Patios in Cordoba

 Cordoba is known for its patios. Before we went, Maria told us we HAD to go and see the patios. I was like "yah sure, okay Maria" because my Cordoba To Do List was already pretty extensive. When we got to Cordoba, we stopped in the Office of Tourism. There they handed me a map of Cordoba and the route of the patios for the day. After finishing up a majority of the sites, we decided we'd try and see the patios. We weren't really sure what exactly they were, but we decided to go for it. We got to the first location (mind you it's someone's house). We waited creepily outside for about 5 minutes until they opened. After we walked in about 20 other people followed. The whole process is a little strange. But, it's very cool that you are invited into someones house to look at their patio.

  

We didn't really know what to expect because we weren't exactly sure what a patio was. This was the first patio we saw. 

 This has been a tradition for many years and occurs every May when the Feria of Cordoba takes place. There are prizes for the best patio each year. This was on the wall of the second patio we went in. The second patio was my favorite.

 Entrance to the 3rd patio we visited

 Spot where people could leave coins 

It's encouraged to leave some change... we didn't

Camie and I with the Ruta de Los Patios
I wish we were able to see more (there were about 10 in all). We had to catch our bus back so we were only able to see 3 patios. This adventure was one of the highlights of our day trip. It's crazy how much time and energy people put into their patios.