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Overview

Built astride a huge gash in the mountains carved out by the R铆o Guadalev铆n, Ronda is a brawny town with a dramatic history littered with outlaws, bandits, guerrilla warriors and rebels. Its spectacular location atop El Tajo gorge and its status as the largest of 础苍诲补濒耻肠铆补鈥檚 white towns have made it hugely popular with tourists 鈥� particularly notable when you consider its relatively modest size. Modern bullfighting was practically invented here in the late 18th century, and the town鈥檚 fame was spread further by its close association with American Europhiles Ernest Hemingway (a lover of bullfighting) and Orson Welles (whose ashes are buried in the town).

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Plaza de Toros

    Plaza de Toros

    Ronda

    In existence for more than 200 years, this is one of Spain's oldest bullrings and the site of some of the most important events in bullfighting history. A鈥�

  • Museo Lara

    Museo Lara

    Ronda

    This crazy, cluttered museum is the private collection of Juan Antonio Lara Jurado, who has been a collector since the age of 10. Now in his 80s, he still鈥�

  • Casa del Rey Moro

    Casa del Rey Moro

    Ronda

    Several landscaped terraces give access to La Mina, an Islamic stairway of nearly two hundred steps cut into the rock all the way down to the river at the鈥�

  • Puente Nuevo

    Puente Nuevo

    Ronda

    Straddling the dramatic gorge of the R铆o Guadalev铆n (Deep River) is Ronda's most recognisable sight, the towering Puente Nuevo, so named not because it's鈥�

  • Plaza de Espa帽a

    Plaza de Espa帽a

    Ronda

    The town's main square was made famous by Ernest Hemingway in For Whom the Bell Tolls. Chapter 10 tells how, early in the civil war, the 'fascists' of a鈥�

  • Puerta de Almoc谩bar

    Puerta de Almoc谩bar

    Ronda

    The old town is surrounded by massive fortress walls pierced by two ancient gates: the Islamic Puerta de Almoc谩bar, which in the 13th century was the main鈥�

  • Iglesia de Santa Mar铆a La Mayor

    Iglesia de Santa Mar铆a La Mayor

    Ronda

    The city鈥檚 original mosque metamorphosed into this elegant church. Just inside the entrance is an arch covered with Arabic inscriptions that was part of鈥�

  • Museo Joaqu铆n Peinado

    Museo Joaqu铆n Peinado

    Ronda

    Native Ronda artist Joaqu铆n Peinado was an amigo and contemporary of Picasso's, a fact reflected in his work, with its strong abstract lines, flirtations鈥�

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