Double terrace Headboard made in prussian blue criesed velvet by V. Valls.
Junior suite courtyard Tapestry made in silk by Rocío Moreno, inspired in astral interaction
Twin first floor A tapestry made in silk and inspired on the smile of Budha
Small double Headboard made in aubergine criesed velvet by V. Valls.
Double courtyard A tapestry made in silk and inspired on the smile of Budha. “Tiger Lines” by Rocío Moreno.
Double first floor A set of two tapestries made in silk inspired on oriental themes. “Susani” by Rocío Moreno
Junior suite street Tapestry titled “Tie Dye”, by the artist Rocío Moreno
Twin courtyard Tapestry made in silk of Andalusí inspiration. “Fez Embroiderie” by Rocío Moreno
Nowadays Córdoba is quite an active city. Shows and cultural events are daily programmed throughout the many flourishing spaces the city has to that end. We have gathered here the most relevant sites in the web, so you are at all times informed about what is happening in the city.
This first edition of FLORA brought 8 international floral artists that transformed the Festival’s chosen patios into 8 unrecognizable stunning spaces. Located in some of the most representative buildings of Córdoba, this works have resulted in a delightful little tour through memory, art and heritage. These ephemeral floral installations will be open to the general public from the 20th to the 29th of October.
Hotel tranquille et moderne.
L'accueil est parfait, la localisation de l'hôtel est idéale car à proximité des activités tout en étant très calme. La décoration des chambres est sobre et moderne. Elles sont spacieuses et lumineuses, le tout organisé autour d'un joli patio.
"Se respira un ambiente relajado y tranquilo cuando traspasas la puerta del hotel. Excelente hotel para una escapada a Cordoba, detalles cuidados, desayuno y habitación perfectos. Volveremos."
Luxurious hospitality. When we got to Córdoba it was 108ºF and we could not be more miserable. Then we walked into Viento 10 and Gerrardo, the owner, greeted us with refreshing lemonade and a friendly conversation, exactly what we needed. The rest followed suit, with his recommendations for restaurants and the beautiful room and amenities, which included access to a spa.........
“Lovely, relaxing stay”
We only had one night in this hotel unfortunately. Our room was lovely and the shower and bathroom huge.
“Un diseño moderno y altamente confortable”
La atención personalizada de los dueños y todo el staff es impecable.
El desayuno es una explosión de sabores.
kleines, tolles hotel. Ganz persönlich geführtes Hotel, in einem historischen Gebäude modern interpretiert. Sehr geschmackvoll, sauber und ruhig. Zu erwähnen ist das gesamte Personal, welches bei Empfehlungen für Restaurants und anderen Fragen immer tolle Tipps gegeben haben. Die Zimmer sind sehr unterschiedlich. Wir hatten ein sehr kleines, kuscheliges Zimmer im 1. Stock. Für drei Nächte völlig ausreichend. Bei Temperaturen um 40 Grad haben wir die kleine Dach-Terrasse leider nicht genießen können, sonst ein toller Ort, um mal zu relaxen. Alles in allem ein schöner Aufenthalt. Danke an Carmen , Gerardo und sein Team!
“Diseño y atención.”
Un lujo tener un jaccuzzi privado para tí.
Nos recomendaron sitios para cenar estupendos. Gracias a las chicas.
“Lindo hotel cerca a la mezquita. La decoración es muy moderna y minimalista"
"For design and atmosphere lovers"
Viento10 is a perfect place to explore Cordoba. All sightseeings in walking distance. The hotel has a great architecture, rooms around a "patio". Room 7 spacious and stylish. Parking easy and close. Gerardo and his team gave us a warm wellcome and a delicious breakfast.
"A fantastic renovation"
So cool. Whitewashed rooms with stained concrete floors. Simple modern furnishings. Great rainforest shower with frosted glass doors. Lots of natural light. Interior courtyard with a lounge. Pretty table setting for breakfast - coffee, homemade cake, toast with olive oil, tomato and shaved Iberico ham. Very friendly staff... Highly recommend this beautiful place.
"La atención fue excelente.
El diseño del hotel inmejorable.
La ubicación, sin estar en el centro, era perfecta a la hora de comer, cenar o tomar una copa"
la perfection.Petit hôtel parfaitement décoré de façon moderne tendance zen. Chambre spacieuse calme grande. Un propriétaire parfait disponible et attentionné , le meilleur petit déjeuner pris dans un hôtel en Espagne. Nous sommes repartis enchantés. Seul bémol , il est très difficile de trouver le même hôtel dans une autre ville, on est déçu après avoir séjourné dans cet endroit.......
“CARMEN ES EL ALMA DEL HOTEL.”
Sinceramente, nuestra experiencia en el hotel fue fantástica gracias a la impecable atención de Carmen, su encargada de recepción. Un placer haberte conocido!.
My Favorite Hotel in Spain, maybe the whole of Europe
Peaceful and beautiful.
Very central in Cordoba, peaceful, calm, beautiful room, friendly staff, lovely stay. Its not v obvious and chintzy which some places in Cordoba can be. Next time we will plan ahead and ask for the meditation session too.
Hidden Gem
This hotel was such a special surprise. It was hidden away on a tiny cobblestone street in the quietest part of town. Immaculately clean with wonderful personal hospitality and beautifully decorated. I would stay there again with pleasure. I had a wonderful breakfast on departure day.
perfect stay in cordoba. Beautiful quite place in centre of Cordoba with very gentle, even "zen" owner. Design hotel room Excellent "fresh" breakfast Private parking space nearby. All you need for a beautiful stay in Cordoba!
"Excelente"
Es un hotel muy tranquilo, bien ubicado. El trato excelente y el desayuno, inmejorable. Las habitaciones tienen buen tamaño, con camas cómodas. Todo está muy limpio y mimado, hasta el olor, muy agradable por las flores que decoran el hotel. Muy recomendable.
Cordoba merece un hotel como este. Maravilloso trabajo de rehabilitación para conseguir un espacio único y muy agradable...acogedor...bien climatizado y con espacios higiénicos muy modernos y cómodos. ...buena ubicación y un trato muy simpatico
I am only writing about him because of a small book that tells his brief but rich stay in Córdoba. However, despite the shortness of his visit, his words on some of the stereotypes associated with Córdoba and its inhabitants is quite sharp and accurate. It might have something to do with the fact that he spent his childhood in Sevilla or that his first wife was the son of an Andalusian shoemaker. Or maybe the Romero de Torres brothers helped him understand and taught him where to look when in the city. I am more convinced by the later option.
ON THE CÓRDOBA SOUL.
Souls in Córdoba are charming, they are meditative, joyful and idle; this quiet city, old capital of the Caliphate, contains a sweet yet strong voice, a softness that does not deprive from strength, a fierce determination that does not darken kindness nor gentle smiles. Laying at the riverbanks of the great Guadalquivir and pleased by the nuptial fragrance of the orange trees, Córdoba is still deeply embedded in the Moorish Oriental philosophy.
“Why do you run?”, the city asks the river below. And the trains too: “Why do you rush your arrival into the city when you shall so soon have to leave? Come or go… walk or stand still… Is it not the same?”
THE HEAT AND THE COLD.
The sentence “it is never cold in Córdoba” constitutes, by all means, the sole heating system the city has. If the founding fathers of the city had built it thinking of Winter its current inhabitants would be suffering the effects of a never-ending Summer. Thank God, it was not the case. Instead they built it in order to be able to repel the heat, and its inhabitants had shivered for centuries ever since.
“It will pass” they think, and they do not move. Oh, joyful country, sweet and idle country and in its own way wise country, perhaps wiser than any other, where life is never corrupted by the passing of Time!…
NARROW STREETS
The night comes and my interest for the stillness and silence of the old city grows. Houses, with their baroque gates and white marble patios illuminated by lanterns, look like chapels. Streets, clean and narrow. Streets, bad tempered streets, nervous and dreadfully restless streets, they cross and twist like roots. It is often odd to walk a straight line.
MEZQUITA
How to begin describing such a monument to which not even a photograph –so sincere, so solemn, so fair– does justice to?… For it is not only its architecture, that is its line, what shocks and surrenders our soul but also, and along with that too, the silence, the light, the cold, the emotion of fate floating in the breeze that little by little and without sound disturbs and contents our heart.
CYPRESS AND PALM TREE
The Roman and Christian cypress begs, pleads and awaits. The cypress has stabbed the sky with its slow-growing sharp fatigue awaiting to be heard. The cypress struggles, cries, obtains: it is a prayer. The palm tree, on the other hand, loved by the Arab, does not fight; its open and calm branches surrendered to power of gravity and lost their hope. The East wind rock them at dusk. Never the sun shall rise at midnight. Never the waters of a river shall go upstream. Just like the sun, just like rivers, so it goes the human Fate. Palm trees know it. They say: “Why do you put so much effort and struggle when it is clear that not a single comma in Nature’s eternal order you shall alter?”
ON FLAMENCO
Flamenco is just like architecture, just like streets in Córdoba, where the most detailed analysis will never result in two streets, two facades, two door gates that are the same. In these old cities beauty lies in all that is unalike and capricious; the map is made of corners, angles, surprises; it all seems fragmented, labyrinthine. Whenever a house steps forward the following house step back, and each one will dress a different color; here a balcony there a window. The old art tend to avoid repetition, its thirst for that that is different and unique was infinite.
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From Córdoba to Alcázarquivir: types and landscapes from Andalusia and Morocco. 1915-1921.
Zamacois, Eduardo (1873-1971)
Published in 1921.
https://archive.org/details/decordobaalcazar00zama/page/18
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