Help with 9 night Andalucia itinerary November 2017

A friend of mine has just spent from Friday lunchtime until Sunday evening in Seville and saw plenty.

If you leave early-ish from Ronda you will still have plenty left of the day to explore Seville. Then 2 nights and all the morning before your flight you don't need to be at the airport until 1pm.

Malaga is worth a full day and night (more ideally) in my opinion. . Ronda is definitely worth a visit, a day was enough for me though. But ultimately it is up to you and if you'd rather spend more time exploring fewer locations then stick with your original plan.

Whilst the weather in November can be lovely it can also be wet and cool, especially at night, so go prepared and comfortable walking shoes are a must. As mentioned earlier often it's as well visiting a local cafe for breakfast and watching the world go by than it is having something at your accommodation.

You will still have about 10 hours of daylight with it getting dark just after 6pm

The problem is, that there are so many permutations that nobody can give the right or wrong answer. Go with your gut feeling and in November you don't need to book ahead so you could see how it goes. If you miss something it is because you have enjoyed somewhere else, so no problem. Ronda for all its beauty does not offer much aside walking and views, in November you don't what the weather will bring. Read up on each city and see what you want to see. Personally I think it is a shame to miss Malaga but many will say otherwise. They are all easy to get to by public transport, so not difficult to change your mind when arriving.

I always book accommodations (and sometimes train, etc.) ahead so it takes the stress out of planning once we are there. I may try for air b and b but not sure. Thanks for the advice on the hotel! Have you used Rick Steves or you really like Lonely Planet better? so really, we have to decide on Ronda, Malaga, or more time in Seville. I don't want to miss Malaga either.

Usually use either Lonely Planet or Rough Guides to plan trips along with DK Eyewitness on a couple of occasions.

Haven't seen anything by Rick Steves apart from occasional mentions of his name on here - certainly not a name I've seen on guidebooks in either high street or more specialised travel book stores here in the UK.

Using both the Lonely Planet and Rough Guide books on Andalucia gave us a couple of different perspectives on the region. I read though one and made notes, GF read through the other and made notes and then we swapped books and did the same process again.

Turned out that we'd both gone for the same places and sights, which made the rest of the planning a whole lot easier. One day on the computer saw us book flights/Malaga hotel via Expedia, the rest of the accomodation via booking.com and then the bus travel via the Alsa website.

Only pre-booked attraction was Alhambra, rest was a case of standing in line to get our tickets.

Travelling hand luggage only also helped matters. Done it for years now (even when using five star places on really, really good deals) and do the wash and wear thing.

Usually get a reaction off fellow hotel guests when checking in or out whilst travelling light - best one was in a Hilton when I had a ten litre courier bag as my entire luggage for the weekend!

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