Built on the edge of a towering cliff, and sharply divided by the massive gorge Tajo de Ronda, the Old Town of Ronda and its modern neighbourhood are bound together by the village’s most emblematic symbol, the Puente Nuevo. Ronda contains more than just unbelievable views of the Guadealevín River below, and the Sierra de Grazalema mountains in the distance.

The village has one of the most important parts of Spanish history with the oldest bullfighting ring in the country. It’s also the birthplace of this national tradition. Ronda’s significance to Spain’s historic culture was immortalised by the American writer Ernest Hemmingway in books such as ‘Death in the Afternoon’ where he mentioned the grand spectacle of the bullfight, and in ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ where an anecdote tells of the

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