Ronda

May madness: The history of the Olive Press this month – from the disappearance of Madeleine McCann to Annie Lennox’s property dealings

IT is the most famous disappearance in history, and the case of missing toddler Madeleine McCann has never been solved. Less known is that Olive

30 May, 2026 @ 12:21

Lead·National News

FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘I took the luxury Al-Andalus train across southern Spain and was treated like royalty – it felt like being on the Orient Express’

SIPPING on a glass of ice cold Albarino as the last few rays of sunshine drench endless sunflower fields somewhere near Jerez, I wonder how

24 May, 2026 @ 13:00

Andalucia·Lead·Travel News

Soar above Andalucia’s famous white villages with a balloon ride offering a sunrise experience unlike any other

IF you are looking for something different for a birthday, anniversary or even a team-building day out in Spain, a hot air balloon ride might

24 May, 2026 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Why Ronda is still among the most charming cities in Spain – almost a century after Ernest Hemingway fell in love with its beauty

IT is easily one of Spain’s most memorable sensations; the moment the adrenaline hits as you look down from a ledge at the top of

10 May, 2026 @ 13:20

EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Olive Press Travel

WATCH: The Olive Press reports live from Ronda as weeks of unprecedented rainfall finally give way to sunshine

OLIVE Press editor Jon Clarke has filed a must-watch dispatch from the stunning city of Ronda where the weather forecast is finally beginning to offer

15 Feb, 2026 @ 14:38

Andalucia·Lead·Video·Weather

IN PICS: The ‘quirky’ side of Andalucia’s Ronda – through the refreshing new eye of an expat photographer

SHE has been taking photos in the Serrania de Ronda area of Andalucia for over three decades. Lies Wajer fell in love with the town,

15 Feb, 2026 @ 11:31

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

WATCH: Historic moment century-old Montejaque dam sends hundreds of millions of litres gushing into Guadiaro valley

THIS is the historic moment the Montejaque ‘ghost dam’ finally reached 100 per cent capacity and sent thousands of litres of water gushing into the

13 Feb, 2026 @ 12:19

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Tremors and fears dams could overflow after Storm Marta forces evacuation of 11,000 people across Andalucia – with orange weather alerts still in force

ALMOST 11,000 residents were evacuated from their homes across Andalucia over the weekend as Storm Marta’s ‘atmospheric river’ made landfall. The region has been left

9 Feb, 2026 @ 11:04

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Mass evacuations underway in Andalucia: Over 3,000 flee homes as rivers swell past record-breaking levels

THOUSANDS are fleeing their homes across Andalucia as rivers surge past historic maximum levels under relentless torrential rain. At least 3,000 people have been evacuated

4 Feb, 2026 @ 10:53

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Into the abyss: The Olive Press dives down into the Desfiladero del Tajo which will be one of Andalucia’s key highlights in 2026

IT will be one of the most exciting adventures for tourists in 2026. When Ronda’s Desfiladero del Tajo is finally completed by early Spring it

8 Dec, 2025 @ 11:53

Andalucia·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Heavyweight fan: How Orson Welles swapped Beverly Hills for Ronda’s bullring

THE story of Ronda’s deep connection to Hollywood begins with a local legend: Cayetano Ordoñez (‘El Niño de la Palma’). Born into poverty, the gypsy

7 Dec, 2025 @ 11:59

La Cultura·Lead·Other News·Travel News

The Genal Valley’s incredible copper forest is the perfect winter escape, especially to visit its amazing black pigs, writes Jon Clarke

WE had driven up to the high point of Jose’s 340 hectare farm that straddles some of the wildest countryside in all of Andalucia. For

6 Dec, 2025 @ 12:05

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Ronda’s Cortijo del Canto is a true fantasy escape, where privacy is coupled with nature and history

IT feels like the home of a Roman senator, while its arrival reminded me of a scene from Eyes Wide Shut. But while Stanley Kubrick

24 Nov, 2025 @ 10:29

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

The Ronda dining scene has developed into one of Spain’s finest in the two decades I have lived there, writes Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

IT might seem counterintuitive but you need to head deeper and deeper into the industrial estate to find one of the true secrets of Ronda.

22 Nov, 2025 @ 13:46

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Spanish winery pays tribute to pioneering 19th century British railway engineer

A SPANISH vineyard has paid homage to a British engineer behind the first railway line from Madrid to the south of the country. In its

15 Aug, 2025 @ 10:30

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Ronda: Chasing American literary titan Ernest Hemingway in the hills of Andalucia

MORE than a century after Ernest Hemingway’s much-written-about tour of Spain, which included a stop in the idyllic mountain town of Ronda, this Andalusian pueblo

14 Aug, 2025 @ 12:13

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

Hollywood royalty Antonio Banderas and Robert De Niro have lunch in Marbella during ‘hectic summer’

A SUNLIT terrace in Marbella was the unlikely rendezvous point for two Hollywood legends as Malaga-born Antonio Banderas and American A-lister Robert De Niro united

22 Jul, 2025 @ 08:00

Celebrity·Lead

WATCH: Blasting works started on the vital road to Ronda on the Costa del Sol

THE Junta of Andalucia has started blasting the A-397 road between Ronda and San Pedro that got damaged during the excessive rainfall of the last

15 May, 2025 @ 11:30

Costa del Sol·Lead

Repair works on vital Ronda road to the Costa del Sol stepped up after March’s storms cut historic town off

EMERGENCY repairs on the A-397 road linking Ronda to the Costa del Sol are being accelerated after a devastating landslide in March severed the vital

23 Apr, 2025 @ 13:38

Andalucia·Lead·Travel News

Tragedy in Ronda: Body of cyclist found in ravine is third death on Malaga’s roads in a single day

A CYCLIST was found dead in a ravine in the municipality of Montejaque, close to Ronda on Tuesday. The body was discovered in a hard-to-reach

23 Apr, 2025 @ 11:45

Lead·Malaga

Traffic nightmare after landslide destroys major road between Marbella and Ronda – and it will take MONTHS to repair

THOUSANDS of workers will be left with longer daily commutes after a major landslide on the A-397 road. The A-397 is the main connection between

10 Mar, 2025 @ 15:22

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Weather

Watch: ‘Terrifying’ floods in Spain’s Ronda amid red level warning for rain – as landslides and fallen trees add to chaos

STREETS across Ronda have been effectively turned into rivers today as an onslaught of severe weather continues to batter the region. Videos uploaded from the

3 Mar, 2025 @ 17:21

Lead·Malaga·Video

Red weather warning is issued in Malaga province amid ‘extreme’ rainfall

A RED weather alert has been issued for parts of Malaga province amid a deluge that is affecting large parts of the southern peninsula. The

3 Mar, 2025 @ 15:35

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Remodelling the Barrio: Iconic plaza in Andalucian town of Ronda to get facelift

By Michael Coy LOCALS know it simply as “El Barrio”, and everyone loves to dine there in the open air on summer evenings, under the

20 Jan, 2025 @ 15:37

Lead·Travel News

Royal seal of approval: After 40 years serving Ronda, Almocabar is back in safe hands

POLITICIANS, presidents and even kings have eaten in Ronda’s grande dame of dining Almocabar. So it is incredibly fortunate the historic restaurant is now in

9 Dec, 2024 @ 16:31

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Olive Press Travel

Rainbow’s End: The melting pot of restaurants in Ronda is second to none in Andalucia, writes Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

IT might seem like a backwater in the middle of nowhere, but Ronda really is the veritable pot at the end of the restaurant rainbow.

9 Dec, 2024 @ 12:18