Authentic Patios of Cordoba Guided Tour
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Authentic Patios of Cordoba Guided Tour

By OWAY Tours
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Ages 0-99, max of 30 per group
Duration: 2h
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Mobile ticket
Live guide: English, Spanish
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Highlights

  • Taxes
  • Entradas a 5 patios de vecinos de San Basilio
  • Entry/Admission - Los Patios de San Basilio
  • Entry/Admission - Patios de Cordoba
What's not included
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation to/from attractions


Start:
  • OWAY Tours, Pl. del Triunfo, s/n, Centro, 14003 Córdoba, Spain
End:
  • Option 1
    San Basilio, Centro, Córdoba, Spain
  • Option 2
    Palacio de Viana, Pl. de Don Gome, 2, Centro, 14001 Córdoba, Spain
    End point only during the courtyard festival (May)

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 34697P11

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Look for our tour guide at the meeting point wearing a blue shirt of Oway Tours.
  • Most travellers can participate
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travellers

  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 34697P11

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  • OWAY Tours
    4.7 of 5 bubbles5,111
    Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain
  • familytravelers4
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Cordoba, Mosque, Cath, Alcazar and Syangogue!
    Great tour. Our second guide was much better informed and excited than the first. Mosque was unbelievably stupendous! and Cathedral very impressive. Loved hearing about the history and imagining what life was like then. Guide shared lovely info about how his life connected to the life of Cordobans and present day life of people in Spain. So important to include the Synagogue and Jewish Quarter. Very touching. Great recommendations for restaurants! We highly recommend this tour.
    Written 21 March 2025
  • Nazish Momin P
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The perfect day Cordoba of tour
    Azahara, our tour guide was very informative and did a good job of making our tour fun for. She shared not only the history but also kept the group engaged while allowing ample time for pictures along the way! Seeing all the main attractions/monuments in a day in the city was only made possible thanks to this tour. Highly recommend!
    Written 16 March 2025
  • johnoK3160JP
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A magical experience and a spectacular architectural marvel brought to life by a well-informed guide.
    Although it was a very wet day, we greatly enjoyed our visit. The site is magnificent, but our well-informed guide helped to bring it to life. If I had one criticism, it would be that we didn't have much time to explore the site ourselves, as all tour groups must enter and leave together. It would have been nice to look around after the tour. Still, this is a wonderful experience. Truly breathtaking.
    Written 14 March 2025
  • 614theresat
    0 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Not the official site
    Top Tickets Team is a rip-off. Booked online 4 tickets for the. Cordoba Mosque (not the guided tour) . Paid Euro 119.96 for 9th March. Received an email with 4 tickets for the price of Euros 13 each This is unacceptable robbing people in broad daylight. This team sells tickets online saying it's the official site. BEWARE do NOT BOOK with this company. Very disappointed.
    Written 9 March 2025
  • annhZ6979UJ
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Visit to Cordobas mosque cathedral.
    The Mosque Cathedral is a stunning place. We have seen lots of cathedrals, but never anything like this. It is breathtaking. The sheer size and beauty of the place is amazing. We visited in March, so very much out of season, but it was still very busy with lots of guided tours going on. We were still able to find space to look around and take in the aura. We paid for an audio guide, but didn’t really find it helpful, it was difficult to orientate ourselves according to the plan We will definitely visit again. We also visited the Alcázar gaqrdens
    Written 9 March 2025
  • Pioneer55102383685
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Glad I did the tour.
    Very informative. Guide was knowledgeable and personable. Only downside was it was crowded, and it was difficult to hear at times.
    Written 9 March 2025
  • 849hildegardk
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great!
    José was a very good guide! Very knowledgeable. Interesting history, amazing building! Unique experience! Thank you very much!
    Written 3 March 2025
  • FrankCGlazer
    0 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Disappointed!!!
    The audio devices are abysmal, very poor transmission of the speaker. The speaker’s English was very poor. Trip Advisor should make some changes; better/new audio devices and insure that the guides speak the intended language advertised for the tour.
    Written 26 February 2025
  • DaveD111
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great Seville Tour
    Our tour guide, Qiaotong, did a great job with our tour of the Seville cathedral and the Alcazar. Her English is excellent and the tour is well-paced. These tours are great since they highlight items of interest that we would never notice on our own.
    Written 22 February 2025
  • 773sams
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Recommend this tour
    Great trip - covers all the main attractions and very informative. José, our guide, was excellent, very knowledgeable and obviously a proud Cordoban
    Written 20 February 2025
  • Kyhama
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Highly recommended!
    We really liked this tour. The buildings and neighborhoods were beautiful and historic. The guide did an excellent job explaining the history and significance of the location. Highly recommended!
    Written 16 February 2025
  • mirifeno
    0 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Very bad
    I can’t arrive in time because we have a problem, I call our reference but he says that aren’t his problem and bye bye…. Ok for the tour but I thik he can give ou our tickets to entry that we have pay!!! sorry I forgot I receive a mail by the organizer the day after our visit with the indication to go at the appointment and as arrive there
    Written 15 February 2025
  • DarrenL22
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Absolutely fantastic 3 hours
    We had a fantastic tour of the Alcazar and an amazing visit to the Cathedral/Mosque. Very informative and great opportunity to add more information on the history of Andalusia and Spain. The synagogue needs to be noted it is a previous private location and not that used for the Jewish public. Would highly recommend
    Written 12 February 2025
  • shascott
    0 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Good tour
    The site is amazing and so it’s easy to show people around giving them a taste of the incredible and long history associated with the place. Our guide was informative and thorough. Did she bring the tour to life? Not so sure 🤔
    Written 11 February 2025
  • Airyfairy7654
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Well worth a visit
    Highly recommend these sites. I think to get the most out of them a guided tour is best. Allow at least 4hrs to do it justice
    Written 8 February 2025
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Cherry W
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2024 • Couples
We had a lovely evening walking tour of the patios in April.
Our guide, Ruth, was delightful. She not only gave the history of the patios of Cordoba but also included lots of interesting historical facts about the city. The tour is extremely good value and was a highlight of our stay.
If you want any English speaking guide definitely ask for Ruth, she was lovely.
Written 12 April 2024
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Sue
9 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2024 • Solo
I’d definitely recommend getting access to the patios, they are beautiful! The tour guide gave some great context and background to the tradition. The only issue is that the tour is somewhat chaotic since there are many other groups going to the patios at the same time. Be prepared for the tour to go a little long and do some waiting (this was not the guides fault, just the nature of this experience).
Written 23 June 2024
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Ck D
Toronto, Canada9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Samuel not only showed us the best patio in the neighbourhood, but he also showed us some places not to miss in the vicinity like Julio Romero Torres’s studio. He gaves lot of context and history about the festival of patios. The pictures that I took don’t even give enough justice to the beauty of those patio. I highly recommend this tour if you’re in town during that festival.
Written 5 May 2024
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Heidi K
Trinidad12 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Reached meeting point at exactly the time as we had just arrived in cordoba that afternoon and had to register. The meeting point area was crowded with many people - we walked around checking different groups. Tried contacting tour with no response on message forum and WhatsApp. Eventually a bit later they said they tried to call which we never received- when traveling we only receive calls via WhatsApp which we were messaging on. When meeting in a busy crowded area better instructions need to be given and an object to look out for that separates group leaders in a crowd. We were very disappointed as our time in Cordoba is short and we were trying to see as much as we could in a short time
Written 20 October 2024
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Good afternoon, we are sorry for what happened but for all tours we give a courtesy 5 minutes after the start time for those bookings that do not arrive on time. We try to locate them before the tour starts also as a courtesy. But if we are unable to reach you we must start with the other people on the tour. Again, we apologise for the inconvenience and ask for your understanding. Best regards.
Written 23 October 2024
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Cherry W
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2024 • Couples
We had a wonderful evening tour of the patios of Cordoba with Ruth, who was delightful. The patios are fabulous and Ruth was very informative both about the patios and the general history of Cordoba.
Very good value and if you need an English speaking guide definitely ask for Ruth.
Written 12 April 2024
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Patrick H
4 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022
This tour is a Very good way of experiencing different patios in Cordob. The tour guide had interesting stories and information about the origins of the patios and she could tell authentically what role the patios play nowadays for the people in Cordoba.
The visited patios were nice and close by, so that there was no need to walk too much. I recommend this tour for people interested in the patios and plants.
Written 29 May 2022
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Irene P
Calgary, Canada63 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2019 • Friends
We booked this tour online from home. The meeting spot on the confirmation turned out to be the wrong meeting spot and no one from Oway was there. We happened to know where the office so ran there. They looked us up and said OH - you three are the only English people. They called the Spanish tour leader and had us join with that group. Most of the tour was in Spanish. Very little English. Some of the patios that had been booked were closed. It was not a great tour.

We went independently to the Palacio de Viana. For a small fee you can go in and see their gardens. It was beautiful and worth it.
Written 27 June 2019
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Thanks for your review! We apologise if the tour wasn't to your liking.
Written 19 November 2019
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Marilie D
11 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2019 • Friends
The Patios of Cordoba are absolutely beautiful and a personal highlight of my time in Spain. But honestly our tour was average. We went with an English tour, but was grouped with a Spanish group, so we had a few places to wait. In retro spect it also felt like you didn’t need a tour to see the patios during the Festival/competition of the Patios. The City gives a map with the famous houses and they are all marked very clearly. Our guide was kind and gave basic information but next time I will try and do it on my own if I’m there during the competition time.
Written 30 May 2019
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Thanks a lot for your review! We are glad to know you enjoyed Córdoba.
Written 19 November 2019
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Rod Sadgrove
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2019 • Couples
We found this tour to be well researched and demonstrated the wide variety of patio gardens available for viewing.
Written 29 May 2019
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Thanks a lot for your review!
Written 18 November 2019
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s0nja12345
California10 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
The Guide was very knowledgeable. The patios were beautiful. The only drawback was there was a lot of waiting in lines with quick view of patios. This was the week of the Patio competition.
Written 2 May 2024
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