We've all heard of the famous caves at Altamira in Cantabria, the Caves of Drach on Mallorca and the Nerja Caves on the eastern Costa del Sol. But what about the caves in the northern Serrania de Ronda?
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Learn MorePublic transport options are very good in Ronda. There are also local bus and train services. Taxis are plentiful and good value.
Learn MoreIn Ronda there are a good number of primary schools and high schools. Two recommended schools, based on personal experience and a third by word of mouth.
Learn MoreThere are three police bodies in Spain: POLICIA NACIONAL POLICIA LOCAL GUARDIA CIVIL Trafico Seprona
Learn MoreThis is a list of some recommended holiday accommodation in the Serrania de Ronda. It is not a booking site. Make bookings direct with the advertiser.
Learn MoreTHE SPANISH PRESS FOREIGN PAPERS and MAGAZINES An overview of free papers published in Andalucia. News websites
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Learn MoreThese bars, cafes and restaurants are our own personal favourites. We take no payment nor commission. Also food reviews.
Learn MoreThe Serrania de Ronda, or La Comarca de Ronda, includes the capital Ronda and 21 other municipalities. Here is a list of all 22 in rank order of population (based on 2021 census figures).
Learn MoreThis section is for all of us to use. An ideal place to post news about what's going on in local politics in the area. Suggestions for improvements to council services. Opinions and complaints.
Learn MoreThere has been an explosion of interest in buying and selling used items. Many are online but there are also some shops, both commercial and charity.
Learn MoreSomething to sell or swap? Looking for something to buy. Household goods, garden tools, building materials, cars, etc. Here are links to several online sites which may be useful.
Learn MoreThis is a noticeboard for you to use for messages, small ads, missing cats and dogs, local meetings, events and fiestas Other items of interest
Learn MoreSpanish Matters neatly encapsulates the purpose of these articles. Not only are they about matters concerning the Spanish language (castellano),but also about reinforcing the importance of learning sufficient Spanish to engage with local people.
Read MorePlays, musicals, opera, ballet, orchestral and choral events, flamenco, and more. Entreamigos, Entrebambolinas, Proyecto Platea, etc.
Read MoreThis section contains recommendations of books to do with Spain. Also appreciations of famous writers on Spain.
Read MoreThe bright light of Andalucia has attracted artists to the area for centuries. Here's a run-down. of the art scene in Ronda and the villages of the Serrania.
Read MoreFamous Ronda-born people and adopted 'rondeñ@s' y 'serranos', from Abbás ibn Firnás to Ernest Hemingway, from Orson Welles to Vicente Espinel.
Read MoreNovelists, dramatists, poets and non-fiction writers with a strong connection to Ronda and the Serrania. Spanish, German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, Norwegian and American.
Read MoreArticles about foreigners who live in the area. Some with jobs, some without and others retired. Interviews with 'strangers' and TV documentaries.
Read MoreWe've all heard of the famous caves at Altamira in Cantabria, the Caves of Drach on Mallorca and the Nerja Caves on the eastern Costa del Sol. But what about the caves in the northern Serrania de Ronda?
Read MorePablo de Ronda fell in love with Ronda the first time he visited in August 2000. By 2005 he owned an apartment and a house in the Barrio San Francisco. He had also done up a house in town for his girlfriend of the time. In 2008, single again, he met the girl of his dreams and moved out to live permanently in the Ronda area.
Read MoreMontejaque is tiny, with a population of less than 1000. Approximately 40 are foreigners. Another 40 or so are property-owners in the village but are non-residents. The range of nationalities represented is very wide.
Read MoreThis is an up-to-date appreciation of the bars and restaurants in the Barrio San Francisco in Ronda. Just outside the ancient city wall, this is an up-and-coming area with open-air spaces and fine dining.
Read MoreThere are a number of abandoned mills in the Serrania de Ronda, which over the years have been renovated and turned into hotels, restaurants and casas rurales. Here is a rundown.
Read MoreWhat a find! We only went because our new Italian neighbour is the chef there, and we wanted to check him out! Wow!
Read MorePaul Whitelock has lived around these parts for going on 15 years, and these are the 15 things he loves about living in the Serrania de Ronda in Ronda itself, in the campo and in Montejaque.
Read MoreA number of railway sheds have been converted into restaurants along the railway line down to Algeciras. There is also a great choice of other eating establishments on or at stations on this route.
Read MoreWhere can you get an early morning cup of coffee? Workers, caffeine addicts and insomniacs need an early hit. The 12 best in and around Ronda.
Read MoreA stroll from Avenida de Knittlingen, along Avenida de Andalucía to Plaza de la Constitución, looking at points of interest on the way.
Read MoreThe exquisite ´serranito´ from Ronda is thirty years old. Inventor Benito González managed to make this tapa a culinary masterpiece, using pork fillet, serrano ham, green peppers and ripe tomatoes fresh from the garden.
Read MoreLocal resident Paul Whitelock writes about his experience of finding food for those people who don’t eat meat.
Read More"I opened a Gmail account, another in Hotmail, one in Facebook and a Twitter account ... I don't know, your Honour ... I may well have opened another account in Switzerland, I can't remember ...I don't know." [Anon.]
Read More"Enjoy the little things in life, because one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things!" - Kurt Vonnegut Jr, American writer
Read MoreHOUSE RULES: Don't get cross; Know how to forgive; Only shout with joy; Kiss each other 1000 times a day; Laugh loudly; Give strong hugs; Smile every day; Only cry with happiness; Be happy and love each other a lot.
Read More"Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I need it most!" [Anon.]
Read More“SIT LONG TALK MUCH AND LAUGH OFTEN!"
Read More“¡OTRA VEZ LUNES! Menos mal que el día siguiente a pasado mañana ya es la víspera del VIERNES.” [“It’s Monday again! At least the day after the day after tomorrow is the eve of Friday.”]
Read More“Para cada minuto que estás enfadado, pierdes 60 segundos de felicidad.” [“For every minute that you spend angry, you are losing 60 seconds of happiness.”]
Read More"Best friends are like stars; although you can't always see them, you know that they are there."
Read More„Widersprich niemals eine Frau. Warte bis sie es selber tut.“ [Never contradict a woman. Wait till she does it herself!]
Read More“A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” - Anon
Read More“All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt!” —Charles M. Schulz (creator of Peanuts)
Read More"However long the storm rages, the sun always shines strongly again."
Read MoreA week after Easter, this holds good for now and forever.
Read More"BEER is like LIFE. Enjoy it before it comes to an end!"
Read MoreBeer is cheaper than petrol - DRINK-DON'T DRIVE - Don't go off in the car to go drinking, drink locally!"
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Read More“Mea con gusto, mea contento, pero si te pido que mees por dentro.” [Pee happily, pee with joy, but, please, I beg you, pee in the bowl!] - Anon
Read More“A veces sentimos que lo que hacemos es tan solo una gota en el mar, pero el mar sería menos si le faltara una gota.” - Mother Theresa of Calcutta [Sometimes we feel that what we do is nothing more than a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be diminished if a drop were missing.]
Read More"THE WISE MAN SAYS: Defend yourself with a smile, attack with silence and conquer with indifference."
Read MoreEaster Sunday - Jesus ascends into heaven. [Image courtesy of Reader's Digest]
Read More"There is only one certainty in life and that is that nothing is certain." - G.K. Chesterton
Read MoreTee, hee, hee ....! [Image courtesy of Good Housekeeping magazine]
Read More"The great gift of Easter is hope." - Basil Hume, late Catholic Archbishop of Westminster
Read More“Bier auf Wein, das lass sein. Wein auf Bier, das rate ich dir.“ [Beer on top of wine, leave it be. Wine on top of beer, I can recommend.] [Note: Julie Wilkinson has offered a neat little rhyme in English with a similar meaning: "Beer before wine is fine; wine before beer is queer."]
Read More“La mente que se abre a una nueva idea, jamás volverá a su tamaño original.” [Anon.] [The mind that opens up to new ideas will never go back to its original size.]
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