Just inland from the tower-blocks and tourist beaches of Marbella and the Costa del Sol rise the mountains of the Serrania de Ronda, one of the most starkly beautiful areas of Spain. It is a region of great natural diversity: picturesque villages clinging to spectacular crags and escarpments or tucked away in wooded ravines; vast forests of cork-oaks; wealthy estates where bulls are still bred for the ring; smallholdings struggling to survive along the riverbanks. In this area the leisurely evening lifestyle continues and is recorded in this book which celebrates the unique character and beauty of the Andalusian hinterlands and its capital.