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"Great Danes!" (Blog)

Date: 29/02/2024 06:22 AM

‘Spis lige brød til’ is Danish and translates to ‘Have some bread with that’. It is a phrase usually...

My Top 10 Places to Visit in Ronda (Blog)

Date: 31/01/2023 11:59 PM

Paul Whitelock selects his Top 10 places to visit in Ronda, the town which has been his home for nea...

JUZCAR - El pueblo azul (Features I - ANDALUCIA)

View of the Villages A focus on the white villages of the Serrania de Ronda. Background facts...

TRIPLE 'A' - Algatocín, Arriate and Atajate (Features I - ANDALUCIA)

View of the Villages A focus on the white villages of the Serrania de Ronda. Background facts, site...

Museums in Málaga City (Blog)

Date: 18/10/2024 12:26 PM

How many museums are there in Málaga City? Amazingly there are 13! They range from art galler...

July 7th, 2025 (Blog)

Date: 9/07/2025 07:53 AM

Not only is it the start of the fiesta de Sanfermines in Pamplona, it's also the 20th anniversary of...

"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" (Blog)

Date: 14/04/2025 11:02 AM

"How Green Was My Valley" is a novel by Richard Llewellyn about a Welsh family and the mining commun...

Ronda, Happiest Town in Spain (Blog)

Date: 21/03/2024 04:02 PM

Here’s an article from DIARIO RONDA telling us that Ronda is the happiest town in Spain, heading a l...

How did Ronda get the name "City of Dreams"? (Blog)

Date: 15/01/2020 12:00 AM

In Ronda there is a real estate agency named after him, plus a driving school, a car park and a pub....

SECOND HAND Segunda mano (LISTINGS)

There has been an explosion of interest in buying and selling used items. Many are online but ther...

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* WITHDRAWN FROM SALE * STUNNING HOLIDAY RESORT in Montejaque - 1.2M€ (PROPERTIES FOR SALE)

Descubre una excepcional oportunidad de inversión en el corazón de Montejaque, a tan solo 5 minutos ...

De Tapeo in Ronda (Blog)

Date: 4/03/2020 12:00 AM

One evening last June The Meter Maid and I went de tapeo in Ronda. The Spanish version of a pub craw...

OUR DAY OUT - on the Costa del Sol (Features II - costa del sol)

We decided to have a day on the coast. We had a few things to buy that you can’t get up here in the ...

PLACES TO STAY (LISTINGS)

This is a list of some recommended holiday accommodation in the Serrania de Ronda. It is not a booki...

8 December – Inmaculada Concepción (Blog)

Date: 8/12/2024 06:32 PM

Today celebrates the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, Son of God. ...

"Nero fiddled while Rome burned" (Blog)

Date: 14/11/2024 07:28 PM

In a similar manner, “Mazón lunched while Valencia flooded”. Regional president Carlos Mazón enjo...

What is going on with tourism in Spain? (Blog)

Date: 23/06/2024 10:22 AM

Large parts of Spain depend on tourism. The costas, for example, and rural tourism also. And what a...

MADRID and TOLEDO – a two-night mini-break (Features IV - REST OF SPAIN / THE WORLD)

In October 2021 Paul and Rita Whitelock went to Madrid to buy a second-hand car. They decided to tur...

Michael Portillo and Andalucía (Blog)

Date: 2/05/2024 05:29 AM

Michael Portillo has gone from being a political hate figure to a cuddly presenter of TV travel prog...

OUR DAY OUT (Blog)

Date: 30/08/2024 10:13 AM

For a change we decided to spend a day on the coast. We had a few things to buy that you can’t get u...

101 km - Ronda, May 10, 2025 (Blog)

Date: 16/05/2025 03:12 AM

It's just been the 101 again. The 2025 edition was the 25th anniversary of this important event in t...

REST of THE WORLD - Capitals of Mainland Europe (Features IV - REST OF SPAIN / THE WORLD)

Perhaps because of my background in foreign languages, I developed a real wanderlust from my late te...

RECIPES (Articles)

Recipes from around the world from residents and non-residents. Do you have a good recipe or two? ...

A Busy August in the Serrania de Ronda! (Blog)

Date: 11/08/2025 04:30 PM

August is the month when Spain lets its hair down, celebrating fiesta after feria after dia santo (s...

REVIEWS (Articles)

Reviews of cultural events in the area. Theatre, musical events, festivals, ferias, books, film...

Journey to the East (Blog)

Date: 27/06/2025 06:01 AM

The other weekend I went on a journey into the unknown - to the East. To East London, to Stratford. ...

MY SPECIAL PLACES IN SPAIN (Features IV - REST OF SPAIN / THE WORLD)

Pablo de Ronda first went to Spain in 1970, aged 20. Now, 53 years later, he has been living in Spai...

SPANISH HISTORY (Articles)

This section is an unashamedly random collection of articles about historical aspects of Spain and i...

MUSIC (Articles)

This section is about Spanish music, artistes and bands. A personal selection by The Culture Vultur...

DIGITAL NOMADS (LISTINGS)

"El nomadismo digital" is in its early stages in this part of Spain. However, the Spanish government...

Pubs I have known and loved – and some I have not! (Blog)

Date: 9/10/2024 08:31 PM

My social life revolves around the bar. Wherever I have lived, the local hostelry has always been th...

SPANISH MATTERS (Articles)

Spanish Matters neatly encapsulates the purpose of these articles. Not only are they about matters ...

Spain is still a 3rd-World Country, isn't it? (Blog)

Date: 17/11/2025 02:29 PM

From the end of the Civil War in 1939 through to the demise of Franco's fascist dictatorship on his ...