Blogs from Ronda, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 2

Last night we impulsively messaged a couple wineries to see if we could schedule a visit, and we were pleasantly surprised to see this morning a response from one saying we could do a tour and tasting today! Our tour was at 2:15 pm, so we started our morning with a trip to another white village, Setenil de las Bodegas, a town in which numerous businesses/houses/etc are literally built into rock formations. We walked around the town and were able to find a place for brunch at a cafe built into the rocks. With the owner not speaking English and the menu being entirely in Spanish, we successfully ordered our meal in Spanish! This was quite the accomplishment, because there were a lot of words on the menu we did not know the definition of in ... read more

Hike where people have died, arena where bulls have died, ancient burial sites and a cathedral where there is a dead explorer When I read through this blog entry I notice that a lot of it is about death in one way or another. That was not intentional. Even though death seems to be a theme I still don't think it is neither depressing nor dark. Well, you can read it and judge for yourself. I will begin this blog entry by telling you about my two big disappointments on this trip namely Alhambra in Granada and Caminito del Rey northwest of Málaga. They were disappointments because I didn't get to visit any of them. If you are in Andalucía and wish to visit any of those two places you need to reserve your tickets more ... read more

By Bella We woke up had breakfast and went for another walk of the property, it is beautiful. It has lots of trees. After that we we went on a drive for 1 hour to Ronda which is an old town in the north of Malaga. It is cut in two and joined by a huge bridge. We went on an adventure under the bridge in the rocks. You walked/kind of climbed across and saw a bridge. It was amazing. Then we had lunch, I had pizza. Then we drove home We went for a Swim with dad and Josia it was really fun. There was a little concert with Flamingo dancing it was really cool but it was also really long so we were all tired half way through. Scroll down to see all the ... read more

Geo: 36.742, -5.16641Today we enjoyed a stunning drive along the Mediterranean coast then up through the countryside to Ronda. Though the road was a bit rough, the scenery was stunning, and the mountains dotted with sparkling white villages. We took full advantage of all the wonderful viewpoints along our way. One pretty hillside town where we stopped to enjoy the view was called Guacin, which had a fabulous view of the Guardiario Valley. Ronda is a charming historical town well known for its 18th century bridge called Puente Nuevo (new bridge) which connects the old Moorish town to the newer city. The bridge took forty years to build and sits 100m above El Tajo Gorge.We walked through the quaint old town before enjoying the amazing views as we crossed Puente Nuevo. We had a coffee in ... read more

Geo: 36.742, -5.1664175 km of sustained effort today and my legs know all about it! Three significant climbs - two of which were around 9 km with a gradient of about 7%. But what beautiful riding - along switchback roads through the gorge and the Sierra de Grazelema National Park where I saw lots of magnificent Griffon vultures soaring above the cliffs. Helen was on a mission in the morning (she must have had an extra coffee at breakfast) as she was really strong climbing the hills. Looking good! It was very hard to get back on the bike after a pleasant lunch sitting in the sun in the plaza but it had to be done. The highlight of the afternoon were two spectacular descents - one through cork plantations and one descending down to the ... read more