Montecorto
Written by Geoff Forster
Montecorto: It was late June and we left Benarrabá to visit Montecorto. A pleasant drive to Ronda. From Ronda we took the Sevilla road turning off after around twenty minutes for Montecorto.
We parked outside some fairly new houses on the edge of Montecorto and walked up the street in the photograph below.
A little like in neighbouring Algodonales, these newly built houses all vary in size, shape and style. The mountains in the background however are very beautiful.
Here is the Ayuntamiento of Montecorto (Town Hall).
The streets were wide, this area of town wasn't too old. The Ayuntamiento and church were both quite new buildings. The stained glass windows were modern but very striking. 
It was very hot, Jane found some welcome shade to sit in. 
A small fountain and a conifer in the centre of the road. It was around 3:30pm the streets were deserted. 
The stonework on this building was very striking. We'd noticed some very unusual purple/maroon soil as we drove into town, these stones were the same colour, we've only ever seen them in Montecorto. 
Round the corner we walked into the older, original Montecorto. 
There were two bars opposite each other in this pleasant plaza.
We had a Coke in the Bar Lobato. 
Jane wrote some postcards (from Zahara!) and I went to explore the narrow streets of old Montecorto. 
Montecorto must have been a lovely small pueblo, thirty or forty years ago. 
This part of the pueblo is still atmospheric, well kept houses, lots of plants, I was enjoying walking around. 
All roads led back to the small plaza, the hub of old Montecorto. There must be a wonderful atmosphere here on summer evenings and fiesta days, when the bars and streets are full of happy, noisy families. 
We had our cold Coke and headed back to the car. We liked Montecorto, especially the old part.