We woke up early and Dave decided (in his wisdom) to MOVE The Van (even though I said that we were OK until 6pm for our €23) – but he was insistent… He emptied the waste for free and then we roamed the streets and luckily found a place next to The Zoo on the Park4Night APP.
We drove in and were charged €5 by a parking “guerilla” (as everybody calls them on Park4Night) but it was flat land and Dave was happy…
It’s been RUBBISH in Europe on a Sunday for the last four weeks (as there’s never much going on and most things are closed…) so we were delighted to see that the “Hop-On Hop-Off” Sightseeing Bus Tour was operational & we bought our tickets (with 10% off as we’d used the same company in Seville and still had our tickets !!!).
It was a little mini-bus with no roof or sides and it went up all these tiny, narrow side-streets & was complete with audio-guide so we learnt some history re Cordoba… (see first piccie of us with our red plastic earphones plugged into the bus…)
We then had tapas in a little square and it was just SO “Spanish” 🇪🇸 (outside, warm, in the sunshine, some guy playing his guitar, families, etc.) – see (half-eaten) Russian Salad and Chorizo In Red Wine below…
Then we bibbed off on the bikes and took a few “classic photos” of Cordoba on & around the Roman Bridge with the city in the background and where – according to the lady on the bus tour audio guide – “East meets West”. There’s also one of me sitting in front of the “Monument to the Beauty of Cordoban Women” created by José Manuel Belmonte in 2003… and then we went down by the river (again) and had cocktails… 🍹
Dave ALWAYS has a Pina Colada but as there was no “Pornstar Martini” (my standard go-to), I skimmed the ingredients of the remaining offerings then ordered a Cava Sangria which SAID it was rum, cava, passion fruit soda; however when it arrived, it tasted of CINNAMON !!! (Check out the photos – you’ll see why…) I HATE cinnamon 😐…
Unimpressed, we went to ANOTHER bar for ANOTHER cocktail & ordered 2 x “Sex On The Beach” but it was sickly sweet due to the added ingredient of blueberry puree…
Thus we have decided that Cordoba can’t serve a decent cocktail to save it’s @rse !!!
Let’s hope Pink Beach can do better this season with our new cocktail & tapas chef !!! 🤞
- Location: 37° 52′ 51.42″ N 4° 46′ 49.01″ W
- Location: 37° 52′ 33.98″ N 4° 46′ 37.77″ W
