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Cordoba's Patios & Perfumes Festival Tour: A Unique Walking Experience with Exclusive Homes Access
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Córdoba
Experience the Cordoba’s Patios & Perfumes Festival Tour, a unique walking experience that grants exclusive access to private homes with stunning courtyards. Speak with proud owners and admire award-winning designs. Available in multiple languages.
Experience the Cordoba’s Patios & Perfumes Festival Tour, a unique walking experience that grants exclusive access to private homes with stunning courtyards. Speak with proud owners and admire award-winning designs. Available in multiple languages.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Patios de Cordoba - The Cordoba Patios Festival takes place every year in May during 2 weeks and is a long standing tradition in Córdoba. Private “Patios” translates to “courtyards” are decorated with hundred of colourful flowers and plants. During our guided tour, we will go inside 10 to 15 particular houses to visit the most beautiful “Patios”…
- Patios de Cordoba - The Cordoba Patios Festival takes place every year in May during 2 weeks and is a long standing tradition in Córdoba. Private “Patios” translates to “courtyards” are decorated with hundred of colourful flowers and plants. During our guided tour, we will go inside 10 to 15 particular houses to visit the most beautiful “Patios” of this Festival.
- Parroquia Santa Marina de Aguas Santas - Santa Marina is one of the so-called “Fernandinean Churches”, edificated in the City after Ferdinand III of Castile conquered it from the Moors in the 13th Century. The structure combines proto-gothic, Mudéjar and, to a lesser degree, late-Romanesque elements. Our meeting point is in the square in front of this church, if you come before our guided tour, maybe you can have a look inside if the church is open.
- Iglesia de San Agustin - Church of St. Augustine, it´s construction started in 1328 in Gothic Style, we will stop a few minutes in San Agustin Square and will visit more patios of this area.
- Iglesia de San Lorenzo - One of the most beautiful churches of the city, the church of San Lorenzo is one of the denominated fernandinas churches of Córdoba. This church was founded on an old mosque that replaced an older Visigothic church propably built between 1244 and 1300. We will see the outside of this church and visit some more particular patios of this area. After that and near this place, we will stop in a typical local tavern to have a D.O. Montilla-Moriles wine and a tapa.
What's Included
- Local qualified guide
- Local Taxes
- 1 Montilla-Moriles Wine
- Entrance to the Patios (free during the Festival)
- Local qualified guide
- Local Taxes
- 1 Montilla-Moriles Wine
- Entrance to the Patios (free during the Festival)
Additional Information
This walking tour is renowned for its beauty and uniqueness, offering a rare opportunity to explore private homes and their courtyards. These homes open exclusively for this festival, providing a one-of-a-kind chance to step inside. Visitors can engage with the homeowners, who are delighted to share the stories behind their beautifully decorated patios….
This walking tour is renowned for its beauty and uniqueness, offering a rare opportunity to explore private homes and their courtyards. These homes open exclusively for this festival, providing a one-of-a-kind chance to step inside. Visitors can engage with the homeowners, who are delighted to share the stories behind their beautifully decorated patios.
The tour includes visits to the Winning Courtyards, located in secluded spots, making it convenient to discover them with the help of our guide.
This tour is offered in Spanish, English, and French.
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
Location
Monumento a Manolete
Plaza del Conde de Priego
We will meet you near Manolete´s Monument, you have banks to sit if you arrive before the starting time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(41 Ratings)
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Karina_g
Jun 3, 2025
Great Experience! - I wish I remembered our tour guide's name because she was so passionate, friendly, and informative! This was such a neat experience so be able to see private patio's which are so beautifully decorated.
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Frederick_v
May 17, 2025
Flower Power - It is a spectacular display of using flowers to decorate their patios. Many of these houses were 15 century houses which made the visit more exciting. The guide, Natalia was an excellent guide with a deep understanding of the city culture and it's gardens. We went through them with little waiting time.
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Martha_d
May 14, 2025
Lovely Evening in Cordoba - This was a fun evening.
We saw a variety of lovely patios during the Festival weeks with a local guide who works in the Cordoba tourist office by day - so she was a wealth of helpful knowledge with an interesting perspective. We talked about local events and culture as we waiting in the queues to get into each patio. That was as fun as the patios themselves.
The tour gave us a bottle of wine and a bottle of perfume as gifts.
If you can go during the week rather than the weekend, we’d recommend it because the crowds will be smaller.
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Michele_v
May 12, 2025
Amazing tour with a knowledgeable guide - My spouse and I came to Cordoba specifically for the patio festival and this tour did not disappoint! Our guide Natalia had so much information to share about the history of the festival, rules for judging and even knew about the different families that had participated year after year.
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Catherine_f
May 13, 2024
Perfect way to experience the Patio Festival - We really liked the different types of patio exhibits which ranged from multi~family, single family homes to a school and a convent.
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Katie_m
May 11, 2024
Beautiful patio gardens, great insight from our guide - Our guide, Elena, knows Córdoba inside out and took us to the loveliest patio gardens, nipping in and out to miss the queues. She was very knowledgeable about local history, food and drink as well as nature and obviously loved the flowers herself. She took us to a great bar/restaurant and we enjoyed the whole experience. Thank you!
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Sally_s
May 13, 2024
Would recommend - Guide Manuel was excellent knowledgeable and friendly. Patios were lovely. No tapas at the end but wine was good! Would recommend
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Arnoldm920
May 20, 2025
A wonderful activity, a pour tour guide - I have waited over a week to write this review to be impartial and fair. In this timeframe, we have taken three other tours, all of which I have provided five star. The patios tour was really interesting and enjoyable to look at the flowers and the efforts these citizens make. Our tour guide was abrupt, unengaged, seemingly under informed and, frankly, unpleasant. We started with four people on the tour and two people left halfway through. We ended our tour earlier as well. I believe she is a good person, but the thought that no one ask a question of her nor did she have a depth of knowledge normally seen with guides. I do hate to be this harsh, but for all the other professional tour guides we’ve worked with. I just suggest this individual study some more and try to be more hospitable and polite.
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Fran_o
May 8, 2025
Time consuming, could be done solo - Guide was friendly and enthusiastic. BUT, the starting place was 20 minutes from the historic center, AND 15 minutes from the first courtyard. We exited the first courtyard at 7:35-7:40. We saw five courtyards in 90 minutes. It's not really worth doing the courtyards tour with a guide. It doesn't add to the experience.
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Carmen_l
May 16, 2025
You stand in the same lines as those who don't pay for a guided tour - Nice patios.
We paid an extra x a premiun tour that wasn't. We saw several yards and bored we left and no gift was given. And they promised when paying for x premiun excursion.
We did nothing different from other tourists and pay 36 euros to a guide who barely explained anything, it seems a scam when admission to the patios is free.
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