It might not be Tunbridge Wells, but Andalucia's small city of Ronda is also worth consideration for your summer holidays this year.
Although not named after it, Ronda has a claim to fame in its own bridge, one that spans more than just the centuries.
The 18th century Puente Nuevo, or "New Bridge," reaches across an abyss of 300 feet.
Admittedly, unlike Tunbridge, where tourists can enjoy exciting visits to stately homes and gardens safe in the knowledge that modernity is otherwise the ubiquitous norm, Ronda remains stuck in the past and historical edifices slow the march of progress.
Ancient Arabic baths, convents and palaces occupy land that could so easily be cleared for new development.
There is even an ancient bullring, the oldest still in use in Spain.
The city is also sadly lacking in shopping centres and has to make do with small shops and stores.
There is no Berni Inn in Ronda.
It has instead a surfeit of bars, cafes and restaurants, often with outdoor terraces, where the locals tend to congregate and chat with friends, when they could be getting on with things.
Ronda is not as flat as Tunbridgeans would have it.
The landscape around the former Roman town is positively mountainous.
Small white villages, once built in strategic points to resist bandits (something anyone in Kent will understand), are quiet refuges for tourism.
A village like Gaucin is only a half hour's drive from Mediterranean beaches, yet far enough away from the concrete of the costa to be in another world.
Not everyone's cup of tea! Daytrips to the Costa del Sol or Seville might pale in significance to anyone who has holidayed in Tunbridge Wells and taken the bus to East Grinstead, but the Ronda area tries to make up for it by its quaint Andalusian qualities, and English is widely spoken.
The climate, too, can be a disappointment to anyone desirous of the cool, cloud-sheltered climes of rural Kent.
The Andalusian sun is an almost constant scourge and the vision of blue skies day after day becomes a monotony that not every visitor will approve of.
The Tunbridge Wells' official website points out that, "In Georgian times, this historic spa town gained a reputation as the place to see and be seen.
" And this surely as true today as ever.
In Ronda, admittedly one of Spain's most attractive and interesting small cities, you are unlikely to bump into anyone you know.
Transport to either destination is pretty straightforward.
Ronda and the "white villages" of its mountains are reached from Malaga Airport and then by car hire.
Tunbridge Wells, as Wikipedia famously sums up the town, "is at the hub of a series of roads.
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