Ronda

Ronda is one of the most picturesque destinations in Spain and the third most visited city in Andalucía. Visitors are drawn to its iconic landmarks, including the Puente Nuevo bridge, the Plaza de Toros bullring, Ronda Cathedral, and the historic Arab Baths.

Beyond the city, the surrounding Ronda Mountains are home to stunning white villages such as Grazalema, Setenil de las Bodegas, Zahara de la Sierra, and Genalguacil, offering breathtaking scenery and traditional Andalusian charm.

Christmas in Spain

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Eight Spout Fountain (Los Ocho Caños)

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Eight spout fountain or los ocho caños in Ronda

The eight spout fountain in front of the Church of our Father Jesus was built during the 1700s under the reign of Carlos III. Back in those days the Padre Jesus district of Ronda was its commercial centre. Many of the buildings around the church and fountain were home to bars and inns, and the fountain was considered an essential addition.

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Walk from Ronda, Tajo del Abanico

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Walking from Ronda to the Tajo del Abanico

The walk to the Tajo del Abanico, named for the cave that looks like a fan (abanico), is a gentle walk measuring about 4.5km from the Almocabar gate at the entrance to the medieval walls of Ronda in the Barrio de San Francisco. It is of low difficulty, and takes you to a river valley filled with wildflowers in the spring and summer. (very hot in the summer months)

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Ronda Walk to Pilar de Cartajima and Roman Aqueduct

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walk to roman aqueduct - Ronda

This is one of the walks most people want to do because of the Roman Aqueduct you see at the end of the walk, but is also one of the walks in Ronda rarely undertaken by visitors because very few people know the Roman aqueduct even exists, in fact Roman Ronda was a reality for nearly 700 years.

You’ll start the walk at the old entrance to Ronda, the Almocabar Gate which originally was used to reach the Muslim cemetery outside the city walls. In fact the plaza you walk across at the start is where the cemetery was. During the reconquest Spain’s Christian monarchs attacked Ronda from locations near the plaza.

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Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows (Templete de la Virgen de los Dolores)

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Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows (Templete de la Virgen de los Dolores) - Ronda

Ronda and the Serrania surround it have been lawless lands for millennia, not even the iron grip of the Almohads could stamp out rebellions and banditry, so it is hardly surprising that capital punishment has been so widely used.

In Ronda (close to the junction between Calle Santa Cecilia and Calle Virgen de los Dolores) nowhere is this more obvious and chilling than the Temple of Our Lady of Sorrows, also known as the Shrine of the Hanged, with its frightening depictions of condemned men’s eyes bulging as they desperately try to get a last breath while the hangman’s noose crushes their windpipe.

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