carriedaus

Hello, we plan to travel from Sevilla to Ronda for
1 night, then on to Nerja. Would it be easiest to rent a car or can we do it by train/bus? If we rent a car, is it pretty easy to drive between these cities? Does it make sense to take the bus to Ronda then rent a car there to drive to Nerja? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

kja

For a good sense of your travel options, consult rome2rio.com -- but do check on anything it suggests, at it isn't always fully accurate or up-to-date.

Alec

Public transport is perfectly feasible, especially between Seville and Ronda. You have a choice of train or bus. Between Ronda and Nerja, there is bus but you need to change, usually at Malaga. You don't need a car in either Ronda or Nerja, as both are small enough to walk to most places or there are urban buses. Car rental only makes sense if you want to explore places in between, such as other white towns. Parking in both Ronda and Nerja can be fairly difficult, especially in the peak seasons. When driving, from Ronda to Nerja the fastest is to hit the coast at San Pedro de Alcantra near Marbella and then along the coastal autopista/autovia to Nerja. You can take the hilly inland route to Malaga, but I found the drive fairly monotonous and not very interesting, through sparsely-populated open countryside.

michelhuebeli

Contrary to Alec, we loved the drive from Ronda to Málaga, but we didn't take the obvious route. We went via El Burgo and Yunquera and Coín - it was a very well kept road that went up and around and over, a fun drive through mostly unpopulated rugged mountain country near "Parque Natural Sierra de las Nieves".

Between Sevilla and Ronda you can make it - as Alec suggests - a point to go by some "white towns". We especially loved the way Arcos de la Frontera is perched on one side of a rocky hill, while the other side is nothing but impressive cliffs. Drive around the entire hill and keep your camera handy! See http://www.minube.com/que_ver/espana...de_la_frontera

If you do drive, in Ronda you can park here: www.mastein.es/

Then you walk down the pedestrianized Crta Espinel to where the tourist action is, you'll be by the bullfight arena, and to your left will be the bridge and all that.

Málaga has a lot to offer and is worth a good visit. We had no trouble finding parking near the main train station María Zambrano which is a part of a huge shopping complex.

Take the train and buses if all you want to do is get from A to B. But if you can take the time and want to see a lot along the way, then I can recommend driving.

Vonse

We rented a car in Sevilla, drove to Ronda and then dropped it off in Nerja before checking into our hotel. It's an easy and beautiful drive.