Ronda and Setenil de las Bodegas Day Trip from Cádiz
Cádiz, Spain
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 9 hours
Enjoy a Full Day on a private small-group tour to one of the most stunning white villages: Ronda, known for its bull fighting tradition and incredible historic bridge that crosses the old and new town. Ronda was an strategic point on the Catholic reconquest of Al Andalus from the Arabic domination. You also will be able to enjoy a visit to Setenil de las Bodegas, a small and picturesque white village with a peculiar architecture: houses built inside caves!
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Enjoy a Full Day on a private small-group tour to one of the most stunning white villages: Ronda, known for its bull fighting tradition and incredible historic bridge that crosses the old and new town. Ronda was an strategic point on the Catholic reconquest of Al Andalus from the Arabic domination. You also will be able to enjoy a visit to Setenil de las Bodegas, a small and picturesque white village with a peculiar architecture: houses built inside caves!Ronda divides his city center on both sides of Tajo del Ronda, a cliff over 150 meters deep. Its old town is declared an Asset of Cultural Interest. Celts, Phoenicians, Romans and Arabs inhabited these lands, which were reconquered by the Catholic Monarchs. The old town, with arabic influences and medieval layout spreads to the south of the Guadalevin, while the most modern Ronda, which appeared from the XVI century, is displayed in the northern of the riverbed. Several bridges connect the two halves of one of the most interesting places in the road of the White Villages in Serrania de Ronda, a few miles of the Sun Coast.
Ronda is one of the oldest cities of Spain. Its origin, according to archaelogical findings in the old city space belongs to the Neolithic age. Despite of this, the presence of the human being in this land can be explained at a previous time. A proof of this are the sites found at caves, being the most important the one found at the Pileta's Cave, which is one of the best cave's paintings examples of all the Paleolithic age in Andalusia.
The most important character played by Ronda, and the reason for being well known, arrives with the Nazari Kingdom of Granada, because of its closeness to the territories conquered by the Catholics coming from Castilla. That leads to the city of Ronda, as well to its region, to be a very important border zone. Click to enlarge After the conquest of the city by the Catholic Monarchs(1485) deep economic and cultural changes happened, which can be still seen at the structure of the city: Opening of squares not existing before, streets made broader, etc.
Setenil’s unique and extreme urban beauty make it one of the main tourist destinations in the Sierra de Cádiz. The houses, some below rocks and others on top of or even inside the rocks, create different street levels, forming charming nooks and corners such as those in the streets Calle de las Cuevas de la Sombra and Calle de las Cuevas del Sol. The present-day village has its origins in Medieval times and the area today officially referred to as Setenil stands on the ancient Almohad settlement. The castle overlooking the village is a Medieval fortress (14th-15th Centuries), which retains its keep and a well.
Ronda is one of the oldest cities of Spain. Its origin, according to archaelogical findings in the old city space belongs to the Neolithic age. Despite of this, the presence of the human being in this land can be explained at a previous time. A proof of this are the sites found at caves, being the most important the one found at the Pileta's Cave, which is one of the best cave's paintings examples of all the Paleolithic age in Andalusia.
The most important character played by Ronda, and the reason for being well known, arrives with the Nazari Kingdom of Granada, because of its closeness to the territories conquered by the Catholics coming from Castilla. That leads to the city of Ronda, as well to its region, to be a very important border zone. Click to enlarge After the conquest of the city by the Catholic Monarchs(1485) deep economic and cultural changes happened, which can be still seen at the structure of the city: Opening of squares not existing before, streets made broader, etc.
Setenil’s unique and extreme urban beauty make it one of the main tourist destinations in the Sierra de Cádiz. The houses, some below rocks and others on top of or even inside the rocks, create different street levels, forming charming nooks and corners such as those in the streets Calle de las Cuevas de la Sombra and Calle de las Cuevas del Sol. The present-day village has its origins in Medieval times and the area today officially referred to as Setenil stands on the ancient Almohad settlement. The castle overlooking the village is a Medieval fortress (14th-15th Centuries), which retains its keep and a well.
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