Another White Hill Town

We wandered through Ronda's old Town in the morning, and were impressed with their Arabic baths. They used ingeneous engineering to pump water from the nearby river and heat it and the buildings. There is an Old Bridge (Puente Viejo), still in use, over the river (built 1616). The tall one near our hotel is the new bridge (Puente Nuevo), built in 1759. Apparently, there was an earlier new bridge that collapsed after 7 years. Oopsie.

Another White Hill town is Setenil De Las Bodegas, at the gorge of the Trejo River, where homes and businesses were built into natural caves in the cliffsides. There is a rich Muslim history, including numerous failed attempts by Catholic monarchs to invade it. The name, Setenil, derives from the 7 most notable invasion attempts (septum nihil, from latin, meaning 7 times 0)

Back at Ronda, we strolled a bit more before heading back to our room. Tomorrow, enroute to our next stop, Arcos de la Frontera, we see the Pileta Cave paintings, 30,000 years old.Read more