Day 5 began with breakfast at the Hotel – the Hotel Puerto de la Sierra – which as it’s name implies, is situated at the head of the via verde we had cycled 1 day earlier.
After breakfast was a medium drive to the village of Ronda and a whistle-stop tour of this fascinating ancient village with its spectacular bridge(s).
Ronda is a mountaintop city in Spain’s Malaga province that’s set dramatically above a deep gorge. This gorge (El Tajo) separates the city’s circa-15th-century new town from its old town, dating to Moorish rule.
Jo admires the classic view of Puento Neuvo
Puente Nuevo, a stone bridge spanning the gorge, offers sweeping views. New town’s Plaza de Toros, a legendary 18th-century bullring, is one of the city’s most recognisable landmarks.
The tour was brief as we needed to be back at the campsite early evening as there was a possibility of places on a coach tour the next day to Gibraltor.