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Caminito del Rey
A walkway pinned to the walls of a deep gorge, once called the world's most dangerous path, now safely rebuilt.
- Open
- Most days; it closes in high wind or heavy rain
- Price
- Paid; timed tickets, book well ahead
- Time Needed
- 4 hours
- Address
- Caminito del Rey, ArdalesDirections
- Getting There
- About an hour by train from Málaga to El Chorro, then a shuttle bus to the start.
Why Go
Built in the early 1900s for workers at a hydroelectric plant, the path fell apart and was closed, until a new boardwalk was fixed above the old one and it reopened in 2015. The one-way route runs about 4.8 miles, almost 1.9 miles of it on walkways high above the river, through the Gaitanes gorge to the hamlet of El Chorro.
Tips
- Not for anyone afraid of heights; helmets are given out at the start.
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