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New artists association RondARTE holds its inaugural exhibition. More than 150 works by 78 local artists are on display at the Convento de Santo Domingo, Ronda, until 21 October.

Many restaurants and bars in the Serrania de Ronda have been forced to close as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. These three new restaurants have opened, however, and the local offer is once again worthy of the increasing numbers of tourists who come to the area.

We all know what "earworms" are. Those songs we just cannot get out of our heads, like "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies. Check out this research by the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

I don’t normally go for modern gastrobars. I prefer traditional Spanish eateries, like small restaurants, tapas bars and the occasional foreign place like Japanese, Italian or Asian.

The newest restaurant in Montejaque (Malaga) is CASA LOLA, which opened a month ago in the re-furbished former "La Casita" restaurant at holiday complex Casas de Montejaque.

Paul Whitelock has been to Cádiz city six times - with five different lady companions! Two wives (twice each), a girlfriend, and his stepson's girlfriend of the time. Here's why he numbers Cádiz among his top three Andalusian cities.

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?

Pablo 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.

Montejaque is tiny, with a population of less than 1000. Approximately 40 are foreigners. Another 40 or so foreigners are property-owners in the village but are non-residents. The range of nationalities represented is very wide.

This 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.

There 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.

What a find! We only went because our new Italian neighbour is the chef there, and we wanted to check him out! Wow!