Tag: Cathedrals

The Mezquita of Córdoba map and route - From the Patio de los Naranjos to the golden mihrab

Some 850 columns, a forest of red and white arches and a Renaissance cathedral built right in the middle. Nothing quite prepares you for...

Valencia Cathedral tickets, opening hours and the Holy Grail chapel

What links an agate cup said to be used at the Last Supper, a bell tower with 207 steps and a court that has...

Inside Palma Cathedral - Gaudí’s canopy, Barceló’s ceramic chapel and a rose window full of light

Twice a year, for about five minutes, the morning sun paints a figure of eight in coloured light on a stone wall. Locals queue...

Seville Cathedral, the world’s largest Gothic cathedral - Columbus’s tomb, the Giralda ramps and a courtyard of orange trees

Legend says the canons who planned it wanted a building so vast that anyone who saw it finished would take them for madmen. Six...

What to do in Palma de Mallorca? Cathedral mornings, castle views and tapas nights

Plenty of people land at the airport, pick up a hire car and head straight for the beaches. On the way they drive past...