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Ronda
N 36°44.593', W 5°9.955'
2014-09-21
http://www.turismoderonda.es
Our rating: 8.60
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Ronda, despite the fact that it is small and little-known town, is the best small town in Spain. It is interesting that before the trip, we have not even heard about it. Ronda is small and comfortable town, everything within walking distance. Stands on the walls of the canyon. The best view of course offers drone.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Our experiences have increased even more since we lived in the best place in Ronda, Hostel Casa Duende del Tajo (booking.com ). Despite the fact that this is a hostel, we had two separate rooms in a large apartment and in the third room lived two Japanese girls. Room price is 35 euros, breakfast included. This hostel offers gorgeous view from the terraces.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
We start drone directly from the terrace, here's the photo.
Ronda - the most unusual town in Spain ©Yuriy Buriak
Puente Nuevo bridge has a height of 98 meters. It was built in the XVIII century, from 1759 to 1793. The height of the canyon by the way is 120 meters in some places. The bridge offers a fantastic view of the town and canyon.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
In addition to the bridge Ronda has the oldest in Spain acting bullring built in 1779 - 1885 years. Both arena and bridge were designed by architect Martín de Aldehuela. There are a lot arenas in Spain, almost every city has one, but we decided to visit bullring in Ronda.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Arena is named after the iconic Spanish bullfighter Pedro Romero (1754-1839), who killed 5600 bulls!
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
View of Ronda and bullring from the top
The oldest bullring (Ronda) ©Yuriy Buriak
There is a viewpoint behind the bullring.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
After the arena we went to another interesting place Casa del Rey Moro (number 13 on the map at the bottom of the page). It is believed that this is the house of the king of the Moors, built in the 18th century.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
House has a beautiful garden, but the main interest is an Arabic mine with depth of 60 meters, which was cut down in the rock to the bottom of the canyon. It was used for water intake and military purposes.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
In the evening we went to the viewpoint (number 9 on the map), to watch the evening bridge. At first we walked under the bridge in the canyon.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Then returned to the viewpoint.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Unfortunately there was no evening illumination this day so we only drew a cat :)
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda also has an old town, but it stands in the background, since the bridge, canyon and the arena are the main sights. If you have enough time, you should see another bridge in the canyon (number 18 on the map). It's small, but it was built in the 11th century. Other points of interest look at the map below.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
As well as in the other towns of Andalussia, ceramic tile here is everywhere.
Ronda ©Yuriy Buriak
Map of Ronda ©turismoderonda.es
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Find here map of Ronda in PDF and other information. Getting to Ronda: The nearest large airports are in Malaga (100 km) and Seville (130 km). Ronda has a bus service to Malaga and Seville, as well as to small towns in the county, the schedule is here . There is also a train station, where stop trains from Madrid, Granada, Cordoba (schedule ).
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 8.60
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help