Did You Know…?

Legendary actor and director Orson Welles filmed scenes for his famously unfinished movie ‘Don Quixote’ in Nerja during 1961. The American director took shots on the Balcon de Europa and in the Portofino Restaurant. Welles was a regular visitor to the Malaga region from the 1950’s to 1970’s and his ashes were actually scattered into a well in Ronda at …

Paraglider injured in Ronda

A 34-year-old paraglider was injured after crashing in the Huerta Lagarín area just outside El Gastor, Ronda.

Work on Ronda library now 50% complete

Work on the Ronda District Library, which will bear the name of the late Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, is reportedly now at the stage of being fifty percent complete.

Body found in hotel room in Ronda

The police are investigating the discovery of the body of a 39-year-old Lithuanian tourist in a hotel room in Ronda, the corpse showing external signs of violence.

Two injured as car hits tow truck

Two people were injured and needed hospital after their vehicle ran into the back of a lorry being loaded onto a tow truck in Ronda.

Fines of up to €500 for putting up posters in Ronda

People who put up stickers or posters in public places in Ronda – such as on lampposts, signs, billboards, containers, windows of closed establishments etc – will now face fines ranging from €50 to €500.

New hospital in Ronda could be finished in 2015

The Minister for Equality, Health and Social Policies of the Junta de Andalucía, María José Sánchez, has visited Ronda to look at the restarted works on the new hospital, the project having been at a standstill for quite some time.