Montejaque - Olive Press News Spain

The Olive Press team enjoys a Christmas trip to “hidden paradise” at Montejaque in Spain’s Andalucia

IT’S the season of office Christmas parties. Finding a more sustainable and sociable alternative to a boozy knees-up in a bar, the Olive Press team

22 Dec, 2022 @ 12:15

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News

MOUNTAIN ESCAPE: As the Sierra de las Nieves becomes a National Park, we pick our Top 10 best secret spots in the Serrania de Ronda

From bandit hideouts to Roman wine cellars, there is so much to see and so many great walks close to Ronda, writes Jon Clarke

9 Jun, 2021 @ 10:25

Day Trips·Exploring Spain·Olive Press Travel

British expat takes legal action after leg operation left her paralysed in other leg

EXCLUSIVE: Grandmother Carolyn Emmett was left with no movement in her left leg after an operation on her right femur went badly wrong

20 Jan, 2016 @ 17:52

Health·Lead·Malaga

On your bike in the Serrania de Ronda!

Joe Duggan dons lycra to see Ronda from the perspective of pedal power

5 Nov, 2015 @ 16:20

Malaga·Travel News

Bumper olive crop needs to be stored for next year e

Malaga’s olive oil industry attracting importers from China

A family company in the Serrania de Ronda is also marketing its liquid gold in India, Bahrain and Kazakhstan

23 Mar, 2015 @ 15:41

Food & Drink·Malaga

Coach just inches away from disaster on the icy roads of the Serrania de Ronda

As the vehicle negotiated a steep, narrow mountain pass near the abandoned Hundidero dam it lost traction and started sliding backwards towards a sheer drop

7 Feb, 2015 @ 14:37

Malaga

Walkers protest in Ronda

Walkers and hikers in Ronda are campaigning for access to a footpath between Montejaque and Grazalema

28 Nov, 2014 @ 14:00

Malaga

Where to eat in the Gaucin area

The Gaucin and nearby white village restaurant scene is improving by the month, writes Dining Secrets of Andalucia editor Jon Clarke

23 Aug, 2014 @ 18:00

Food & Drink·Other News·Travel News

Competitor 501 – Did Not Finish

Twenty-five kilometres into the 40-km night walk, I concluded we were the last of the 806 competitors

7 Jul, 2013 @ 17:30

Calliope's Musings on Spain

Holding my head up high

Mantilla: a lace or silk shawl worn over the head and shoulders, often over a high comb. Peineta: (1) a large comb, with a convex

23 Aug, 2012 @ 11:56

Calliope's Musings on Spain

A bun-fight in Montejaque

More than 50 local and international dishes – from gazpacho to Teriyaki chicken to ‘Gypsy Arm’ – were waiting to be tasted by the villagers

13 Aug, 2012 @ 20:11

Calliope's Musings on Spain

A gastronomic delight

Taste more than 50 dishes from Spain and all over the world when the village of Montejaque launches its bilingual (Spanish/English) Cookbook and Village Guide

4 Aug, 2012 @ 21:32

Calliope's Musings on Spain

Hauling ass… or, what I’m willing to do for publicity!

The printer jokingly suggested I travel by donkey to collect the first print run of the cookbook. So, wearing the traditional costume of 200 years

2 Aug, 2012 @ 10:40

Calliope's Musings on Spain

A backward glance

After four lessons to learn the ‘sevillana’ dance, I think I have finally mastered the steps. I’d been muddling my paso with my pasada, and

29 Jun, 2012 @ 08:25

Calliope's Musings on Spain

Cooking up a storm?

For the past three months Carolyn Emmett has been co-ordinating the design and production of a cookbook and guide for the village of Montejaque

14 Jun, 2012 @ 16:38

Calliope's Musings on Spain

Rio Carnival? It came close…

Six brawny men (three dressed as women and one in a chicken suit) won the jug-throwing contest - this was Carnaval day in Montejaque

2 Mar, 2012 @ 12:46

Calliope's Musings on Spain

My knickers are not wet!

Up the hill and down the dale, I walked the rocky mountain trail; I saw the plains... I’ve got the pains to prove it.

26 Jan, 2012 @ 09:19

Calliope's Musings on Spain

Doppelgängers in Andalucía

You’ve all heard the rather wacky theory that John F Kennedy, Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Princess Diana et al aren’t dead at all and

21 Jan, 2012 @ 10:54

Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains

Review of 2011… from the mountains

Here’s Paul Whitelock’s personal review of the year – of events which have affected Spain in general and the Serranía de Ronda, where he lives,

31 Dec, 2011 @ 23:59

Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains

My Top 10 places to visit around Ronda

Following a request from a reader, Paul Whitelock chooses his Top 10 places to visit around Ronda having already shared his Top 10 places in

16 Nov, 2011 @ 10:39

Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains·Travel News

Into battle against the French

Villagers of Montejaque re-enact the 1810 battle, in which around 200 locals won a famous victory against 700 French soldiers. Photographs by Karl Smallman

1 Nov, 2011 @ 13:03