Travelling in Andalucía: Ronda and Costa del Sol

Two months in Spain has now passed and last week I got my first visitors here as my parents came to Sevilla to see the city. As they were visiting, we decided to travel a little bit here in Andalucía. So, when it comes to travelling, the public transportation is pretty good and not extremely expensive. However, if it’s possible, I personally recommend renting a car instead! Renting a car can be actually quite inexpensive if you get it for a few days at least. For instance, a small car for a weekend (3 days) can be only 70 euros + gas, which for example 3 people is not bad at all!  Also, renting a car gives you a lot of liberties when it comes to deciding where and when do you want to travel.

 Andalucían landscape... One picture is more than 1000 words!

So I rented a car for me and my parents for the weekend! This was actually the second time in a week that I made such a trip to the coast. Earlier I went to the Costa del Sol with a friend of mine to scout the area little bit… The scheduled travel plan for Friday was to drive from Sevilla to Ronda in the mountains and then continue to Marbella in Costa del Sol.  So, after a short adventure in the dense traffic of Sevilla we got to the highway leading to Cadiz and on our way to Ronda through the towns of Dos Hermanas and Villamartin. By the way, this road: 371 to Villamartin, is really nice! I wish I could someday come back here with a motor bike – the roads and views are just amazing!

Ronda is an old city from the Moorish times, located in the mountains between Sevilla and Costa del Sol. The town is built on a really steep and high cliff with an amazing valley in the middle of it. There are also huge bridges crossing the valley, uniting the two parts of the town. I had already visited Ronda earlier, but it was still as impressing as it was the first time. Definitely a place to see in Andalucía!

Unfortunately just when we arrived to the mountain town of Ronda it started raining. So after we left Ronda and headed to the mountains it was raining and we basically drove inside of a cloud (täysin pilvessä) and so the views were not that good :( However, when we got out of the cloud, we saw some magnificent views before we eventually arrived to the sunny coast aka Costa Del Sol.

Costa del Sol, some 350 kilometers slice of the Spanish southern coast from Tarifa to Almeria is very beautiful region of Andalucía with hundreds of beaches on the Mediterranean Sea. Also, it is the most touristic part of Spain together with the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Marbella is one the numerous tourist cities along the coast. The city comes alive especially in the summer when the weather is at its best and all the tourists come to the town. Marbella is also the place where the rich people of Spain want to spend their time. Such places like Nikki beach and Puerto Banus boast with the Jet Set life and some nicest hotels and casinos on the coast! In the end, in my opinion, Marbella is a nice little town to visit, but maybe not during the high tourist season. 

Vamos! A la playa!

Stay tuned for the next post where I’ll tell you about the rest of the travel: Gibraltar and Cadiz!

You know we go
where the feeling is right!
You know we go
where the groove is hot!
You know we go
when the feeling is right
feeling is right, feeling is right..

Vamos a la Playa
A mi me gusta bailar
el ritmo de la noche
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