Walking Routes

It can be very difficult to know the best walking routes around the ronda mountains, and whilst we are not guides, we do have a selection of really lovely tracks to follow, with many more planned. The Ronda walking routes we’ve listed are all short enough to do in a half day or less, depending on fitness level, and almost all include delightful scenery or local nature you absolutely must see.

Ronda Walk Pilar de Coca

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Pilar de Coca walking route in Ronda

The Ronda-Pilar de Coca loop (PR-A 71) is a wonderful walk for exercise junkies and visitors to Ronda alike, it’s a circular route that takes us about 9km out of Ronda, past vineyards, oak groves, an old aqueduct that supplied Ronda with water, the Pilar de Coca spring, and finally the mountains of the Sierra de las Nieves and the Serranía de Ronda.

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Ronda Walk: Virgen de la Cabeza back to Ronda

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Walking around Rondas countryside

This article is part two of the Ronda to Virgen de la Cabeza walk. Please make sure you have also read part one.

Virgen de la Cabeza walk closed

“I took a stroll out of Ronda this evening, and was going to follow both parts of the Virgen de la Cabeza walk. Unfortunately the path for the start of part two is now blocked. There’s a fairly official looking sign and the gate is well and truly locked. “

Thanks Julian for the update what a shame this path is closed.

To complete this walk you need to of average fitness. This walk is not suitable for people with heart conditions as the ascent at the end is steep.

Almost every keen walker who visits Ronda also walks to the Virgen de la Cabeza cave church across the valley from the Puente Nuevo, but most then turn back and return the way they came, yet the walk through the valley below is fantastic and for those game to try it should be a must do activity.

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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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Ronda Walk Pine Forest Dehesa del Mercadillo

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Pine walk Dehesa del mercadillo

The park Dehesa del Mercadillo is a pine forest just outside Ronda on the Ronda-Sevilla road, and is very easy to get to, however the direct route doesn’t take in any of the valley below Ronda, but using the industrial area of Ronda as a starting point passes through some gorgeous countryside with mountains on the horizon, along farm roads with numerous horse studs before finally entering the forest from the north.

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Benaoján Walk to Cueva del Gato

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Walking from benaojan to cueva del gato

The walk from Benaoján-Montejaque railway station to Cueva del Gato follows the Guadiaro River through a landscape of limestone hills, riverside vegetation and abundant wildlife. The route is relatively short, making it a popular outing for visitors exploring the countryside around Ronda.

Important: Cueva del Gato walking route temporarily closed

As of November 2026, the Junta de Andalucía lists the route and access to the Cueva del Gato Natural Monument as temporarily closed following damage caused by flooding during the winter of 2026. Repair work is under way, but the authorities have not announced a reopening date. Do not attempt the walk or cross the river or railway line while the closure remains in force. Check the official Junta de Andalucía notice before making plans.

The Hundidero and Gato Cave mouths close to Ronda

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