We are a family who loves discovering food just as much as we love travelling. Yet we are quite a ‘geeky’ family who loves science (with my other half’s family working in the science field for at least 3 generations) and nature and try to be in nature as much as possible.
When my daughter was here for Christmas season, we didn’t go out as much as I wanted to. She was just happy to stay home to spend time with her younger siblings and her daddy. I suggested that we go to Alhambra the day before she leaves yet she asked me about ‘the cave’.
The first time we came to Southern Spain, we found signage for a lesser known cave driving around Ronda and we decided to pop in as the last tour of the day. My 8 yr old son fell in love with it and so did us all.
After the cave, we also popped into a highly touted tapas place called De Locos Tapas in Ronda city itself. We fell in love with the food despite having to wait an hour for a table! *that’s how busy it is!* De Locos Tapas is a tiny restaurant with space for only 14 pax at a time.
My daughter wanted us to ‘recreate’ that trip for her so we decided to leave very early on the very
The Day for Ronda
We left at 9 am for the 2 or so hours journey to Benaojan for the La Cueva de Pileta. Unfortunately, my son has car sickness due to the very winding mountain road so we almost didn’t make the 11 am group tour. So do be aware if you are the same, to give extra time on the roads.
We did the tour inside the cave (sadly we are not allowed to take pictures of the hundreds of cave paintings that date back to at least 30,000 years BC) and geeked over the artefacts and information.
Our family came out to glorious sunshine (we’ve had amazing winter this time in Southern Spain apparently) and proceeded to De Locos Tapas in Ronda, a 20 mins drive away for our 1 pm booking.
We were greeted by Guillermo, the owner, whom we didn’t get to meet the first time we came. Being the ‘tourists’ he joked that he can recognise us as the first booking as no one eats lunch in Spain until at least 1:30 or 2 pm.
The foods ordered
The delicious tuna tataki which we remembered from the last time was the first to be ordered and a few more dishes which were new on the menu.
We didn’t have any alcohol with our meals and ordered a few plates of the same dishes as we liked them so much. For 6 pax, (3 adults, 1 teen and 2 kids) we spent less than €100 for a 1.5 sitting. We left so full and didn’t even have any dessert.
We decided to walk around Ronda towards the famous bridge and expand the ‘calories’ we’ve just digested. 😉
I hope one day you too get to recreate the day my family thoroughly enjoyed.
If you fancy flying over to eat lovely fusion tapas, check out their website here.
Did you get tantalised by this review of Andalusian cuisine and her geography? How about ‘joining’ me in our ‘world’s most dangerous mountain walk’ Caminito Del Ray, on the other side of Malaga?
