• New restaurant Serrania de Ronda

    What else can one do on a dreary November Sunday but go out for lunch with a good bottle of red. But where to go. We ran through our favourite places but nothing appealed. It was beginning to look as…

  • Festivals of Food and Wine in the Alto Genal

    The Alto Genal is the place to be in November! Four of the seven small villages scattered around the Alto Genal valley have a special festival celebrating an important aspect of local produce. But this is Andalucia so there is…

  • The Priest and the Candlesticks

    During the construction of Los Castaños – eighteen months of fearful nail-biting punctuated by occasional outbursts of joyful anticipation – we at last reached a stage where security became an issue – in short, things were being nicked. The builders…

  • Headwater birdwatching and walking holiday

    Headwater have just announced a new holiday based here at Los Castaños, the little Ronda hotel with the big beds! The week-long all-inclusive holiday will be guided by the erudite and renowned ornithologist, Peter Jones, who has an intimate relationship…

  • Christmas Package Break 2012 Andalucia Spain

    Join us for a relaxing Christmas Package Break – a Christmas House Party – escape the commercial demands of Christmas this year and join us at Los Castaños in traditional Andalucia for a relaxed family Christmas. Forget the pressures and…

  • Tapas reach new heights in Ronda

    A new eating place was recently added to Ronda’s not inconsiderable gastronomic offering. De Locos Tapas is an absolute delight and we are thrilled to have it on our doorstep. They specialise in small plates which we love – sampling…

  • In praise of the trains of Spain

    Seeking a break from routine, Penny and I went to Cordoba for another look at the splendid Mezquita and an investigation into Sephardic cuisine in this centre of pre-inquisition Judaism. Eschewing the car, we decided to take the train so…

  • Fame at last

    As my loyal followers will know from previous postings of a personal nature, I foolishly went to sea when I was young. Once there, I spent several years on it, in it, surrounded by it, even washing in it and…

  • A Fihsy Business

    My friend, Penny, was wandering in Ronda the other day and spotted this intriguing sign: What sort of massage? As I make it my business to keep my readers abreast of local activities and opportunities, we made appointments and gave…

  • Shawarma in Farajan

    An exciting new restaurant – well, really just a bar with food but none the less thrilling for all that – has opened in Farajan, two villages along from Cartajima in the Alto Genal. We try to keep up with…