Visiting Ronda and Spain

Information and tips about places to go, what to see and what to do in southern Spain.

Cordoba - Capital of Moorish El-Andalus

As the boys headed off on a 3-day bike trip from Cordoba to Granada (more of that when they finish), I took the chance to visit the city of Cordoba. The city was of strategic importance back in Roman times but it's heyday was when it…

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The Independent recommends Ronda

We thought this was a lovely piece recently published in The Independent; well worth a read for the great sense of the local atmosphere which it conjures up.

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Montejaque's annual Battle of the Bridge

The year is 1810. The village folk are going about their daily business, farmers take their produce from field to market, the smithy prepares to shoe a horse and women shop for groceries in the village square. 

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