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Trudis Shop in Ronda

The Trudis shop in Ronda stocks hand-made jewellery, flamenco music CDs, and a selection of English books.

Trudis

Trudis

One of Ronda’s retail gems, Trudis directly in front of the Ocho Caños fountain, and across the street from the Iglesia de Padre Jesús, is a small shop with a lot going for it. Ideally located on one of the main tourist walks around Ronda the shop is easy to reach being only 50m from the Puente Romano, 100m from the Arab Baths, and about 100m from the Hotel Enfrente Arte.

Owned by Trudis and Wim, an expatriate couple from Belgium, the shop specialises in offering contemporary world music, notably the Putumayo brand, classical and modern Flamenco music, and music DVDs featuring some of Spain’s best Flamenco artists. The store is always buzzing to the sounds of Flamenco or world music, and is a great place to stop and listen for a few minutes.

Entering the store for the first time you’d be forgiven for thinking the shop isn’t really a shop, yes there is a counter with a checkout register, but the display shelving is more reminiscent of a trendy living room than a shop, and this is just the way Trudis likes it. You won’t be pressured to buy, Trudis is a more relaxed shop that is also a craft haven, you’ll often find Trudis making jewellery or felt handbags at the back of the store and she’s more than happy to chat about what she does.

Speaking of jewellery, every piece sold at Trudis shop is hand-made and quite unique; from bracelets, necklaces, and earrings, all of which are priced competitively to sell rather than gather dust.

Sennheiser headphones and portable speaker systems are also stocked by Trudis, the range is hand-picked for people with discerning taste who aren’t prepared to listen to good music on anything less than the best equipment. Rechargeable batteries and chargers are also available.

Address Calle Santa Cecilia, 90
Ronda, 29400
Telephone (+34) 952 87 37 50
Website www.trudis.es
Languages Spoken English, Español, Francais, Nederlands, Deutsch

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Ronda

Ronda is one of Spain's most visited cities for good reason, our little city is very compact, in fact from arriving in Ronda, to seeing the Real Maestranza bullring, the Puente Nuevo, the many beautiful churches, our museums, or the wonderful coffee shops and tapas bars, we have it all within a short 30 minute walk.

Of course, most visitors need at least 2 or 3 days to see everything because a lot can be packed into your time in Ronda. Stay in one of Ronda’s many excellent hotels, with a choice of restaurant covering tapas in a local bar, menu del dia, or a la carte menu.

A walking tour of Ronda is a pleasant and enjoyable way to spend a lazy few hours, almost everything you could want to see in Ronda is no more than 200-300 metres from the new bridge.

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As one of the most visited cities in Spain, Ronda has a fantastic selection of hotels, hostels, guesthouses, and self-catered accommodation guaranteed to suit all tastes.

Whether it's just one night, or several weeks that you need we can help you find somewhere to rest your weary bones while you're in the city of dreams - La Ciudad Soñada.

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A small city perched on a seemingly precarious platform of rock, Ronda is in fact an impregnable fortress only defeated in battle through trickery, and during the reconquest with modern (for the era) rock blasting cannon.

The mountains and valleys of the Serranía de Ronda are home to a tough breed of people, yet in Ronda these people are refined, some are gentry, some gypsies, others are just common folk, but all proudly call themselves Rondeños.

These days the population of Ronda is a little over 35,000 souls; big enough to offer all the essential services, but not big enough to suffer traffic problems or big city woes.

Rondeños have played a pivotal role in shaping Andalucía and modern Spain, and the city has hosted some of the great names of politics, the arts, education, and played her role in military events.

An hour from the Costa del Sol, Ronda is too far away to be heavily influenced by events on the coast, yet still close enough to benefit from the economic strength that tourism brings to Southern Spain. At a height of 723m, Ronda has a cooler year round temperature than the coast, making life in Ronda altogether more agreeable than other Andalucían cities.

Serranía de Ronda

Ronda is the biggest city in northern Malaga province, and the closest city to many of the smaller villages in Cadiz province, making Ronda an ideal base for exploring the Serrania.

Within a few kilometres of Ronda are some of the most visited Pueblos Blancos, the famous white villages of Andalucia, Setenil de las Bodegas, Grazalema, Gaucín, Juzcar, Benalauria, Montejaque, Teba, Cortes de la Frontera, Igualeja, the list goes on...

As well, Ronda is close to three natural parques, the Grazalema park, Alcornocales park, and the Sierra de las Nieves park. The Serranía is also home to pre-historic cave paintings at Benaojan, Neolithic dolmens at Montecorto, and of course, the Roman city of Acinipo.

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