Blogs from Ronda, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 5

A couple years ago, I drove on route A-376 leaving Sevilla, aiming towards Ronda in theSerrania de Ronda region. The road is twisty 2-lane 2-way undivided highway with ample emergency lanes on both sides. The mountain tops in this region reach around 1500 meter. When the climb is long, the climbing side has an additional 2 to 5 km, that would be my guess, passing lane, plenty of road to pass many turtles I come across. I am soaking in the mesmerizing panoramic view of the mountains and valleys before me.... read more

D'Almerimar a Marbella,on a pris l'autoroute,on en avait marre des routes plus ou moins cotieres ou ca roulait plus ou moins bien (plutot moins que plus) derriere plus ou moins de camions (plutot plus que moins). Marbella,c'est assez décevant. Je n'ai pas d'a priori contre les petites villes de bord de mer qui ont l'étiquette "jet set": Saint Tropez c'est pas désagréable,et Portofino c'est vraiment exceptionnel. Je pensais que Marbella jouait dans la meme cour,mais il n'en est rien: il y a bien des yachts,mais la ville n'a aucun interet (enfin si,j'y ai mangé dans un chiringuito des chanquetes absolument délicieux) Apres le déjeuner,on a pris la route de Ronda (on a essuyé un orage assez violent du coté du col). Formidable,Ronda! On s'est garé dans la cours d'une école en haut de la vieille ville,et ... read more

April 12, 2012- Our hotel stay included breakfast and we were eager to check out the spread. Two items of note were the standard "Pan de tomato" and something we like to call "Pequena Debbie". The tomato bread is a tomato spread that you but onto toast. It tastes similar to brushcetta, and is delicious. We have been trying all different variations on this trip. The other item we discovered this morning was similar to a Little Debbie Swiss Cake Roll, but better. Amy and I split one. After breakfast, we headed out to visit Ronda during the day. Our first stop was the tourist information center. Just as we were walking up, I saw two buses chock full of tourists pull up in front...so I went from a normal pace to hyperspeed in order to ... read more

Rhonda Saturday today and Anna and Linda have very kindly offered to take me to a town called Rhonda which is one of the white villages. These are villages which are painted completely white high up in the mountains. Although we were supposed to leave early due to the amount of walking the previous day we actually left rather late. A fantastically winding road took us up to Rhonda, a drive which lasted about 1 hour and we luckily found a free parking place rather quickly. After a walk down the main shopping street we ended up at the plaza de Toros which is a large and very famous Bull ring where the two main stars are two brothers who have continued the family tradition of bull fighting which goes back centuries. A little past this ... read more

Rain was ample yesterday when we were in Cordoba. Despite a joys trip, the weather stood against us from the beginning of the trip till the end. Today's weather is bright - the sods law rules. Visiting Ronda was not in our itinerary but we decided to take advantage while we are in Malaga. Going to Ronda was certainly a short adventurous trip as we had to purely rely on various modes of public transports which are not regular from and to Ronda particularly on Saturday. Having bought return tickets for both bus and train, we settled down at the bus station to have a locally famous mixture of coffee with milk. This reminded me Chai in India where you could get it in a clear glass with lots of sugar. The bus journey was enjoyable ... read more