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Sector Sur, Córdoba — Area Guide & Where to Stay
A fountain holds the centre of Plaza de Andalucía in Sector Sur, a planned quarter of Córdoba, Spain, whose streets carry the names of Andalusian towns.
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Where to stay in Sector Sur
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Sector Sur is a residential barrio across the Guadalquivir from the old town of Córdoba. Its northern end opens onto Plaza de Andalucía, where the Puente de San Rafael comes down from the city centre and Avenida de Cádiz runs east to west. Deeper in, the streets are plainer.
Plaza del Mediodía sits among them, where Calle Algeciras and Calle Úbeda end. Stay here if you want the Puente romano a walk of about a kilometre north and a room away from the patio lanes of the Judería.
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Plaza de Andalucía end
The Puente de San Rafael lands on this corner of Sector Sur, and Avenida de Cádiz carries the through traffic east and west.Find hotels in Plaza de Andalucía enda quieter room among the barrio's own streetsPlaza del Mediodía blocks
Calle Algeciras, Calle Úbeda and Calle Priego de Córdoba run in here, well back from the traffic on Avenida de Granada.Find hotels in Plaza del Mediodía blocksHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Córdoba
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Museums & Galleries
3- Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba Heritage
- Museo Julio Romero de Torres Heritage
- Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba Heritage
Churches & Religious Sites
8- Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba UNESCO
- Iglesia de San Lorenzo Mártir Heritage
- Iglesia de Santa Marina de Aguas Santas Heritage
- Iglesia de San Pablo Heritage
- Iglesia de San Nicolás de la Villa Heritage
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- Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol Heritage
- church of San Miguel Heritage
- Iglesia de la Magdalena Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos Heritage
- Puente romano Heritage
- Templo romano calle Claudio Marcelo Heritage
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About Sector Sur
What are the main landmarks in Sector Sur?
Sector Sur centres on Plaza de Andalucía, where a fountain sits between Avenida de Cádiz and Avenida de Granada. The Puente de San Rafael arrives at that corner from the north bank. Plaza de Zaragoza is triangular, closed by Calle Úbeda, Calle Jaén and Calle Pontevedra.
Calle Algeciras ends at Plaza del Mediodía. The Parroquia de la Sagrada Familia stands on Calle Jerez, and Calle Motril runs from Calle de Ronda down to Avenida de Granada. The Torre de la Calahorra stands in Fray Albino, the barrio to the north-east, and the Puente romano crosses from there to the old town.
What is the history of Sector Sur?
Sector Sur began as the Zona Sur, an urbanisation the Córdoba council approved in February 1955. Services went in first. The ground, running from the Fray Albino barriada to the old Seville road, was laid out before a single building went up on it, a first for the city.
In July 1956 the council under Antonio Cruz-Conde bought the land from the Asociación Benéfica La Sagrada Familia, and it approved the scheme that November. Rafael de la Hoz and José Rebollo worked on blocks of up to eight storeys. The chronicler José María Rey Díaz proposed Andalusia for the main square and Andalusian towns for the streets.
Where is Sector Sur?
Sector Sur lies between Avenida de Cádiz and Carretera de Castro in Córdoba, with Fray Albino to the north-east and Polígono Guadalquivir to the south.
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What is the best area to stay in Sector Sur?
Plaza de Andalucía end: walkers crossing into the old town. Plaza del Mediodía blocks: a quieter room among the barrio's own streets.
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Updated October 2026