Ronda
VINEYARD & COOKING CLASS
Perched on an inland plateau riven by the 100m fissure of El Tajo gorge (big rock), Ronda is Malaga province’s most spectacular town. It has a superbly dramatic location, and owes its name to the encircling Serrania de Ronda. Established in the 9th century BC, Ronda is also one of Spain’s oldest towns. Its existing old town, La Ciudad, largely dates back to Islamic times, when it was an important cultural centre filled with mosques and palaces.
Tangier
MEDINA VISIT & COOKING CLASS
Tangier is a major city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Maghreb coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. Many civilisations and cultures have influenced the history of Tangier, starting from before the 5th century. Between the period of being a strategic Berber town and then a Phoenician trading centre to the independence era around the 1950s, Tangier was a nexus for many cultures.