Andalucia - Puerto de Santa Maria

Many people when they go to Andalucia they go to Cadiz for a day or two to enjoy one of the oldest cities in Spain. But, there is a great alternative to staying there which can be costly at times. Going to stay at Puerto de Santa Maria is cheaper, and only a short ferry ride across the bay. It is a really pretty town, has some nice beaches and seafood locations and is a great place to run in the cool mornings. We had some great breakfasts there and it is a nice base to explore the surrounds as well.

We were lucky enough to be there on a festival night so we got some fun singing group performing while we had some tapas.

Getting warm with some wine and freshly cooked tapas

Maybe a good idea to get your wine by the litre, Mosto is even cheaper than petrol.....

Sentimental Setenil de las Bodegas

Setenil de las Bodegas, is a funny little town. It is built, in part, into the rock face with some of the houses and businesses being based in the rocks. It can of course mean that some places look really dank and wet, while others look super impressive. It was a fun town to drive in as many of the streets were just the size of our hire car! Scary but fun at the same time.

One of the constantly wet looking houses.

A bar is always a welcome addition.

The surrounding hillsides, reminds me a lot of Australia and somehow Switzerland!

Spain bits continued Gibraltar

Gibraltar. An English rock in the Med. Tough to get a park before we got to the border. We only had limited time, so it was a quick stroll about the manic high street and then back to the car to head off. There was no monkeying around, no souvenir shopping, not even time for some tea and scones.

Oh really.....?

Out on the tiles

Visions of Nelson.

Stony faced characters

Sounds a little suggestive, especially with the large erections.

Spain highlights, Andy and Lucia.

Recently we went for our first holiday in a little over a year, renovating will do that to your budget. We headed to Andalucia, it was nice to get away from town for a while, drive again, eat some tapas and drink some Sherry (the regions wine of choice). Here are a few highlights of the trip. We'll start with Ronda, a rather touristic town, but full of hidden gems, just get walking.

The most famous view of Ronda

There was lots of knocker and knob porn in Ronda for me, someone who loves them.

This

plus this

gives this

what is that knocker?

How about that for a knocker, a dolphin!

So there is some quick highlights of Ronda....what is next?