Cordoba and its weaknesses

Hi there!

In my first post I described my Erasmus experience in Cordoba. Now I want to tell you something more about this city, but this time something more about its weaknesses that some tourist can notice immediately.

In the first place, there is to mention the public transport. Although Córdoba is a quite big city with its population of 312 thousand inhabitants, there are neither trams nor metros. The only public transport the city is offering their inhabitants are buses, which never arrive on time. To most of the places, which are worth seeing, you simply have to walk. With regard to the flying opportunities in Córdoba you neither find an airport, which makes it more difficult for the tourists to visit the city.

Talking about the public transport one has to add that Córdoba neither offers discounts for young people  not even for students. That is the reason why one always needs to take into account the high costs of the expensive national trains and coaches when coming from other big cities.

Due to the tourism in Córdoba its greatest weakness to my mind is the missing access to the sea or the ocean like it has Malaga or Cádiz. Lots of foreigners go to Spain to take advantage of the brilliant weather at the beach, which, unfortunately, they cannot find in Córdoba. Furthermore, there is also missing a viewpoint or a lookout tower to enjoy the panorama of the city.

Apart from that, tourists who don’t speak Spanish probably are going to have problems to communicate due to the fact that there are only a few people in this region of Spain who speak English.