Ronda in Southern Spain

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Links to Websites in the Serranía de Ronda and Further Afield

We’ve researched a bunch of useful websites for Ronda, the Serranía, Andalucía, and the rest of Spain. If you know of a website of particular relevance to people visiting Ronda, or who live here, that you think should be on this list please contact us and let us know about it.

Our links are plit into categories, adventure activities – Andalucía websites – art, culture and music – ayuntamientos (town halls) – nature tourism – news websites – radio and TV stations – websites about Spain – sport clubs.

    Adventure

    • Al Qutun adventure flying centre at Algodonales
    • Aljibe Adventure tours with walking, climbing, caving, and potholing in Málaga and Cadíz provinces
    • Horizon Adventure A Grazalema based adventure company
    • Pangea Central get outdoors and experience the thrill of adventure activities around Ronda

    Andalucía

    • Andalucid a blog written by a travel writer, a friend, and one of the Lonely Planet writers
    • Benalmadena Arroyo a small town on the Costa del Sol, and a great place to stay at the beach
    • Nerja Today news, events, tourism, shopping and more in Nerja

    Art, Culture and Music

    Ayuntamientos (Serranía de Ronda)

    • Algatocin 30km south of Ronda, Algotocin is best known for ancient Iberian and Roman ruins
    • Alpandeire 17km west of Ronda, founded by a Saracen tribe in Moorish times and known for iron age ruins
    • Arriate town hall website of Arriate, a small town only 5km from Ronda, almost a suburb
    • Benadalid 25km south west of Ronda, in the heart of the Genal Valley and known for its Moorish castle
    • Benalauria 25km south of Ronda, Benalauria is most well known for the Moors and Christians Feria held every August
    • Benaojan a town of 1200 people 18km to the west of Ronda, known for the Cueva de la Pileta (cave paintings)
    • Cañete la Real 35km east of Ronda, an important Roman settlement, with Moorish ruins nearby
    • Cartajima 18km south of Ronda in the Genal Valley, birthplace of Andrés García a revolutionary during the Spanish war of independence
    • Cortes de la Frontera 40km west of Ronda, founded in Phoenician times, and known for it’s Moorish tower and more modern bullring
    • El Burgo a small town 23km to the east of Ronda in the Sierra de las Nieves
    • Faraján 25km south west of Ronda, Faraján is a small village but very pretty, filled with flowers in windows
    • Gaucín 35km south of Ronda, Gaucín is known for the tenacity of its people who rebelled against Napolean and suffered a terrible massacre for their loyalty to Spain
    • Genalguacil 45km south of Ronda, Genalguacil is most well known for the artists refuge located here
    • Igualeja source of the Genal river, and birthplace of the famous bandit Flores Arocha
    • Jimar de Libar a small town 26km to the west of Ronda and a popular walking destination from Benaojan or Ronda
    • Jubrique perched on a mountain peak with very steep streets, Jubrique is also a popular walking area of reasonable difficulty
    • Júzcar 25km south of Ronda, Júzcar is famous for its now abandoned tin factory, the first ever in Spain
    • Montecorto a peaceful little town 20km north of Ronda, home of neolithic dolmens
    • Montejaque a small town 1 km north of Benaojan, and 20km west of Ronda, home of the Espeológico Museo (potholing)
    • Parauta gateway to the Sierra de las Nieves, with spectacular Spanish fir trees close by
    • Pujerra an attractive village, and legend tells us the birthplace of the Visigoth king Wamba
    • Ronda the city council website for Ronda, includes Serrato, Montecorto

    Ayuntamientos (Sierra de Cadíz)

    Gov Departments

    Nature

    • Andalusia Bird Society join the club, help document birds in Andalucia, get advance notice of excursions, birdwatching around Ronda
    • Asociacion ibn Firnas Astronomy Club Ronda’s astronomy club named after Abbas Ibn Firnas, a Rondeño from the Moorish era
    • Bird Andalucía an eco-tourism site giving information on the various birdwatching sites around Andalusia
    • Birding in Spain run by a keen birdwatcher at Olvera, a few kilometres north of Ronda
    • Gardening in Spain
    • Grazalema Guide a site with information about the nature of the Sierra de Grazalema and other local nature areas
    • Iberia Nature Forum a place for people with a love of Iberian nature to hang out
    • Joe Gilronan’s Walking Blog Joe covers the via Verde and walking in the Sierras surrounding Olvera
    • Juan Tebar Andalusian Nature Photographer
    • La Serranía Natural Spanish language blog about the nature of the Serranía de Ronda
    • Natura Gaucin see the spectacular Genal Valley nature. Walking tours, birdwatching
    • Pasos Largos Spanish language website and club for hikers and cyclists in the mountains of the Serranía
    • Spanish Nature Day tours and excursions in the Serrania and beyond for birds, flowers and nature
    • Walking Wild 8 day guided walking tour from Gaucín to Ronda through amazing natural parkland

    News Sites

    • Diario Ronda an online Spanish language newspaper with coverage from Ronda – Parental discretion advised!
    • Gaucin Portal a magazine style website dedicated to all things Gaucín
    • La voz de Ronda an online Spanish language newspaper in Ronda, a great way to practice reading Spanish!
    • News from Ronda a weekly roundup of news in Ronda in English
    • Radio Coca one of Ronda’s local radio stations
    • Radio Ronda our local radio station, listen online live!
    • Ronda Semanal Ronda’s main weekly Spanish language newspaper, website updated weekly or fortnightly

    Radio TV

    Spain

    Sport

    Tourism Offices

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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.

Ronda Today is the Serranía de Ronda's only daily English language news source, our we take pride in providing Ronda News as it happens.

Stay in Ronda

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.

Join great names like Orson Welles, Earnest Hemingway, Rainer Rilke, James Joyce, Jorge Luis Borges, Madonna, or Jamie Oliver who have enjoyed their time in Ronda.

Visitors who plan to make Ronda their new home should check out our property section, where we talk about some of the gotchas that can occur. Forewarned is forearmed.

Why Visit Ronda

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.

The countryside of the Serranía is described as unique, in fact universally important. Many endemic species make their home here, including the pre ice age Pinsapa pine tree, and numerous orchids only found on our mountains.