Andalusia 2020

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This morning we leave Malaga permanently and join about a hundred kilometers away, the city suspended between two cliffs: Ronda.

The Church of Ronda on Plaza del Socorro

One of the most famous images of Ronda, with its houses reaching the edge of the cliffs of the "El Tajo" canyon where the Guadelevín river flows.

The view from the Puente Nuevo (New Bridge) connecting the two cliffs.

Ronda is at the end of a plateau raised by 200 meters. The river cuts this plateau for 500 meters long forming an impressive gorge spanned by the New Bridge (on the right in the photo).

The New Bridge seen from below with what remains of the Guadelevín river flowing in a cascade.

Of the city's three bridges, the new bridge is the youngest. It was completed in 1793.

Let's go back up to the city.

The historic city is fortified. On the west side, the city is protected by the height of the cliffs. On the east side, a wall does the job.

To the left, the third bridge of the city, much more modest.

The New Bridge seen from the other side.

Lunch break in Calle Nueva! With an excellent soup as a starter with its egg white and rice!

View of the plain.

The church Santa Maria la Mayor.

The church of Nuestra Señora de la Paz with the statue of Diego Joseph of Cadiz, Capuchin monk born in Cadiz and died in Ronda.

In the church of Nuestra Señora de la Paz, patron saint of the city.

We do not stay in Ronda and continue our route towards the coast 70 kilometers south. We pass through small villages with white houses that line the pretty hilly roads crossing the territory of the Serranía de Ronda. So here we are in the small village of Algatocín.

View of Algatocín from the Génal viewpoint.

Opposite Algatocín, other villages add their little white touch to the landscape. From left to right: Faraján, Jubrique and Genalguacil.

Genalguacil

Stop now in Gaucín where the Sun begins to set.  

The Gaucín cemetery where as often in Latin countries, the graves are not in the ground but stacked above the ground in the form of small compartments.

And between the walls, the small mountains are covered with a pretty misty coat, colored as it should be by a setting sun.

A few more kilometers to reach La Duquesa which will just serve as a stopover town to spend the night before joining a new country: Gibraltar!!!...