Today is El Día de la Hispanidad. As we know shops and offices are closed, few people go to…
October 1 was the International Day of Coffee. Did you miss it? Paul Whitelock only heard about it over a week later! He thinks it’s time to…
Secret Serranía is sponsoring a series of quizzes throughout the area. The first edition of these bilingual quizzes will be held in the north of the…
At the Finca La Donaira luxury eco retreat, near Montecorto in the…
The exquisite ´serranito´ from Ronda is thirty years old. Inventor Benito González managed to make this tapa a…
When Paul Whitelock moved to live in the Serranía de Ronda in Spain there were just four things he did not like about…
The British Embassy in Madrid has assured UK nationals in Spain that the new Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero cards that carry incorrect…
Over the last five centuries hundreds of Spanish words have entered the English language. Here is Part Five, the final part of my selection of…
It’s a bit of a cliché when retired people say they’ve never been so busy, writes Paul Whitelock, but it’s true! Nevertheless Paul likes the…
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Most of us will be familiar with this large member of the…
What do you know about the Serranía de Ronda? Most of us tend to just know about the town or village where we live and/or work or where we visit…
Last Friday and Saturday live theatre made a welcome return to our daily lives. In the Santo Domingo Convent in Ronda, the theatre group Pequeña…
Over the last five centuries hundreds of Spanish words have entered the English language. Here is Part Four of Paul Whitelock’s selection of the…
There is a new phenomenon taking place in the Serranía de Ronda. The increase in the number of very young entrepreneurs.
In Ronda,…
In most Christian countries it has been commonplace for two thousand years for parents to choose biblical names for their children.
