Travel Tales with Fergal is a interview travel series listened to in over 130 countries worldwide where Irishman Fergal O'Keeffe chats to a special guest about their travels, adventures and experiences living abroad. We talk about travel, history, culture, people, food, politics, tourism and expat lives.
Fergal has a lifelong love of travel. He loves going on adventures and dreaming and planning of future trips. He brings his natural curiosity and passion when interviewing a wide range of guests from the arts, sports, journalism, business, travel professionals and adventurers. Fergal hope these chats inspire you to dream of future travel adventures like they have inspired him.
He can be found on Instagram and Facebook @traveltaleswithfergal and twitter @fergaltravel
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Travel Tales with Fergal is a interview travel series listened to in over 130 countries worldwide where Irishman Fergal O'Keeffe chats to a special guest about their travels, adventures and experiences living abroad. We talk about travel, history, culture, people, food, politics, tourism and expat lives.
Fergal has a lifelong love of travel. He loves going on adventures and dreaming and planning of future trips. He brings his natural curiosity and passion when interviewing a wide range of guests from the arts, sports, journalism, business, travel professionals and adventurers. Fergal hope these chats inspire you to dream of future travel adventures like they have inspired him.
He can be found on Instagram and Facebook @traveltaleswithfergal and twitter @fergaltravel
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Welcome to part 2 of my Cordoba Special series with tour guide Paco Gonzalez as he tells us about the best places to visit in Cordoba and he guides us through the beautiful countryside, villages, forts, palaces, olive farms and vineyards around that stunning area between Seville and Cordoba.
The Cordoba Region
Most tourists go to the cities like Seville, Cordoba, Granada and Malaga but there are small villages and towns between these cities are real gems full of character including Carmona and Ecija, Alcalá de Guadaíra, Cazalla de la Sierra, Almodovar del Rio, Palma Del Rio and Montilla.
Cordoba
The Mesquita - Once one of main cities in the ancient Arab world with one of the most famous mosques to rival Mecca
Guided tour of the Jewish Quarter, Roman bridge, Alcazar and Historic Centre of Córdoba
Equestrian show at the Royal Stables
Food Cordoba
Dinner at Taberna La Viuda
Lunch at La Cazuela de la Esparteria
Stays
Cordoba - Hotel Mezquita Center
Cazalla de la Sierra - Casa Rural Las Navezuelas
Alcalá de Guadaíra - Hotel Oromana
Activities
Palma Del Rio - Palacio Portcarrero
Almodovar Del Rio – Old Moorish Castle to visit from Games of
Thrones
Montilla – Visit to local winery Alvear 1729
Wine tasting at Bodegas Colonias de Galeón
Stargazing activity (Sierra Morena is a certified Starlight
Destination)
El Viso del Alcor - Olive oil tasting at Basilippo
Cycling along the Sierra Morena Greenway, which is part of the upgraded Camino Vertical
Check out my Cordoba Special Pt 1 with Christina Ybarra of Palacio Portocarrero in Palma del Rio, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain.
How to
get there
Fly with Aer Lingus from Cork and Dublin to Seville
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Fergal O’Keeffe is the host of Ireland’s No.1 Travel Podcast Travel Tales with Fergal which is now listened to in 130 countries worldwide.
The podcast aims to share soul-lifting travel memoirs about daydream worthy destinations.
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