The Andalusian Regional Government has greenlit the tender for constructing a 4.2-kilometre stretch of the Guadalhorce motorway, from Malaga to Ronda.

The formations are called rhodoliths, and they're part of a fragile ecosystem, so taking them home hurts the beach.

Perched on a gorge around 100km from Malaga, one of the oldest - and perhaps most photographed - cities in Spain has a lot going for it.