Mirador La Hoya Del Tajo (Lookout Point) — Attraction in Ronda

Summary: great view over Andorra, €5 to stand on a ledge, dusty steep path to access.

Details: 🅿️ Lots of parking for free further down the road with a 2-3 minute walk to the tourist centre at the top. Nowhere to park in the shade but beautiful views.

🎟️ You can buy tickets right next to the platform and it’s a requirement that you pay €5 per person to stand on the platform. There’s no way to skirt past this! However…

⚠️ There is a free viewpoint just to the left of the platform through a small hilly walk through some trees which lets you see out of a different direction. To enjoy this view, you do not need to be charged money! The walk down to the platform is very dusty and can be slippy due to moving gravel- be sure to wear trainers or sandals with good grip.

👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 This is a bustling tourist hotspot so it’s very busy with dogs, large families, tour groups and people of different abilities walking to the view.

🍹 There is a bar at this lookout, with tables to sit outside or inside after buying a drink to cool off. The glass bottles of coke are €3, ice creams €2.50, so not ridiculously priced. They didn’t let us walk away with glass bottles, you must decant into plastic cups to take away.

🚻 There are many well maintained, clean and free toilets within the tourist centre fully stocked with toilet roll...

Spent a ton of time wandering around here. If you are adventurous enough, there is an abandoned town along the cliffs edge. When you go down the street to the mirador, there's a y in the road, stop there, and you can go up a trail that the locals use. Follow it all the way up to the first mirador, then go through the arch all the way back down to La Hoya. Be aware that it is a bit of a hike. Good shoes are suggested, and a bottle of water. Your best photos from this mirador will be very, very early, or sunset with a tripod both with long exposure. We went mid day, and the shadows were brutal, still an...

For photographers, where to get the good pictures is actually Arabic Arch, not this Mirador lookout. How to get to Arabic Arch: If you don't want to go into town with your car, then you would drive to the Mirador La Hoya Del Tajo, where there is a parking lot. From the parking lot, hike UP to the Arabic Arch. If you are in town, then it's a short walk to PLAZA DE LA MARIA AUXILIADORA, where to the left of the park there is an easy walk DOWN to the arch, taking around 10-15 minutes. You probably want to be here in the afternoon, when the sun is shining on the bridge. In the morning you'll be shooting...