The weather is mixed.  It can be mild and sunny one day, cool and wet the next.  The higher up you go, the colder it gets.  But it’s peaceful and you can really wind down.

Fiesta de la Virgen de la Paz in Ronda on Jan. 24.

Carnaval (Feb/Mar) - the whole village dresses up in costume and dances into the early hours to live music in the village square.

The weather is getting warmer, into the 70’s, but the nights are cool.  The wild flowers are blooming everywhere: April and May.  Easter, ‘Semana Santa’ processions are held in all big Spanish towns, with Seville’s being the most famous.  The Feria de Abril is also a huge festival in Seville.

Toro de Cuerda (Easter Sunday) - the most popular event in the village calendar.  Two fighting bulls, one in the morning and the second in the afternoon, are let loose in the narrow village streets and those foolish enough can run with the bull.  The village is heaving with  visitors and cars are removed to the outskirts of the village.  Drinking and dancing continue until the next day.

The Feria de Mayo is a feature of Andalucia, the May fair celebrates the Reconquest – Ronda has its own feria.

Things are really hotting up.  Temperatures into the 80s. Romeria for Our Lady of Cabeza in Ronda, in June.  The Feria de Ronda takes place in late August, with a flamenco festival on the last Saturday.

Romeria (weekend closest to 21 June) - a quieter more relaxed celebration out in the countryside where villagers take picnics and listen to more traditional music.  There is also some flamenco dancing and exhibition horse riding.

Feria (first weekend in August) - A three-day fiesta where the fair comes to Gaucín and is set up on the edge of town.  A Feria queen is chosen to open the fair and hand out prizes to winners in various sporting contests.  Several bands, including traditional music, play throughout the three days. Kiosks sell sweets, hot snacks and small toys.

Santo Niño (last weekend in August or first in September)- principally a religious festival to celebrate the village legend of the child Jesus who appeared to St. Juan de Dios in the countryside outside the village.  A church has been built on the spot and the fiesta begins with a procession to the church to celebrate mass.  At midnight, statues of Jesus and other religious figures are carried by men of the village through the streets from the church to the castle, while the women chant and sing hymns.

The days can still be warm to very warm, with the nights cooling down.  Ronda has the Pedro Romero Festival with bullfights in ‘Goyaesque’ attire.  

International Folk Festival in September as well.