MAXIMO!ENTERTAINMENT
“Ronda oozes rural charm with a touch of elegance...”
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Ronda With its luxurious shops, restaurants, sports facilities and nightlife, cosmopolitan Marbella is often regarded as not being ‘the real Spain’. However, authentic Andalucía starts right on its doorstep – as soon as you begin to wind your way inland through the beautiful Serranía de Ronda. This collection of mountain ranges and deep green valleys is dotted with traditional villages where life is still lived at a typically Andalusian pace. The jewel in the crown of this region is the beautiful historical town of Ronda, elegantly poised on a rocky outcrop from which it surveys the fertile farmland around it. Home to an up-and-coming winegrowing region, Ronda oozes rural charm with a touch of elegance, and has become a favoured destination not only for day trippers from the coast, but also cultural visitors and wedding parties.
Tarifa The Costa del Sol is bordered by two coastal regions imbued with their own flavour and charms. The Costa Tropical, on the eastern side of Málaga, is little known by comparison, but its quiet coves and subtropical vegetation house a holiday region that retains a classic Spanish feel. Further west, where the Mediterranean Sea becomes the Atlantic Ocean, the coast is more virgin – and endowed with golden sands that match the rich light of the Costa de la Luz. A surfer’s paradise, this region attracts the free-spirited from across Europe. The resulting mix of Andalusian coastal towns and laid-back hippie chic is most prevalent in the little seaside town of Tarifa, now the European capital of kitesurfing and surf culture. In summer, you can cast your glance along clear blue skies and deep blue water all the way to the rounding of the African coast as you lie on the beach or sip a drink at a trendy seaside venue. Tarifa is laid-back chic personified and little more than an hour from Marbella.
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NORDICARENTALS
“A surfer’s paradise, this region attracts the free-spirited from across Europe”
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