We were debating if we should spend today in Seville relaxing or go to Ronda to see something new. we chose the latter. I am so glad we did because Ronda is such a beautiful place. There was only one direct bus from Seville (10:00 am) to Ronda in the morning we went. And it took about 1 hour and 45 minutes to reach Ronda. The view along the way was quite nice.
1. From Seville to Ronda.
2. From Seville to Ronda.
3. From Seville to Ronda.
4. From Seville to Ronda.
5. From Seville to Ronda.
There was no Tourist Information at Ronda bus station. We walked about 10 blocks following signs and finally found a TI office next to the bullring.
6. A church we passed while trying to find the TI office.
7. Bullring.
8. After getting a map at the TI office, the first thing we did was going to a lookout point nearby and saw this panoramic view of the valley 100+ meters below Ronda.
9. Lookout point where #8 was taken.
10. The so called "New Bridge" which was built at the end of 18th century.
11. View from New Bridge.
12. New Bridge from the other side.
13. Walking toward the Old Bridge which was built between 11th and 16th century.
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17. Walking toward the Old Bridge.
18. Old Bridge.
19. Old Bridge.
After the Old Bridge, we took a walking path outside of the city, so we could look at Ronda from a different angle.
20. View from the walking path.
21. View from the walking path.
22. Back to Ronda. The path we just walked is down there.
Through narrow winding alleys, we cut across Ronda to another walking path where we could see the New Bridge from below.
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25. New Bridge again.
26. New Bridge again.
After that we climbed back up and wandered around the city until it was time to catch our 6:00 pm bus to go back to Seville.
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31. View of Ronda and the valley below from another lookout point.
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34. A typical entryway in Ronda, where there were beautiful tiles in between the doors.
(To be continued)
