May in Cordoba features several festivals and events, beginning with the Battle of Flowers parade. Next is the May Crosses festival, where Catholic brotherhoods and neighborhoods decorate crosses and compete for prizes. Later in the month is the Patio Contest, where private homes and apartment buildings open their interior courtyards for viewing after cultivating beautiful gardens all year long. Finally, the biggest event is the nine-day Feria de Cordoba at the end of May, with music, dancing, carnival games and rides, local tapas, costumes, and music filling the city.

4. May starts in Cordoba with the parade known
as the “Battle of the Flowers”, from that
moment start the celebrations with the
May Crosses festival usually taking place
during the first week of the month, then the
Patio Contests and finally the fair.

5. The May Crosses festival in Córdoba is also a contest, with 40 or
so Catholic hermandades (brotherhoods) and neighbourhood
associations competing for prizes for the best-decorated cross

7. Festival of the Patios

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9. A vast range of patios await your viewing in
Córdoba every year, with not only private, single-
family homes opening their doors to show you the
lovely courtyards around which their old-style homes
centre. There are also larger, low-built, apartment-
style buildings that have amazing courtyards where
often many gardeners will work together all year to
cultivate the special gems that are their shared
meeting areas.

11. • This is perhaps the biggest and grandest
fair in Cordoba. At the end of May, you
will see the city fully come alive as they
prepare to celebrate the Feria de
Cordoba. It starts off with a grand
fireworks display and then you are in for
nine days of music and merrymaking.

13. There are carnival games and rides, music and dancing on the streets… Of
course, there are "casetas", or booths. The casetas provide food and music
to help celebrate the week. You get to visit each to find out who serves the
best tapas and music. There are locals in traditional Andalusian costumes,
while flamenco and salsa music fill the air.

14. That was May in Cordoba
Come and see it yourself!