Palacio de Viana

About Palacio de Viana

The Palacio de Viana grew from a group of houses into one of the leading noble residences in Spain, home to successive families, latterly the Marquesses of Viana, from 1425 until 1980. Open to visitors for over 40 years, it is run by the Fundación Viana, formed by Kutxabank and the Diputación de Córdoba, and is protected as a national historic-artistic monument and an artistic garden.

The route links 12 patios, among them the Patio de Recibo, the Patio de las Rejas, the Patio de los Naranjos, the Patio de la Madama and the Patio de las Columnas, plus a formal garden and the stables. The guided tour of the upper floor shows the house as lived in, with tapestries, a Baroque room and paintings including works by Julio Romero de Torres.

Tickets cost €8.50 for the patios and ground-floor rooms, €9 for the 40-minute guided tour of the interior (in Spanish, with English text) or €14 combined; under-10s go free. Buy the interior tour online in busy periods. Ramps make the patios accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs, and a lift serves the interior. There is no parking. Allow 1–1.5 hours.

The patios are at their best in late April and May, when the city's patio festival brings crowds, so arrive at 10:00 opening. Photos are allowed in the patios but not in the stables or indoors. In July and August it opens 09:00–15:00 only.

Palacio de Viana in pictures

What you’ll find

• GardensGarden visit (€9, 10:00–19:00)Ticket
• Guided tourGuided tour (€9–€14, 10:00–19:00)Book
• Monument visitSelf-guided visit (€9, 10:00–19:00)Ticket
• Step-free accessAccessible visitFree

Nearby places to visit

The palace is in the Santa Marina district, north of the historic core, where the Cristo de los Faroles in Plaza de Capuchinos is a short walk away. The Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba (820 m) on the Plaza del Potro and the Córdoba Archaeological Museum (820 m) are both within a 15-minute walk, passing the arcaded Plaza de la Corredera. Further south, the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba (1.1 km) and the Córdoba Synagogue (1.3 km) complete a walk across the old town. The Church of Santa Marina, one of Córdoba's Fernandine churches, is 240 m from the palace.