RONDA , THE DREAMED-OF CITY
Set in the Serranía de Ronda, the hills around Ronda, in a private 500.000 m2 area of oak trees and just 4 kilometres from the historical town of Ronda, lies Casa de Campo Los Pastores.
Its privileged setting allows for the enjoyment of a great variety of leisure, cultural and sports activities, offered by both, the historical town of Ronda, its hillside and country environment and the surroundings of Los Pastores.
When a poet of the stature of Rainer Maria Rilke, with such a precise command of words, defined Ronda as the “dreamed-of city”, he had his reasons. Surely, after visiting it the traveller will confirm the poet’s judgment, and agree even more the farther he gets from Ronda and remembers it as a dream instead of a place that he has actually touched.
A visitor on his first trip to this city will approach it with mental postcard images of a few of its monuments, its scenery or some of the many characteristic secluded corners that it has to offer, but none of this will serve as a reference or even be easily recognizable because the reality that he will find is very different. Ronda belongs to that select group of towns that can only be compared to themselves, with no possibility of imitation or resemblance to others. This is something that the traveller can prove to himself the moment he enters the historic quarter and sees the dazzling landscape and architecture appear before him, impregnated with history and legend that blur the line between reality and fantasy but that resoundingly affirms the unique character of Ronda.
The immediacy of the natural national parks of Sierra de Las Nieves, Sierra de Grazalema and the natural park of Los Alcornocales make this a privileged city in terms of animal and plant species.
The rich landscapes are unsurpassable and make you enjoy every moment and every corner.
The Obliged Visits are:
- The bridge over the Ronda Gorge, which divides the city in two parts, and Alameda del Tajo and its spectacular views.
- The Islamic Walls and Doors of Ronda
- The famous Arab Baths, a thermal enclosure from Moorish times.
- The Palacio del Marques de Salvatierra, where the Catholic Kings lived after the Conquest of Ronda
- The Historic Bull Ring of Ronda, one of the oldest in Spain, where the famous Corrida Goyesca takes place.
- The Roman City of Acinipo, a cultural legacy of Roman times.
- The Megalithic Necropolis, The Dolmen del Chopo, the Encinas Borrachas or Drunken Oaks.