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Ticket + Audio Guide
Enter the site at your reserved time and explore the forest of columns, the mihrab and the cathedral’s transept with an audio guide.
- Admission to the monument
- Audio guide in several languages
- Timed access
Córdoba · Spain
Tickets and visits to the Mosque of Córdoba
Book your visit with an audio guide, a guided tour or a combined experience. Choose a date and check the available time slots.
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Ticket + Guided Tour
Explore the site accompanied by a guide in your selected language, in a small group and with headsets to follow the explanations.
- Admission to the monument
- Guide in Spanish, English and French
- Small group
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Private Tour
Discover the Mosque of Córdoba on a private tour and learn about its fascinating history, architecture and cultural heritage from an expert guide.
- Admission to the monument
- Private guide
Information for visiting the Mosque of Córdoba
Opening hours
- March to October
- Monday to Saturday, 10:00 – 19:00
- November to February
- Monday to Saturday, 10:00 – 18:00
- Sundays and public holidays
- 8:30 – 11:30 and 15:00 – 19:00
- Access
- By reserved time slot
- Last admission: 30 minutes before closing. After that time entry is not permitted.
- On Sundays the temple is reserved for worship between 11:30 and 15:00.
- The Bell Tower has its own ticket, opening hours and capacity.
- On certain dates (1 January, 24, 25 and 31 December) opening hours are reduced.
- Check the official calendar before your visit: religious celebrations may alter the opening hours.
Getting there
Calle Cardenal Herrero, 1, 14003 Córdoba
- On foot
- 20–25 minutes from the train and bus station, crossing the Judería (old Jewish quarter)
- Bus
- Aucorsa lines 3 and 12, Puerta del Puente and Ribera stops
- Car
- Restricted-access historic centre; car parks on Avenida del Alcázar and Paseo de la Victoria
- Access
- Entrance through the Patio de los Naranjos, Puerta del Perdón
About the Mosque of Córdoba
The Mosque is the building that best sums up thirteen centuries of Córdoba's history. Abd al-Rahman I ordered it built in the year 785 on the site of the Visigothic basilica of San Vicente, and his successors enlarged it three times until it became the largest mosque in the West.
After the city was conquered by Ferdinand III in 1236 the building was consecrated for Christian worship, and in the 16th century a Renaissance transept was raised in the middle of the prayer hall. What came before was neither demolished nor hidden: the two architectures coexist under the same roof. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.
What strikes you on entering is the hypostyle hall: some 856 columns of marble, jasper and granite, many reused from Roman and Visigothic buildings, supporting a system of double arches. Thanks to that device —horseshoe arches below, round arches above— height was gained from shafts that were too short, and along the way the image everyone recognises was born: the alternating voussoirs of red brick and pale stone.
The extension by al-Hakam II, from 961 onwards, brings together the most refined part of the complex. The mihrab and the maqsura that precedes it were decorated with mosaics of glass and gold tesserae made by craftsmen who came from Byzantium, and the interlaced ribbed domes that cover them influenced later architecture throughout the peninsula.
The Patio de los Naranjos (Courtyard of the Orange Trees) was the mosque's sahn, the ablutions courtyard where the faithful purified themselves before entering. Beside it rises the 54-metre Bell Tower, which Hernán Ruiz III built by wrapping it around the minaret of Abd al-Rahman III: the minaret is still there inside, within the Christian bell tower.
What not to miss at the Mosque
Three moments of the route that explain the building's history on their own.
Frequently asked questions
They all include access to the monument with a reserved time slot plus an additional service: an audio guide, a guided tour or a second combined visit. Each ticket page details exactly what is and isn't included.
Yes. Access is by time slot and capacity is regulated, so it is best to book in advance, especially in spring and on long weekends.
You will receive confirmation by email immediately after payment, with the corresponding voucher or ticket. You can show it from your phone; there is no need to print it.
No. The tower has its own ticket, opening hours and capacity, with access in small groups. If you would like to go up, book it separately.
It is a place of worship in use: you are asked to enter with shoulders and knees covered and to remain silent. Covering the head or face is not permitted inside the monument.
From Monday to Saturday there is a free visiting slot early in the morning, with no access for groups and except during special celebrations. It cannot be booked in advance and does not include an audio guide, and queues usually form.
The monument is flat and wheelchair-accessible along almost the entire route. The exception is the Bell Tower, which can only be climbed by a narrow staircase.
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