Rising amid a ring of dark, angular mountains, the full natural drama of RONDA is best appreciated as you enter the town. Built on an isolated ridge of the sierra, it's split in half by a gaping river gorge, El Tajo , which drops sheer for 130m on three sides. Still more spectacular, the gorge is spanned by a stupendous eighteenth-century arched bridge, the Puente Nuevo , while tall whitewashed houses lean from its precipitous edges.

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