SECRET SERRANÍA: The BIGGEST and BEST guide for rural tourism in Spain’s Serranía de Ronda

Molino el Inglés in Jimera de Líbar offers 20 places and is ideal for a group of family or friends. Five of the places are located in lofts, in the highest part of the building, and are ideal for children or teenagers. Inside the building, there is a complete bathroom and a few metres away, a toilet block with four showers, five toilets and eight basins. The distribution of the accommodation is different from anything we are used to and an escape from traditional rooms with open-plan spaces and privacy being achieved with different levels, stairs and curtain partitions. The ‘Mill of the English’ is set in a large private area of the wooded estate with a swimming pool for the exclusive use of the mill’s guests while sharing the rest of the farm’s open spaces attractions and facilities at Villa Sandia – which is reached via a suspension bridge over the Guadiaro river.

Villa Sandia is NOVELTY CAMPING, composed of eight 2-person watermelons, and twelve 3-person cucumbers – one of them being a child under 12 years old, all of them with their own private toilet and shower, in a separate mushroom. Each also has its own outside area, electricity and blankets. The watermelons and cucumbers are tiny, just enough to sleep in, something totally different from everything else and that you are sure to love. If you wish, you can bring a small gas or electric stove and make your own food in the adjacent private area of ​​your accommodation – which has 2 or 3 chairs and a small table – but it is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN to light fires or barbecues since we are in a forest. In winter, it is advisable to bring a sleeping bag. Each accommodation has a nearby parking space for a car, but not adjacent to the accommodation. There is a bar-restaurant area with two swimming pools – open from 1 May to 30 September – and various games. You are able to access the rest of the extensive grounds by suspension bridge – as long as you respect the private areas of the two rental […]

Fantastic bar/restaurant in the square in Montejaque. The restaurant offers a wide variety of tapas, gourmet tapas, paellas and grilled meats. They offer top quality products and a warm welcome from the staff. “We invite you to come and try us. We are sure you will come again.”

The beautiful white village (or pueblo blanco) of Gaucín, perched high up in the Serranía de Ronda, is famous for its spectacular views. At Hotel La Fructuosa, where we have created an oasis of calm in the very heart of this lovely village, our rooms and terraces have stunning panoramas stretching right across the Genal Valley to Gibraltar and Morocco in the distance. Our boutique hotel has five individually decorated rooms offering complimentary Wi-Fi, TVs and minifridges. Some feature whirlpool tubs, wood-beam ceilings and/or exposed brick walls. Breakfast is served in a former wine-pressing room or on a terrace that has views of the sea. There’s also a cozy restaurant. Our building is about 200 years old and has been open to guests for a century or so in various incarnations. At the start of the 20th century it was a popular guest house called La Española (meaning The Spaniard), but all the locals called it La Fructuosa, or Fructuosa’s place, because that was the name of the owner. In 1997, Jesús and Luis bought the house in order to revive this much-loved landmark. The building had been abandoned for more than 15 years and was in a sorry state. After much reconstruction and renovation […]

Casa del Rio is a nine-bedroom riverside Country Inn and Retreat that nestles alongside the Guardiaro River in the heart of the Serranía de Ronda, Andalucía. Situated in the pretty white hamlet of Cañada del Real Tesoro just 20 minutes from Gaucin and 5 minutes from Cortes de la Frontera. Casa del Rio can be rented as a private venue for weddings, communions, special celebrations, for retreats and corporate events. We also welcome individual travellers to stay with us on a bed and breakfast basis. The essence of Casa del Rio is the sounds of the Guadiaro river, teeming with wildlife and fish, a magical place to escape the modern world. An ancient water channel from the original Mill House runs through our grounds – a really unique feature. Several charming terraces and a shady lawned garden overlooking the river, the perfect spot to enjoy spotting herons and ducks on our river. At Casa del Rio you will find many private little corners – our riverside gardens and patio, the courtyard swimming pool with sunbeds and shady dining area, the Moroccan themed roof terrace, where you can relax with a good book, a glass of wine and enjoy our stunning […]

The cuisine of La Fructuosa has received a new inflection since the arrival of Javier Ruiz Vargas in the kitchen. Our chef, with his international experience on three continents, is always in search of the best local products and makes his culinary creations a delight for all the senses. We have a spectacular roof terrace on the top floor of the hotel which our guests or other visitors may book for private dinners or cocktail parties. Here you will have “the best views in Europe”, in the words of the Sunday Times (21 January, 2018). La Fructuosa organises regular live music events where a variety of local and international artists perform jazz, blues, classical, flamenco and pop music. During the high season we host weekly music evenings outside on the terrace; and in the winter, we hold tasting dinners followed by concerts on a monthly basis. We are at your disposal for the organisation of meals and family celebrations, with friends or for companies.

Pura Vida “La Tienda Verde” in Gaucín, Genal Valley and its beautiful surroundings. We are Mar Blanco and Jorge Carretero.  We have been living in this Serranía de Ronda between Algatocín and Gaucín for 6 years.  Starting this project is a continuation of our daily life, as we are dedicated to Agriculture and Permaculture. We believe in a change of paradigm and consciousness with our planet, which feeds us with everything we need. We are lovers of tradition and consider ourselves indigenous to this land we love so much. Our project has been based in Gaucín since August 2019. Pura Vida “La Tienda Verde” and since then we are redecorating the Eco-Shop, taking care of the details, researching in depth the local suppliers in ecological/traditional, of Denomination of Origin of the region. We have a Rich Earth, in taste and smell that overwhelms the senses. We are creating a project where we are going to orient ourselves little by little in “Bulk”, we want to return to those times where plastics did not exist and we reused everything, and it was not synonymous with lack, but with common sense. We are committed to a simple, warm life and to an […]

The popular restaurant is run by a cooperative of young people who believe in the future of the area. Raul is in the kitchen and Carmen runs front of house. They opened to the public in autumn 2002. It is 19 Km. from Ronda on the A-369 to Algeciras in Atajate (Malaga), and the building is very visible at the entrance of the village. The name, “Audalazar” is one of the tributary streams of the Genal river, which is between Atajate and Alpandeire, but is also a Moorish village that disappeared in 1570, and comes from the Arabic Wadi-al-jara, Guidazara, Vidazara, Udazara, whose meaning was “river stones”.

The Andalucian Cycling Experience is the longest established (since 2005) road cycling holiday, mountain biking and bike tour operator in the Serrania de Ronda, Grazalema Natural Park and Sierra de Nieves. We specialise in organising, Mountain Bike Biking Holidays, Road Cycling Holidays, Leisure Cycling Holidays, Triathlon Winter Training Camps, Family Cycling Holidays, Self Guided Point-to-Point Tours, Vegetarian & Vegan Biking Holidays and Winter Cycling holidays. From guided cycling vacations to self-led tours, short breaks or weekend trips away to a fortnight and more. We are based in Montecorto in the Grazalema Natural Park near Ronda and are just over an hour away from Malaga, Jerez and Seville airports. The Serrania de Ronda is a cyclists paradise with mile after mile of fabulous mountain bike trails and well-surfaced asphalt roads too! This is one of our main playgrounds for riding (in fact we refer to it as ‘our office’). The diversity of the countryside allows us too ride through the Serrania de Ronda with families, leisure cyclists, mountain bikers and roadies but more importantly provide a route suitable to all the wide-ranging requirements of these groups whilst on their cycling vacations. During our cycling vacations for family groups and leisure riders […]