Ronda

Some Facts & Figures:
Surface Area: 477.5 square kilometres
Population: 36,532
What the natives are called:Rondeños
Monuments: Puente Nuevo (New Bridge), San Francisco convent, San Juan Bosco house, Virgen de la Paz church, Casa del Gigante (House of the Giant), Mondragón palace, Plaza Duquesa Parcent, Santa María de la Encarnación main church, Casita de la Torre (Little House of the Tower), City Hall, La Caridad church, Santa Isabel de los Angeles convent, Espíritu Santo church, Puerta de Almocábar (Almocábar Gate), Puerta de Carlos V (Carlos V Gate), Madres Franciscanas (Franciscan Mothers) convent, San Francisco convent, Museo del Bandolero (Bandit Museum), Museo de la Caza (Hunting Museum), Museo Temático Lara (Lara Theme Museum), Museo Joaquín Peinado (Joaquín Peinado Museum), Alminar de San Sebastián (San Sebastián minaret), Palacio del Marqués de Salvatierra (Palace of the Marquise de Salvatierra), Casa del Rey Moro (House of the Moorish King), Arco de Felipe V (Felipe V Arch), Sillón del Rey Moro (Seat of the Moorish King), Puente Viejo (Old Bridge), Fuente de los Ocho Caños (Fountain of the Eight Spouts), Padre Jesús church, Madre de Dios convent, Templete de la Virgen de los Dolores (Virgen de los Dolores chapel), Santa Cecilia church, El Socorro church, Plaza de Toros (Bullring), Jardines de Blas Infante (Blas Infante gardens), La Merced church, Hotel Reina Victoria, Monasterio Mozárabe de la Virgen de la Cabeza (Virgen de la Cabeza Mozarabic Monastery), Baños Arabes (Arabic Bathhouses), and the Roman archaeological site of Acinipo.
Geographical Location: in the northern part of the Serrania (mountain range) deRonda, between Sierra de las Nieves, Grazalema and Los Alcornocales Nature Parks. The city is 740 metres above sea level and 113 kilometres from the provincial capital. The area has an average rainfall of 650 litres per square metre and the annual average temperature is 15º C.
Tourist Information: Tourism Office, Paseo Blas Infante, s/n (29400). Telephone: (+34) 952 18 71 19 Fax: (+34) 952 18 71 47 E-mail:informacion@turismoderonda.es