I don't think it's possible to have a train stop at a town going only in one direction and not stop going in the reverse direction.

I just checked trains on the bahn.de site and see several a day going from Ronda to Granada. There's one at 8:48, 13:32, and 17:36.

You can take the train. There are 2-3 trains a day. I just did end of March. It is not the fast trains (AVE or Avant) but still very nice and comfortable. We took morning train at around 8:45 am, which got us in Granada at 11:15 am. Scenery was nice along the way too. There are buses too, probably, but I preferred train. We took the bus from Seville to Ronda, and though it was ok, it was not nearly as comfortable.

What a wonderful thing these Forum is.
You have helped me.
Can you tell me about how you organised you tour?
Did you have to buy air tickits, book hotels, order tickits inside the country by yourself or used help of agencies?
My last tour to Costa Rica I planed by myself, but local agency helped me to do the rest.I do not believe I am capable to do it myself.
Reading messages from Forum I have such impression, that all of you are so good, experienced travellers.
How did you spend your time in Ronda?
Thank you for all your advices.

You are right, the forum is indeed very helpful. I was helped by some myself, particularly Lincasanova, when I was fretting the strike on March 29, the day I took the bus from Seville to Ronda. In the end it was fine.

I didn't take any organized tour, but rather planned everything myself. We did one of those fast paced, see everythiing in a short duration type of trip, the kind which is not recommended on these forums, but it worked for us. We devided out trip as follows -

Flew into Madrid - two days, with a day trip to Toledo
Train to Cordoba - one night
Train to Seville - two nights
Bus to Ronda - one night
Train to Granada - one night
fly to Barcelona - two nights
flew home from Barcelona

Got a lot of ideas from the forum, trip reports etc. Its totally possible to do it without organized tours. We had it all planned in advance, except for Ronda. All we did there is enjoy the scenery, walk on the side streets, enjoy coffee and do nothing. Only place during the trip where we didn't do any cathedrals or museums, except the bullring It was perfect.

kumarst,

I counted 10 nights, 6 cities in your itinerary. It is useful to read about what can be done instead reading about fixed formula based recommendations; so many days must be less than so many sites.

wow! i think kumartst's pace can work for some people, but i am struggling with the notion of "seeeing everything" in madrid (or sevilla for that matter) in 1-2 days...

Well, that's why I said in my response that this kind of fast paced trip isn't recommended on these boards, but it worked for us. I wasn't writing to invite a critique of my trip, but simply responding to worldisbeautiful's query, nor I am trying to convince anyone to do what we did. There appears to be a general tendency on these boards that if you attempt to "see everything" in less than a month, you must be doing something wrong. Some people may have all the time and resources to be going for 3-4 weeks, but as far as we are concerned, we may never be back to Spain again...

i get what you're saying and wasn't critiquing your trip. if you enjoyed your vacation, and it worked for you, then good. i do however stand by my statement. sorry to hijack world!