Leisure
Future of old municipal swimming pool in Ronda is up in the air
The inland Malaga province mountain town has a new outdoor pool and the town hall has no plans to re-open the old facilities to the public
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Events
A magical night awaits you in the 'enchanted forest' village of the Serranía de Ronda
The pueblo blanco of Parauta is holding a fantasy themed festival on Saturday in which its streets will be lit up with candles, lighting the way for goblins, fairies and other woodland creatures
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Music
Avid live music fan in Serranía de Ronda village to stage 'smallest rock concert ever' with sights set on world record
Organised by Paul Darwent and local musician Marcus Myers, Ringo's Birthday Bash will present a seven-piece rock band who will perform to an audience of just seven
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Adventure tourism
Ronda village showcases its heritage with a new visitor experience that is not for the faint-hearted
The Hundidero adventure park opens this Saturday with three via ferratas linked by a zip line plus a swaying Tibetan rope-bridge stretching across the top of Montejaque's famous dam
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Ronda
Urban art with a rural touch: Cortes de la Frontera fills the walls of the town with colour and tradition
The pueblo blanco in Malaga province's Serranía de Ronda has more than 15 murals and other pieces of artwork decorating its streets, the latest by some twenty young artists from five different continents
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Photo gallery
Artists from five continents leave their mark on a town near Ronda, in pictures
Almost 20 people were involved in the project to create 15 new murals in Cortes de la Frontera, using the façades of the white-washed buildings as their cavasses
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Serranía de Ronda faces challengng cork harvest with plummeting purchase prices
Producers, who believe the lack of demand is impacting on prices, are still hopeful of a good season following the late rains in spring
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Culture
Ronda village to open museum dedicated to its popular religious figure, Fray Leopoldo
Born in Alpandeire on 24 June 1864, the friar died in Granada in 1956 and was beatified in 2010
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Food and drink
Ronda's hospitality sector given thumbs up to keep terraces open until one hour later during hot summer months
The town hall has extended the opening hours for bars and restaurants by another 60 minutes, until 15 September
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Crime
Teacher in Malaga village arrested for alleged sexual assault of six minors
The 52-year-old suspect was held by the Guardia Civil following complaints from the victims
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Events
Traditional Goyesca bullfighting festival in Ronda postponed due to safety fears
A technical report has warned the structure of the town's historic bullring is not fit to host large crowds of people
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Tourism
Ronda puts final section of tourist walkway clinging to the side of its famous gorge out to tender
The mountain town, located just an hour inland from the Costa del Sol, has high hopes for the new tourist attraction. The first phase, in its first month, welcomed some 18,000 visitors
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Woman arrested for stealing 5,000 dollars in cash from American tourists visiting Ronda
The suspect was chased down and finally arrested by police, with other tourists snapping photos of a male accomplice who was also involved
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Transport
Contract awarded to replace railway level crossing in Ronda
The 630,000-euro project involves the automated crossing on the Bobadilla-Algeciras line and includes the remodelling of the the busy thoroughfare for vehicles and pedestrians
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Nature
Meet Olaf, the first barn owl chick to be hatched in a conservation project to reintroduce this species to a Ronda valley
The white village of Alpandeire has launched an initiative to return this nocturnal bird of prey to its natural, local environment from which it disappeared two decades ago