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Gaucín is a white village of about 1,200 inhabitants located at the edge of the Ronda mountains, half an hour from the Mediterranean Coast and ideal palce to buy Gaucin property. The town is comparatively well-off as it owns sizeable cork forests which annually contribute a large portion of the Municipal budget. Budget surpluses are spent on infrastructure improvements and parties.
Since the 70´s foreigners have been acquiring Gaucin property in and around Gaucín for holiday use and permanent residency. Foreigners own perhaps 100 of the village houses and about another 50 in the countryside. There is a grade school for about 200 students with approximately 15 foreign children in attendance, a number that increases every year. The school has a reputation for teaching the three R´s to all, and language and computer skills to many. A High School is planned for the nearby town of Algatocin, but now those who wish to continue their education must commute to Institutos in Ronda or Jimena, or board at the State school in Málaga.
Pepole buying Gaucin Property will benefit from Sports facilities which include football and basketball teams, tennis court, mountain biking club, several equestrian centers, and many active mountain walkers. There is a municipal swimming pool, and excellent swimming in the Río Genal, as well as easy access to the Mediterranean beaches in Sabinillas.
For night life there are a number of bars, open at all hours. Several serve as breakfast places for the workingman, others as all night singing clubs. There is a casino and a tavern which offers very good flamenco on the weekends. Gaucin has several animated discothèques, a strong attraction for young people from many surrounding villages and hamlets in the Ronda sierra. Quite a few marriages have resulted from encounters at these boîtes.