What’s on in the Serrania de Ronda

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”.

Welcome to Andalucia Country Houses, a family-owned Estate Agency based in Andalucia, Southern Spain. Since the late 1990s we have been selling country properties and traditional village houses in some of the most beautiful areas of inland Andalusia, to clients from all over the world. Whatever you are looking for, whether it be a luxury country villa, a traditional cortijo or finca, a working farm, a vineyard, an equestrian property, small hotel or guesthouse, bed and breakfast, country home or character village house, then you have come to the right company. The key to our success is our commitment and high level of service to our customers, both prior and after-sales. Our extensive knowledge of Andalucia and personal knowledge of all the properties we offer to our customers. From our base in the beautiful Serrania de Ronda, we cover Ronda and all the villages of the Serrania de Ronda, stretching from Gaucin to Arriate. In Cadiz province we offer properties all around the Campo de Gibraltar, Jimena de la Frontera and San Pablo de Buceite. Closer to the coastal areas of the Costa del Sol we offer property in Casares and the immediate inland areas along the Western Costa del […]

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 […]

Hotel Palacete de Mañara is located in a building dating from the 17th Century. It has been completely renovated and offers tranquillity in the very heart of the village. There are eight double bedrooms with en suite facilities, as well as air conditioning, TV and WiFi. There is a lovely swimming pool in the interior of the patio.

Ceramist Catherine Hunter has exhibited at international art fairs and galleries. She welcomes visitors during her work in her Gaucín studio. However, as there are no set opening times it is preferable to make an appointment to visit. She is currently offering ceramic classes for adults.

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.

Organic wine winery, located in the Serranía de Ronda, a privileged place in Malaga that gives rise to the best wines: Chardonnay, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Acinipo, Finca Sanguijuela and Rosado. It was the Phoenicians who introduced wine cultivation to the Northern and Western countries of the Mediterranean. In Spain the cultivation of vineyards took place between the 2nd and 1st century BC around the Mediterranean shores including all of Andalusia. Of particular significance was the Roman period around 50 BC, when Ronda and more precisely Acinipo (‘Ronda La Vieja’ – Land of Wines) experienced the golden age of wine growing and even grapes were minted on coins. Since then wine culture has been maintained with the production of different red, white and sweet wines along with spirits. The wine-growing area consisted of 112.000 ha in Málaga province, of which 13.494 ha were located in the ‘Serrania de Ronda’, before the phylloxera pest reached the area in 1878. At the end of the 20th century new techniques were introduced to viticulture, using different grape varieties to produce red, white and rose wines. This initiative was started by Friedrich Schatz in 1982, and followed by Alfonso of Hohenlohe in the 90s. […]

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 […]

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.”