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Cordoba or Toledo?

Posted by (Belmar, NJ, USA) on

My sister and I are making our first trip to Spain the week before Easter, we will have 9 days in all. Due to Semanta Santa (and the escalating hotel prices during the holiday week), we plan to start our trip in Seville before possibly stopping in Cordoba for a day on Palm Sunday. Alternatively we can take the train from Seville to Madrid and take a day trip to Toledo on Monday.

Following is our entire tentative itinerary, any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Friday, March 26 - arrive in Madrid, Malaga or Grenada (depending on pricing), take train to Seville and spend remainder of day there
Saturday, March 27 - day in Seville
Sunday, March 28 - day in Seville, train to either Cordoba for the evening or directly to Madrid
Monday, March 29 - day in Cordoba or train to Toledo for day
Tuesday, March 30 - day in Madrid
Wednesday, March 31 - day in Madrid
Thursday, April 1 - Madrid to Barcelona
Friday, April 2 - day in Barcelona
Saturday, April 3 - day in Barcelona
Sunday, April 4 - fly back to US

Thanks in advance!

Posted by
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Based upon the rest of your schedule, my thought would be Toledo. Cordoba is much like Seville in history and architecture (although I seem to remeber an old roman temple there). Actually, there's not a lot to see other than the alcazar. Toledo is without so much moorish influence and can easily keep you busy for a whole day -- lots of places to wander. Metal stuff (knives, swords, etc) from the city have been famous for hundreds of years.

Posted by
4555 posts

No need to spend an entire day in Cordoba. You can hit the highlights during a stopover on the train trip from Sevilla to Madrid (which only takes about 2.5 hours in total.) Leave early from Sevilla, spend the day in Cordoba, then travel onto Madrid that evening....that'll still leave you the day for Toledo.
You can book tickets on the AVE at up to 60% off. Go to www.renfe.es 62 days before your travel date and grab a "web" fare. There are no discounts Madrid-Toledo, but booking ahead will assure you of seats on the trains you want, and avoid the long lineups that can occur at Atocha station.

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