Hotel Polo Ronda

... Real Andalucia), Marbella won´t spring to mind at all.......... Ronda for sure and maybe nowadays Malaga as well, as they have done up the City center!

In all the building boom over the last 15 years, the Quaint Old Town of Marbella has not been
touched at all and this beautiful authentic small Andalusian fishing village, called Marbella, still remains in tact!

One can feel the new rush into the Old ...

... No words or pictures could fully capture the essence of this city, you just have to be there to fully experience its beauty. I then explored the city, going to places that are not commonly visited by tourists, I did some shopping, had a beer and tapas at a small restaurant and then walked through the park. Unfortunately, the day was cut short due to time restrictions and I did not have the chance to do everything I wanted to do but I will definitely be back.

We decided today we would stay in the area and just go driving. We wanted to check out some wineries and take a cave tour. But we didn't get a chance to do either one. The cave tours were 5 hours long. The caves are amazing but not sure Shae would be able to hang that long. my guess is not. And we drove and drove and didn't find one winery. I think we got close one time. But anyway the ride was beautiful and there was a great restaurant in a white village ...

... ll have to take it another day. We drove back to Montejaque and had dinner in the Inn (english couple). It was a nice meal with great wine. We're really enjoying the wine from the region. It's funny - when you ask for a glass of vino you don't get a choice, they give you the house wine. it's always good though. We watched a movie when we got back and then to sleep. tomorrow morning is Sevilla (another big city)!

... also visited a bathhouse that I believe is over 500 years old. I think it's really neat how the Muslims appreciated bathing in bathhouses back then. It almost reminds me of the hot springs that we have in Pagosa Springs. We also saw the "Corridor de Toros", which stands where the original ring was first built in all of Spain. Even though I am not a big fan of the idea of bull fights, it was really neat to be there and get an idea of what ...

... We reached Ronda and crossed the Puente Nuevo ... and actually found street parking along one of the side streets. It rained at first, but stopped after about 20 minutes. It was still overcast and windy and cold. We wandered around the newer section of town for a bit - past the bull ring; through a small park, where we received amazing views from the top of the cliff down to the farmland below; around the pedestrian streets with their patterned cobblestones ...

... plaza de toros, and it's people. We ate lunch in the most beautiful restaurant and gazed down into the gorge beneath us. This made us all kind of giddy. Around every corner we found ourselves smiling a little more. By the end of the day we had almost convinced ourselves that we were going to host our wedding there...it was that perfect. But, no worries, we've come to our senses and decided against it...probably.

Dan and I were happy to be leaving Benalmadena and heading into the hills of Spain towards Sevilla. On our way there we stopped in Ronda, a town built on two sides of a deep gorge and noted for its typically white, Andalusian houses. What we found amidst all this beauty was what seemed like hundreds of tour buses, with thousands of tourists. As soon as we stepped off the main drag, however, we found quiet, winding streets with cascading bougainvillea and flowers ...

... since we hadn't planned on coming here. It's also one of those places where you could see yourself living. It's only about 35,000 people, but it has a lively newer section of town with café filled plazas, cliff-side parks, and square blocks filled with restaurants and pedestrian thoroughfares. It's older, medieval side of town has Arab baths, old monasteries, narrow streets, and a Moorish king's house that was once used as a fortress. The three bridges connect the newer and ...

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