While staying with our friend Renae in Marbella, we were able to make a couple of day trips to historical cities in Andalusia. One visit was to Ronda, an ancient village located in the region noted for its many Pueblo Blanco (white house) villages. Ronda is famous for its homes straddling the 390 ft. massive El Tajo gorge, and for the Romanesque bridge that crosses the chasm.
Malaga, another coastal paradise, and the capitol of Andalusia, is just east of Marbella. It boasts a large fortress high above the city, a classic Roman theatre and a grand bull fighting ring. Scholars say that Malaga is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Carrie and I are always surprised when we run across something unique and culturally interesting when we travel. One evening while sitting in a Marbella plaza enjoying the cool early evening with a glass of wine we noticed a young couple dressed in Flamenco attire relaxing a few tables away. The waiter said they were performers on break from their show in the restaurant’s interior. He invited us inside to be seated in a beautiful jasmine filled garden to watch the couple’s Flamenco show while we dined. This was an unexpected treat.
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