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Bridge
Puente Nuevo
The stone bridge, 98 meters high, completed in 1793, spans the Tajo de Ronda and links the old town to the Mercadillo neighbourhood. An interpretation center operates inside it.
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Ronda
In the destination Costa do Sol and Ronda.
In the photo: Puente Nuevo de Ronda
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The city
What to expect from Ronda.
Ronda is located inland in the province of Málaga, at 723 meters above sea level, on a plateau cut by the Tajo, the gorge of the Guadalevín river. The Puente Nuevo, dating from 1793, connects the old town to the Mercadillo, where the Plaza de Toros da Real Maestranza is. Down below are the Baños Árabes, the Puente Viejo and the mine of the Casa del Rey Moro. The language is Spanish.
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The local experience
What to see in Ronda
Monument
Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda
Stone bullring inaugurated in 1785, one of the oldest in Spain, with a 66-meter arena, galleries of Tuscan arches and museums of the Real Maestranza on horsemanship and bullfighting.
Archaeological site
Baños Árabes de Ronda
Muslim public baths from the 13th and 14th centuries, among the best preserved on the Iberian Peninsula, with vaulted rooms and star-shaped skylights, beside the river at the bottom of the town.
Bridge
Puente Viejo
Single-arched bridge over the Guadalevín, 31 metres above the river, rebuilt after 1616, beside the Arco de Felipe V, the old entrance gate of La Ciudad.
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Garden
Casa del Rey Moro
Complex on the edge of the Tajo including the 14th-century Mina de Agua, a stairway excavated in the rock down to the river, and the garden designed in 1912 by Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier.
Palace
Palacio de Mondragón
Palace of Muslim origin, remodeled after 1485, with a Mudéjar courtyard and a garden on the cliff edge. It houses the Museo Municipal de Ronda, covering the period from prehistory to the expulsion of the Moriscos.
Church
Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor
Ronda's main church, built from 1485 on top of the city's main mosque, with Gothic naves, a Mannerist chancel, a tower atop the former minaret and a gallery facing the square.
Park
Alameda del Tajo
Tree-lined park from the early 19th century next to the bullring, with a viewpoint of balconies over the abyss and views of the Serranía de Ronda.
Museum
Museo Lara
Private museum in an 18th-century palace in the old town, with collections of clocks, weapons, scientific instruments, cinema and photography, and exhibitions on the Inquisition and witchcraft.
Historic village
Setenil de las Bodegas
White village in the province of Cádiz, about 19 km from Ronda, with houses built beneath the rocks of the Guadalporcún river gorge and a Nazarid castle on the hill.