Learn about the exciting history of the Shining City, Madinat al-Zahra, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2018. Palatine City ordered to be built, 8km west of Córdoba, in the year 936 by the first Caliph of al-Andalus Abd al-Rahman III. On this tour you only visit the site. If you travel to Medina Azahara by tourist bus, you must take the 11:00 a.m. bus to arrive on time for the visit.