View from Ronda's cliffs of the farms below
Chris in our room at Baraka bed and breakfast.
The patio at our B&B
A typical street in the old Moorish quarter
Ronda's old quarter has lots of cats (this one prefers a 14th century minaret)
A cat photographed from our hotel window
Another cat as seen from our hotel window
The gorge (el tajo) that divides old and new Ronda
Houses clinging to the edges of Ronda's 300-foot gorge
The Old Bridge (from the 16th century) farther down the gorge
Melissa sketching the Old Bridge
The New Bridge over the gorge was an engineering marvel when it was built in the 1780s
Restaurants jockey for space next to the New Bridge
A view of olive groves and fields from Ronda's cliffs
These yellow wildflowers covered the hillsides in late February
A wild poppy
Entrance to Ronda's famous bullring (note the bull heads by the door and on the railing)
Statue outside the bullring
Inside Ronda's 18th century bullring, one of the oldest in Spain
Church of Our Lady of Help (Nuestra Senora del Soccoro)
The Casa del Rey Moro, an 18th century house (on older foundations) now falling to ruin
Melissa in front of the Casa del Rey Moro
The Renaissance Palacio del Marques de Salvatierra, built by the family of a governor of South America
Figures meant to be South American Indians on the Palacio del Marques de Salvatierra
A typical large house in Ronda's old quarter (with palms on the balcony)
Traditionally, the ornateness of a door knocker indicated a family's status
We like the variety of window balconies in Spain
Typical tiled roofs in Ronda's old quarter
The Moorish-style gardens of the 1314 Palacio de Mondragon
The bell tower of old Ronda's small cathedral (a former mosque, of course)
The cathedral building includes this very Spanish-looking gallery
A statue of the Virgin as Santa Maria de la Paz (Mary of Peace)
Statues of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph stand in the cathedral, ready to be carried through the streets in Easter week processions
After the Christian reconquest of Ronda in 1485, wealthy families put their coats of arms above the doors of their mansions