Carrera Espinel shopping street - Ronda

Ronda's main shopping street is Carrera Espinel, better known as Calle La Bola.

This main pedestrian street of Ronda is located north of the old town, in the center of the area of Ronda called "El Mercadillo" . The street is about 1 km long. Calle Espinel is named after the famous priest , writer and musician of Spain's golden age, Vincent Espinel, born in Ronda in 1550.

The name "Calle La Bola" comes from the fact that young and old met here to play a kind of ball game . It was a game in which an iron ball weighing 3 kg was thrown down the street. The player who managed to throw the ball over a predetermined distance with the fewest strokes won. There is also another story associated with the street name "Calle La Bola" that says the name is due to a large snowball some children made and rolled down the street after a significant snowfall.

Willem Vandenameele