After Sevilla, I headed onwards to Ronda. By this point the rain had picked up and it was raining heavily and steadily across the entire Iberian peninsula.
Ronda is one of the “White Towns of Andalucia” – a collection of mountain villages in and around the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park characterized by their whitewashed walls and red tile roofs. (Though, pretty much all of the towns in Andalucia have whitewashed walls, so I’m not sure why these villages are any different…)
To be honest, I was pretty sad about saying goodbye to my troupe in Sevilla, but at least Ronda was ready to greet me with some fairytale views, despite the rain.
Ronda is best known for it’s impressive and impossibly tall bridge, Puente Nuevo (literally, New Bridge) that spans El Tajo gorge. On my first day, the Guadalevín was brown due to the sediment that had been churned up by the storm.
The rain continued off and on, but the next day the water was flowing clear again.
My visit to Ronda was short; I only had about 24 hours. So I spent most of that time wandering around town, geocaching and enjoying the vistas. (Actually, it’s thanks to geocaching that I found the viewpoint to take the pictures of Puente Nuevo above. I’m not sure I would have found that path otherwise!)
