Thursday 10 November 2011

A trip to Setenil, Ronda la Vieja and Grazalema

We had a good lie-in this morning after lots of early starts and rather short nights.  We had breakfast at the house before leaving for a fairly short drive to go to Setenil, one of the villages called a Pueblo Blanco because of all the whitewashed houses.

We enjoyed a nice lunch in a little bar called "La Tasca" which was in a fascinating building set into a cave.  Setenil is famous for having lots of houses set into caves.  We saw quite a few of them and walked up to a couple of churches which unfortunately were not open.  I guess November is not peak tourist season!

After Setenil we drove to Ronda le Vieja where there are some interesting Roman ruins including a theatre from the 1st Century CE.

We followed that with a quick trip to Grazemala where we did a bit of shopping and had a quick drink in a bar before driving back to the Cortijo.  We had a nice dinner of soup, Lomo and Spanish hard cheese, washed down with some Cruzcampo beers.

As you can see in the pictures, the weather has been wonderful today, which is a real bonus for November.  The full moon this evening is also spectacular in this area where there is not much light pollution.

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