This hidden village can only be approached by car, along its own short but mountainous 3-kilometre road. To find the turn off, look for Gaucín on the map and the junction to the right is 5 kilometres to the north. The municipal district was probably much larger as the pueblo was once the site of an important village.
Before heading down the winding lane at the junction of the Gaucin road, take a look at the hill that the road curves around, which the locals call Monte Poron. This is meant to be the site of the local seat of power, whose castle dominated the area.
Festivals in Bebarraba - Calle Pósito is turned into a medieval village and where a large proportion of the villagers dress for the occasion. The street is full on both sides with local products, mainly food stuffs, as well local bars take part in the theme. Visitor form other villages, Ronda, and the coast take the opportunity to buy last minute presents ahead of the 'reyes'.
Featuring mountain views, Casa La Yedra by CasaTuristica features accommodation with a balcony, around 35 km from Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor. The property has city views and is 43 km from La Duquesa Golf and 35 km from Tajo's Tree-lined Avenue.
There is only one hotel in the village, it is called Hotel Bena Barru and it is ideally suited the international traveller. There are also a number of rural houses to rent in the village and surrounding countryside or a number of hotels in the nearby larger village of Gaucin.
On top of a hill in the Serrania de Ronda, a village centre dominated by vegetation, secluded squares, and a regular street plan of Moorish origin, the chapter house, narrow streets winding their way upwards, charming back ways bustling with life, visible above the rooftop is the belfry of the church of San Sebastian, austere and whiter than white,
A Guinness World Record for the largest number of cortadores (carvers) of Iberian ham, simultaneously carving under one roof, was set in Benarraba, near Ronda, in March 2014.
By Michelle Chaplow
The tiny hidden hamlet of Benarraba, near Ronda, won a place in the Guinness Book of Records on Sunday 2 March 2014 for the greatest number of jamon iberico carvers working together in one place.
Like all villages where the past was destroyed at the time of the Christian conquest, the Roman period offers a fine opportunity to boast a long pedigree. However other than two Roman roads crossing the area, the only evidence of any Roman occupation can be found at Puerto de las Eras unlike Slatitre in nearby Algatocín.
