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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. Much of the attraction of Ronda lies in this extraordinary view, or in walking down by the Rio Guadalevin, following one of the donkey tracks through the rich green valley. Bird-watchers should look out for the lesser kestrels nesting in and launching themselves from the cliffs beneath the Alameda park. Lower down you can spot crag martins. The town itself is also of interest and, surprisingly, has sacrificed little of its character to the flow of day-trippers from the Costa del Sol
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