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One of the places we really wanted to see when we were in Andalucia was the city of Cordoba. What we particularly wanted to see there was the Mezquita (the old Moorish mosque) and to wander around the tangled maze of the Jewish Quarter.

So with this in mind, and an pigheaded doggedness to book a hotel that was exactly right (when I say pig-headed doggedness, obviously I refer to a wish to please Mrs P and so avoid getting an earful for choosing a crappy hotel), I searched the net until my fingers bled, metaphorically speaking. I found a suitable one on a site called atrapalo.com - a Spanish travel site which is well worth checking out. I paid 53 per night room only - the rack rate for B&B is nearer 100 not too shabby.

The hotel is located in the heart of Cordoba's old town. Did I say in the heart? Why it's right there slap bang in the middle of left ventricle. The front door of the hotel is exactly 4m from the wall of the Mezquita. Any closer and we'd have been on first-name terms.
As it's so close to the Mezquita, it's almost impossible not to find it first-time, but just in case, it's sign-posted from the approach roads anyway.
As you drive into Cordoba from the motorway, it's hard to miss the Mezquita as it dominates the riverfront. A quick drive all the way around the monument and you're right at the entrance to the hotel's underground car-park. I'd recommend using this - one reason being that parking places are almost as rare as a Scottish National football team victory, the other reason being that parking is free for guests. An elevator takes you up to reception.

The reception area is decidedly Moorish in theme with horseshoe arches at all the doorways, lots of frescoes, beautifully intricate ceramic-work everywhere and the gentle splitter-splatter of water tinkling from a couple of fountains. There are antiques dotted around - some ornamental, some in the form of furnishings such as the sofas and easy-chairs which are a convenient place to rest if there's a queue to check-in. There wasn't so we didn't.

The bar, restaurant and a souvenir shop all lead off from the reception area and occupy the ground level of the next building (or so it seems).

The hotel has 82 rooms spread over three floors around two inner courtyards. One courtyard is very pretty and continues the Moorish theme. It's used for breakfast in the morning and as a cafe throughout the rest of the day.
The other courtyard houses various appliances for the hotel and is anything

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