Hotel Bandolero Theme|Package Holidays in the Serrania de Ronda, Andalusia, Spain.

Hotel Bandolero introduces a Cooking Classes as a hotel package. We offer the opportunity to come to Juzcar and learn some tips in the kitchen and some new recipes. Come for two nights or more and learn from Chef Ivan, a Cordon Bleu trained chef. He is offering cooking classes in both savoury and sweet cooking.

Click on the below link to obtain more information with details of our Cooking Class offer including current available dates and pricing. If you don't see anything that meets your requirements, give us a call and we call build a Cooking Class experience that suits you.

The Ronda area has developed a phenomenal wine industry in only the last 25 years. Hotel Bandolero has the pleasure to invite you to come and explore some the of the local vineyards and try some of Ronda's fine wines in the relaxing atmosphere of the Genal Valley in the Ronda mountains.

Click on the below link to obtain more information with details of our wine tasting weekends including current available dates and pricing. If you don't see anything that meets your requirements, give us a call and we call build a wine tasting experience that suits you and your friends.

Hotel Bandolero offers a Relaxation Package to help you alleviate the stress and tensions of modern day living. This is offered when you can come and enjoy it, during the week or at the weekends, for one or two nights or more or any combination thereof; our Relaxation package aims to be just that, an escape from your daily life.

Click on the below link to obtain more information with details of our Relaxation offer including available treatments and pricing.

Hotel Bandolero is located in a area ideal for painters or so the painters inform us. The light, the shadows, the ruins, the rooftops, all ideal subjects for a painter's eye. Hotel Bandolero is pleased to offer the following painting holidays:

Liz Haywood-Sullivan, PSA, is a representational artist focusing primarily on pastel landscapes. Her paintings are consistently described as inspiring and are defined by strong contrast values and graphic compositions. She graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1978 with a degree in Environmental Design and worked as an industrial designer, exhibit designer, and professional illustrator prior to spending 11 years operating Haywood+Sullivan, Inc., a full-service graphic design business with her husband.

For more details on the daily itinerary, painting locations and pricing, please click on the link below:

Liz Haywood-Sullivan - Pastel Painting Holiday, Júzcar

* * Maggie Price * *
* Plein Air Pastel Painting Holiday *
02 - 11 October 2010

Maggie Price is a leading American pastel artist as well as instructor offering pastel and painting holidays in Juzcar. Look for Maggie's new book, "Painting with Pastels: Easy Techniques to Master the Medium", released by North Light Books in 2007.

For more details on the daily itinerary, painting locations and pricing, please click on the link below:

Maggie Price - Plein Air Painting, Serrania de Ronda

* * * Digital Photography Holiday * * *

Hotel Bandolero is located in an area that is ideal for photography. As with painting, the light, the shadows, the ruins, the rooftops, these are all also ideal subjects for a photographer's camera eye. Hotel Bandolero is pleased to offer the following photography holiday option:

* * Len Bage * *
* Photography Holiday *
Numerous Options Available

Len Bage runs LAB-Digital and is a photographer based in Malaga province, southern Spain, specialising in the production of digital art photography and the supply of images for design, home decor and commercial purposes. Len produces high quality digital art prints, details of which can be found on his website, and also offers a full range of photographic services. Please see the following web pages for more information about Len Bage and his work .

This holiday option is offered as a 3-day, 5-day or 7-day complete package including half board accommodation in Hotel Bandolero, airport transfers (Malaga airport), day trip to Ronda and friendly photography tuition throughout; optional extra activities are also available. For details on the daily itinerary, pricing, and how to book your photography holiday, please click on the link below:

Photography Holiday, Júzcar

* * * Extreme Outdoor Adventures * * *

Hotel Bandolero offers the following extreme outdoor adventure activities:

1. La Sima Del Diablo, Júzcar - feel the excitement as you trek through the Genal River passing ruins of Spain's oldest and first factory and climb down cascades of various heights known as La Sima del Diablo, The Devil's Abyss.

2. El Tajo de Ronda, Ronda - forge your way through the River Tajo in Ronda passing below the Roman built bridge, followed by the "New Bridge" built in the 18th century. You then find yourself at at a point where you can rappel down a couple of cascades of the Tajo River (one quite high and exciting) with incredible views.

3. Paint Ball, JÚZCAR - have some wild fun with your mates in Juzcar.

For details, pricing and appointments, please contact Hotel Bandolero directly.

* * * Walking Holidays * * *

* * Butterfly Adventures * *
* Holidays For Women Only or Mixed Groups *

Hotel Bandolero is pleased to offer accommodation to clients of Butterfly Adventures; based in Cartajima, Butterfly Adventures offers fully inclusive guided gentle walking holidays & day walks in Ronda for both women only groups as well as mixed groups in Malaga province, tailored to suit all ages as well as individual needs.

Butterfly Adventures is comprised of Ian & Sandrine, a husband and wife team. They would like to make this gorgeous secluded area of the Alto Genal (a.k.a. Upper Genal Valley) more accessible to women, who travel on their own or with friends, and who enjoy walking, being in the countryside and sightseeing. They've also been asked to provide similar holidays for mixed groups.

Sandrine, your guide image
Sandrine, your guide

Discover the Alto Genal, a gorgeous unspoilt area dotted with small white villages between Ronda and the Costa del Sol. Enjoy a walking holiday with stunning views in small friendly groups or alone with a guide, at your own pace, among incredibly diverse scenery. Visit nearby Moorish villages and historical towns like Ronda and much more.

Sample traditional Andalucian cuisine in different charming local restaurants for a complete insight into "real Spain" and its culture.

Current available dates for walking holidays with Butterfly Adventures are as below with minimum bookings of four (4) persons:

Women Only 2010 Walking Holidays

14 - 21 February - Almond blossom

21 - 28 March - Early spring walking

24 - 31 May - Spring flowers & migratory birds

07 - 14 June - Early summer walking

Mixed Group 2010 Walking Holidays

18 - 25 April - Spring walking

31 May - 07 June - Early summer walking

14 - 21 June - Early summer walking

For other dates, more information, pricing and to book your walking holiday, please visit:

Butterfly Adventures

* * Wandelvakantie met Hannibal Reizen * *
* Dutch Language Walking Holidays *

Hotel Bandolero offers walking holidays from our friends from the Low Countries, Frank en Johan of Hannbal Reizen. Based near the French Alps in France, Johan & Frank offer self-guided walking holidays packages for Dutch speakers. Their packages are available for couples, individuals or groups and are either as self-guided or guided in France, Morocco, Spain and Turkey. Guided walks are lead by Frank and Johan a couple of times a year.

A new addition to their array of offered packages now includes a holiday based at Hotel Bandolero. For more information on these packages, please click here (Dutch language only):

Hannibal Reizen Wandelvakantie

* * * Scottish Gaelic * * *
Language / Singing Workshop II

Hotel Bandolero is excited to announce the second language / singing workshop.

Well known Gaelic singers, tutors & Royal National Mod Gold Medallists, Gillebride Macmillan and Fiona J. Mackenzie offer you, for the second time, the chance to learn something of the Scottish Gaelic language or Gaelic Song, deep in the heart of Andalusia, Spain. Even more uniquely, you will have the chance to learn the language or singing, through the medium of Spanish as well as English. Places are extremely limited so don't leave it too long to sign up for this unique and exciting opportunity to experience something of one of the world's most beautiful and eloquent languages.

The workshop/course is offered on the following dates:

28 April - 02 May 2010

The course package includes:

four or five (4/5) full days tuition;

full board accommodation for four (04) nights at Hotel Bandolero;

breakfast and lunch comprising soup/salad, sandwich & fruit;

dinner comprising three (03) courses with bread;

and any extra-curricular meals - i.e. poolside BBQs, etc.

The package does NOT include:

in Malaga, ground transfer to/from Hotel Bandolero;

beverages;

travel insurance;

flights.