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Food destinations within easy reach of Córdoba, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Córdoba. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Famous for: Bodega tours and fino straight from the solera
Montilla is the capital of the Montilla-Moriles denomination, where Alvear, Pérez Barquero, Lagar Blanco and the Cooperativa La Aurora all run tasting rooms.
Famous for: Caliphal ruins, then lunch back in the city
Medina Azahara is the tenth-century palace city outside Córdoba, UNESCO-listed in 2018 and the direct ancestor of the city's Andalusi cooking.
Famous for: Olive-mill visits and tastings in the most awarded olive oil DOP in the world
Priego de Córdoba anchors an olive oil denomination with more than 3,300 international awards, its mills open for tastings and molinero breakfasts.
Famous for: Acorn-fed jamón ibérico from the largest holm-oak dehesa on earth
Villanueva de Córdoba sits inside the Los Pedroches dehesa and cures the acorn-fed jamón that carries the protected Los Pedroches designation.
Famous for: A working Montilla-Moriles cooperative and an octagonal plaza
Aguilar de la Frontera is the quieter half of Montilla-Moriles country, a working cooperative pouring the same fino and PX without the coach traffic.
Famous for: Two small Montilla-Moriles bodega towns on the way south
Montemayor and Montalbán de Córdoba are the first Montilla-Moriles villages heading south, each with a cooperative bodega and no visitor infrastructure.