Hotel Montelirio

The house

A stately house in La Ciudad, at number 8 calle Tenorio, about a hundred metres from the Puente Nuevo and overlooking the gorge. The hotel presents itself as "a dream over the Ronda gorge": from some rooms and from the restaurant you can see the ravine and the valley, views that few buildings in the centre of Ronda have. There is wifi throughout the hotel.

The bullring is about 400 metres away, the Alameda del Tajo 500 and calle de la Bola, the shopping area, 350. The bus station is about 900 metres away.

The rooms

There are four types, all with air conditioning, television, safe, free wifi and cable, parquet floors and a bathroom with bath and shower, bidet and hairdryer. The prices on the website are "from" prices and change with the date:

• Double without views (18 m², from €104 a night): 16th-century-style decor and Ronda wrought-iron balconies that face the historic centre, not the gorge.
• Double with views (18 m², from €159): the same, but looking over the gorge and the valley.
• Superior double with views, the Marrakech room (from €171): themed on Al-Andalus, with a 200 cm four-poster bed.
• Junior suite with river views (36 m², from €200): 17th-century furniture, a balcony over the gorge and room for a sofa bed and an extra bed, up to four people.

In some doubles an extra bed can be added for €33 a night. If you come to Ronda for the views, it is worth paying the difference: the basic doubles do not have them.

The restaurant

Albacara is at the foot of the Puente Nuevo and has its own telephone, 952 16 11 84. It serves Mediterranean cooking between tradition and avant-garde, with Ronda produce, and is in the Michelin Guide. Among its specialities, the house cites the little meatballs of carabinero prawns with cockle sauce, the foie mi-cuit with pistachio quince and Ronda wine reduction, the roast suckling pig and the salt-baked sea bass. In 2026 it closed from 7 January to 1 March, so in winter it is advisable to confirm.

Getting there and parking

You cannot stop in front of the hotel. On arrival, go to calle Tenorio, 16, where there is room to stop for a moment, unload the luggage and go into the hotel: there they explain the parking options. The private car park must be booked beforehand; booking on its website gives you priority in space allocation.