyed our local guide for the Mosque and thought that his passion and excitement for the history of Cordoba was evident throughout all of the time we spent with him. Finally, since lunch was not included, I do wish that we were not all required to eat at a resturant picked out by the guide- which was unnecessarily out of the way of our next stop. The free time that we had in Cordoba was very limited, and as a solo traveler it would have been prefered to pick out a lunch space at one of the many open places naearby and also spend the time exploring the area. For a limited time in Spain, it was fine, but I think you may be better off going on your own.
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Posted On : 2024-01-05 15:48:32

Posted By : sandramL5665FW
Our guide, Carlos León, was knowledgable, informative, helpful and attentive to the needs of the group. The tour was reasonably paced.
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Posted On : 2023-12-29 04:36:08

Posted By : Columbine75
If you're in Seville, I highly recommend this trip. With that said go on your own if you have a car. Really disappointed that we didn't stop at Carmona as our first stop as everything was closed on our way home. The Mosque-Cathedral was very crowded. Due to crowds our tour guide said visit the Jewish quarter on your own, directed us to one of his "favorite restaurants" told us to we had a quite a bit of free time, but little direction of where to go, just gave us a map. Our guide walked very fast, did not carry an umbrella, or hat, so often did not have time to take pictures along the way for fear of being left. Plus our guide smoked all day.. surprised that is allowed as we have never experienced that previously.
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Posted On : 2023-11-01 13:21:22

Posted By : Vonda_H
Tour well organized. Guides were courteous. Loved the boat tour through caves. Best part the light show with beautiful music
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Posted On : 2023-10-26 06:49:21

Posted By : BillandSharon_F
Cathedral Mosque was excellent walking thru the streets was most enjoyable.Our group leader was excellent
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Posted On : 2023-10-01 14:08:57