Palacio de Viana: the twelve patios, prices and opening hours
Palacio de Viana has twelve patios and a garden. The patios cost €8.50, the guided house tour €9 and both together €14. Closed on Mondays.
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Palacio de Viana is an aristocratic town house in Córdoba with twelve patios (inner courtyards) and a garden, on Plaza de Don Gome. There are three ways to visit: the patios and ground floor only (€8.50), the interior on a guided tour only (€9), or both on a combined ticket (€14).
From September to December it opens Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 19:00, and on Sundays and public holidays from 10:00 to 15:00. It is closed on Mondays. In July and August it opens mornings only, 9:00 to 15:00.
Details checked in November 2026 on the palace's website, which publishes hours and prices for the second half of the year.
Practical information
- Patios and ground floor
- €8.50
- Interior, guided tour
- €9 (40 minutes)
- Combined ticket
- €14
- Hours (September to December)
- Tue-Sat 10:00 to 19:00, Sun and holidays 10:00 to 15:00
- Free
- Children under 10
- Address
- Plaza de Don Gome, 2
The three tickets and which to choose
The patios ticket covers the twelve patios and the institutional rooms on the ground floor, at your own pace. The interior of the palace is seen on a guided tour that lasts 40 minutes and is given in Spanish, with a written translation in English and French. The combined ticket adds the two together.
If you have come for Córdoba's patios, the first ticket is enough. The interior is for anyone curious about how a noble family lived: the palace's website mentions collections of leatherwork, tiles, tapestries and furniture. Buying the combined ticket saves €3.50 over the two separate ones.
- Twelve patios and institutional area (ground floor): €8.50.
- Guided tour of the palace interior: €9.
- Combined, patios plus interior: €14.
- Children under 10: free on all three.
Discounts and free tickets
Besides children, there are concessions for visitors with a disability and for holders of the Andalusian regional government's cards for older residents (the 'tarjeta verde' and 'tarjeta dorada'). Card tickets are sold only at the ticket office, on showing the card, and are of little use to foreign visitors.
- Visitors with a disability above 33%: patios free.
- Visitors with a disability: €7 for the interior and €7 for the combined ticket.
- Junta de Andalucía gold card: patios free, €2 interior, €2 combined.
- Junta de Andalucía green card: €5 patios, €6 interior, €8 combined.
About the free Wednesday slot
For years the palace opened its patios free for a few hours on Wednesdays, and older guidebooks still say so. In November 2026 the visits page does not mention it: no free slot for the general public appears among either the prices or the hours.
If your visit hinges on it, phone the palace first (+34 957 496 741). Going by what is published, plan on paying.
Opening hours, Mondays and holidays
September to December: Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 19:00, Sundays and public holidays 10:00 to 15:00. Closed on Mondays. In July and August, Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 to 15:00.
The palace publishes its hours half a year at a time. For a visit between January and June, check the website nearer the date. December 2026 has several exceptions:
- Sunday 6 and Tuesday 8 December: 10:00 to 15:00.
- Monday 7 December: open, 10:00 to 19:00.
- 24 and 31 December: 10:00 to 14:00.
- 25 December: closed.
The twelve patios, one by one
The palace's website sums up the visit as a walk through five centuries, and the patios are the reason almost everyone comes. These are their names as the palace lists them. The garden is counted separately:
- Patio de Recibo (reception).
- Patio de los Gatos (cats).
- Patio de los Naranjos (orange trees).
- Patio de las Rejas (window grilles).
- Patio de la Madama (the lady).
- Patio de las Columnas (columns).
- Patio de la Alberca (the pool).
- Patio del Pozo (the well).
- Patio de los Jardineros (gardeners).
- Patio de la Capilla (chapel).
- Patio del Archivo (archive).
- Patio de la Cancela (the gate).
Five centuries and eighteen owners
The palace grew out of a group of late medieval houses. The first recorded purchase dates from June 1425, when Ruy Fernández, lord of Fuentecubierta, bought them. Between 1425 and 1980 it had eighteen owners, tied first to the lordship and later marquisate of Villaseca and, from 1875, to the marquisate of Viana.
In 1980 the third Marchioness of Viana reached an agreement with the provincial savings bank, the Caja Provincial de Córdoba, which bought the house with its works of art. It opened to the public on 31 October 1981.
The Caja Provincial later became Cajasur and is now part of Kutxabank, whose foundation appears at the foot of the palace's website. Besides the patios and the house, the site lists the garden, the stables and a selection of pieces from the Kutxabank collection as sections of their own.
How long to allow and when to go
The only time the palace sets is for the guided tour of the interior: 40 minutes. The patios are unguided and untimed within opening hours, so with the combined ticket add to those 40 minutes however long you want to spend outside.
The patios are open to the sky. In July and August the palace opens only until 15:00, and the first hour, from 9:00, is the coolest. In autumn the longer Tuesday to Saturday hours allow an afternoon visit. May coincides with the city's Fiesta de los Patios, on UNESCO's Intangible Heritage list since 2012, and it is reasonable to expect more people.
If Monday is your only day in Córdoba, Viana is off the list: it is closing day, with the exception of 7 December 2026. On Sundays and public holidays it shuts at 15:00, so start a combined visit in the morning.
Access to the patios is step-free, with ramps for wheelchairs and pushchairs, and the interior has a lift. Tickets are sold at the ticket office or through the online sales page linked from the palace's website.
