Córdoba

Archaeology and Anthropology museum

Museo de Antropología de la Universidad de Córdoba (UNC)

Ground floor: Archaeology - people from 10,000 years ago - before the Spanish came. Upstairs: More recent anthropology.

Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00·free

Banco de la Provincia de Córdoba

Monumental bank building in neo-classic style, hosts a bank museum with coin collections.

Cabildo

White colonial building with arcades, featuring a large exhibition space and tourist information.

Capilla doméstica

Chapel in the "Manzana de los Jesuitas". Not permanently open, it is necessary to ask for permission to visit it. The most beautiful of them all.

Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Chateau Carreras

A little 19th-century castle with a beautiful patio in the west of the city, which exhibits modern art.

Córdoba Cathedral

The Cathedral together with the Cabildo which sits beside it forms the western side of San Martin Plaza. Built between the 16th and late 18th centuries in Latin American baroque style with interesting interior partly built by Native American craftsmen.

Córdoba Observatory

In the late 19th century, this was one of the world's most important astronomic observatories.

Dinosaur/fossil museum

Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales Dr Arturo Umberto Illía

Bright, well-presented museum showing life in the province from hundreds of millions of years ago.

Tue-Sun 10:00-20:00·free on Wednesdays, and always free for students, retirees and children, otherwise AR$50, June 2019

Ex Rectorado de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Very fine Baroque colonial building from the 18th century with a museum and a beautiful cloister. Nowadays part of the university's faculty for law studies. The cloister is open to the public and tours of the building are available.

Iglesia Compañía de Jesús

The probably biggest attraction of the Manzana de los Jesuitas quarters, this is the oldest standing church of Argentina, built in 1671.

Iglesia Sagrado Corazón

also called Iglesia de los Capuchinos

A very attractive church in neo-Gothic style, well worth visiting.

Isla de los Patos

An island in the Río Suquía with a little park, ideal for families. Pretty crowded on weekends, when a small Peruvian market with some Andean food is held here.

La Perla

Espacio para la Memoria "La Perla" - Ex Centro Clandestino

Memorial to the victims of the military dictatorship (1976-1983), housed in a former prison. You can get here by buses going via Malagueño to Villa Carlos Paz.

Tue-Sat afternoon

Monasterio de Santa Teresa

An interesting pink Baroque building near the Cathedral, which hosts the Museum of Religious Art.

Monument to Myriam Stefford

A huge obelisk in the outskirts, on RP5 near the toll station of Los Cedros.

Museo Histórico Marqués de Sobremonte

Museum about the history of the city and Argentina, with a focus on the colonial time. The building is an attraction in itself.

Museo Histórico de la Universidad

At the "Ex Rectorado" (now Facultad de Derecho), will show the university's history.

Museo Iberoamericano de Artesanías

Folk art of Latin American Indians and typical "latinoamericanism" pieces.

Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Dr. Genaro Pérez

The second largest art museum in town with a permanent and changing exhibitions. Somewhat more "underground" than the Caraffa, interesting.

Museo Obispo Fray José Antonio de San Alberto

This building is a convent for Carmelite nuns first and a museum second thus can only be visited by guided tour. It was built as a private house and then given to the church as a residence for male novitiates and is now a convent and orphanage. The emphasis of the museum is the life of the building over the centuries. The small crypt and refectory are interesting and then you can head downstairs to try your hand at printing on what used to be the only printing press in Cordoba given to the Jesuits by special dispensation. A visit to this museum is mandatory for the children of the Jesuit school in Cordoba.

Tours Tue-Fri 10:00, 11:30, 13:00·AR$5,000

Museo Paleontológico de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

This museum has a large and eclectic collection. It has an impressive collection of fossils including the fossil of the greatest pre-historic spider of the world but also has a zoology section a mineralogy section and considerable space devoted to Charles Darwin and the voyage of The Beagle including an original edition of the Origin of the Species given to the National Academy of Sciences by the author.

Free

Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Emilio E. Caraffa

Focuses on Argentine and Latin American contemporary art - paintings, sculptures and other art forms. Spacious and pleasant. Changing exhibitions.

Museo de Bellas Artes Evita

Hosting the permanent art exhibition of the provincial government, and sometimes also displays temporary exhibition. The museum gives a good overview of Argentine painting from the early 19th century to modern work. Palacio Ferreyra, where the museum is, is a neo-baroque palace and one of the oldest grand buildings in town.

Museo de la Industria

Many cars and motorbikes of local production, and an interesting rotating house (casa giratoria).

Observatorio Bosque Alegre

Estación Astrofísica de Bosque Alegre

The follower of Córdoba Observatory, the most important observatory of Argentina these days.

Parque General Paz

Small park near the Río Suquía, near the interesting Industry Museum

Parque Sarmiento

The most popular park of the city, with a zoo, a flower garden and an artificial lake.

Parque de la Vida

At the La Cañada river, south-western Córdoba, a large, pleasant park with interesting scenery and sports facilities. Unsafe at night.

Parque el Condorito

Quebrada del Condorito

Very traditional to walk to Balcón Norte (8 km from main road or 6 km from visitors’ centre). Relatively flat, 2-2½ hr one way. Spectacular views most of the way. Supposedly you can see condors at Balcón Norte and various other species flying around en route. Take food, water.

free

Paseo de las Artes

Square with well-known art and crafts market and old-style buildings.