The province of Malaga possesses mountain ranges, covered with small picturesque towns that are a stark contrast with the developed coastline. Ronda for example - home of bullfighting, the impressive Tajo, palaces, and manor houses - has an ample and impressive landscape that begins in Axaruquía (producer of raisin wines), and carries on through the monumental town of Antequera, Dolmen de Menga, and El Torcal, where nature sculpted a unique landscape of narrow passages where it seems like the rocks would like to take human forms.
Fiestas Easter Week dates from the 15th century and is one of the most attractive in Spain.
Other
Easter festivities include the Pasión in Riogordo, a splendid
representation of the Crucifixion by the town's inhabitants; there are
processions in Riogordo, Ronda, Antequera, Benalmádena or Marbella. The
celebration of the cruces de Mayo, where streets and squares are
decorated with flowers during the month of May, is very important in
Casabermeja, Torrox and Coín.
In June, a procession takes place in
Marbella to commemorate the handing over of the keys of the city to the
Catholic Kings; in Ronda, on the second Sunday of June, they celebrate
the Romería de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza, a procession with chariots
and horses. During the summer months practically every town honours its
patron saint.
