Pruna
Written by Geoff Forster
Pruna: We left Benarrabá one beautiful morning in mid July.
We headed down the A369 Algeciras to Ronda road.
At Atajate we turned to cross the Guadiaro valley passed Jimera de Libar. The Rio Guadiaro is still flowing one of the few rivers in Andalucía that doesn't dry up in hot years. We went to Montejaque and then drove on to the A376 Ronda - Seville road.
We turned off after a few km onto the A382 road to Olvera.
In Olvera I took this photograph of the Castillo above Pruna.
You can just see the outskirts of Pruna on the flat land behind the outcrop. 
We parked the car at the side of this lovely plaza. 
Looking down a typical street in Pruna towards the Castillo. 
The church is next to the plaza. As you can see it is painted in white and yellow ochre traditional colurs in Andalucía. 
We explored a few streets to get a feel for the pueblo.
It was around 2pm and very hot. There weren't too many people about. One man made a joke to us about the heat and another girl on her way to the swimming pool gave us a huge smile. We like Pruna. 
This statue of the Virgen surrounded by palm trees was lovely. 
This is the other side of the church taken from near the Virgen plaza.
The statues either side of the doorway were unusual. 
This building used to be the Ayuntamiento. Pruna now has a new Town Hall. 
This florists shop had a small niche shrine built into the corner of the building. This sort of shrine is quite common but not on newly built buildings. 
I went to look at the local infants school. It was newly built and very impressive. 
There were some British people sat outside a bar near the plaza.
I remember looking at some houses in Pruna on the internet when we were house hunting. Prices in the Olvera/Pruna area were quite cheap.
We enjoy having house hunters stay in the apartment. Everyone has a story to tell ... we try to help/advise if we can.
This is the nuevo Ayuntamiento (Town Hall). 
Opposite the school and Ayuntamiento was this lovely hedged plaza.
The statue in the centre shows a Emigrant with a suitcase.
During Franco's time millions of Andalucian's were forced to go abroad and leave their families and Pueblos. They worked on the land and in factories all over europe. They sent money back which helped their families, pueblo and Franco ... 
We liked Pruna, it is on the edge of what becomes quite flattish land up to Moron, Osuna and Seville. It can get hot here. I jokingly called it 'sun dried Pruna' to some house hunting guests, I think it may have put them off.
Pruna has some lovely areas and buildings, plazas, the church etc.
The houses were in good condition, some quite grand.
Minus points - The streets in general were a little bland but then the larger pueblos tend to be less picturesque than the quaint mountain villages.
It is a long way to the coast probably around 90 minutes to either San Pedro or Sabinillas.