What’s on in the Serrania de Ronda

Casa del Rio is a nine-bedroom riverside Country Inn and Retreat that nestles alongside the Guardiaro River in the heart of the Serranía de Ronda, Andalucía. Situated in the pretty white hamlet of Cañada del Real Tesoro just 20 minutes from Gaucin and 5 minutes from Cortes de la Frontera. Casa del Rio can be rented as a private venue for weddings, communions, special celebrations, for retreats and corporate events. We also welcome individual travellers to stay with us on a bed and breakfast basis. The essence of Casa del Rio is the sounds of the Guadiaro river, teeming with wildlife and fish, a magical place to escape the modern world. An ancient water channel from the original Mill House runs through our grounds – a really unique feature. Several charming terraces and a shady lawned garden overlooking the river, the perfect spot to enjoy spotting herons and ducks on our river. At Casa del Rio you will find many private little corners – our riverside gardens and patio, the courtyard swimming pool with sunbeds and shady dining area, the Moroccan themed roof terrace, where you can relax with a good book, a glass of wine and enjoy our stunning […]

15 places, in beds, bunk beds and on couches, distributed in six independent rooms but linked together. The living rooms and bedrooms are all asymmetrical and irregular, one of them, on the remains of a Roman bridge, on which the building stands, also having a viewpoint-solarium and a fishing spot within the river. Inside the building, there is a complete bathroom and a few metres away, a pavilion with three showers, three toilets and six sinks. It has a large private area with a pool for the exclusive use of the mill and shares the grounds of the rest of the farm and its games with the Molino el Ingles and Villa Sandía. We emphasise that its architecture and distribution is totally different from what we are used to. Being designed for a single group of friends or family, we escape from the traditional closed rooms that isolate people and we form something very different from what exists. Here privacy is achieved with curtain partitions, stairs or different levels, there being no internal doors, except in the shower and toilet. It is very difficult to explain, and although there are several compartments with some privacy, there is also a round […]

Hotel Palacete de Mañara is located in a building dating from the 17th Century. It has been completely renovated and offers tranquillity in the very heart of the village. There are eight double bedrooms with en suite facilities, as well as air conditioning, TV and WiFi. There is a lovely swimming pool in the interior of the patio.

The cuisine of La Fructuosa has received a new inflection since the arrival of Javier Ruiz Vargas in the kitchen. Our chef, with his international experience on three continents, is always in search of the best local products and makes his culinary creations a delight for all the senses. We have a spectacular roof terrace on the top floor of the hotel which our guests or other visitors may book for private dinners or cocktail parties. Here you will have “the best views in Europe”, in the words of the Sunday Times (21 January, 2018). La Fructuosa organises regular live music events where a variety of local and international artists perform jazz, blues, classical, flamenco and pop music. During the high season we host weekly music evenings outside on the terrace; and in the winter, we hold tasting dinners followed by concerts on a monthly basis. We are at your disposal for the organisation of meals and family celebrations, with friends or for companies.

Organic wine winery, located in the Serranía de Ronda, a privileged place in Malaga that gives rise to the best wines: Chardonnay, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Acinipo, Finca Sanguijuela and Rosado. It was the Phoenicians who introduced wine cultivation to the Northern and Western countries of the Mediterranean. In Spain the cultivation of vineyards took place between the 2nd and 1st century BC around the Mediterranean shores including all of Andalusia. Of particular significance was the Roman period around 50 BC, when Ronda and more precisely Acinipo (‘Ronda La Vieja’ – Land of Wines) experienced the golden age of wine growing and even grapes were minted on coins. Since then wine culture has been maintained with the production of different red, white and sweet wines along with spirits. The wine-growing area consisted of 112.000 ha in Málaga province, of which 13.494 ha were located in the ‘Serrania de Ronda’, before the phylloxera pest reached the area in 1878. At the end of the 20th century new techniques were introduced to viticulture, using different grape varieties to produce red, white and rose wines. This initiative was started by Friedrich Schatz in 1982, and followed by Alfonso of Hohenlohe in the 90s. […]

The popular restaurant is run by a cooperative of young people who believe in the future of the area. Raul is in the kitchen and Carmen runs front of house. They opened to the public in autumn 2002. It is 19 Km. from Ronda on the A-369 to Algeciras in Atajate (Malaga), and the building is very visible at the entrance of the village. The name, “Audalazar” is one of the tributary streams of the Genal river, which is between Atajate and Alpandeire, but is also a Moorish village that disappeared in 1570, and comes from the Arabic Wadi-al-jara, Guidazara, Vidazara, Udazara, whose meaning was “river stones”.

The beautiful white village (or pueblo blanco) of Gaucín, perched high up in the Serranía de Ronda, is famous for its spectacular views. At Hotel La Fructuosa, where we have created an oasis of calm in the very heart of this lovely village, our rooms and terraces have stunning panoramas stretching right across the Genal Valley to Gibraltar and Morocco in the distance. Our boutique hotel has five individually decorated rooms offering complimentary Wi-Fi, TVs and minifridges. Some feature whirlpool tubs, wood-beam ceilings and/or exposed brick walls. Breakfast is served in a former wine-pressing room or on a terrace that has views of the sea. There’s also a cozy restaurant. Our building is about 200 years old and has been open to guests for a century or so in various incarnations. At the start of the 20th century it was a popular guest house called La Española (meaning The Spaniard), but all the locals called it La Fructuosa, or Fructuosa’s place, because that was the name of the owner. In 1997, Jesús and Luis bought the house in order to revive this much-loved landmark. The building had been abandoned for more than 15 years and was in a sorry state. After much reconstruction and renovation […]

An 11-bedroom hotel, restaurant, chiringuito and saltwater swimming pool conveniently and peacefully located on the outskirts of Cortes de la Frontera but within a two-minute walk of the centre. The hotel offers stunning views from its restaurant and extensive outside terraces and is conveniently located between the Los Alcornocales and Sierra de Grazalema Natural Parks and the Guadiaro Valley. The property offers homely accommodation and the bar and restaurant are open (except Wednesdays) for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Two function rooms are available catering for 100 and 60 persons. A conference room is available for private meetings. The hotel offers a 24-hour front desk, airport transfers, a tour desk and free WiFi. The area is popular for cycling, and bike hire is available at Hotel Rural and Restaurant Las Camaretas. The hotel can help organise horseriding, walking and cycle routes; potholing; mushroom walks and workshops; guided visits to cheese and ham factories, the Cueva del Gato, the Cueva de la Pileta and the vulture feeding station. Ronda is 33 km from the accommodation, while Grazalema is 44 km away. The nearest airports are at Malaga-Costa del Sol and Jerez and there is a railway station near Cortes de […]