I checked Get Your Guide for some tours and trips before travelling to Malaga. I really wanted to go to the Caminito del Rey and Granada to see Alhambra, and I therefore booked a ticket for me to Caminito del Rey. My brother’d already went there back in 2019, and he too recommended me to go there, as he nows I love to hike in nature.
So via Get Your Guide I went to Caminito del Rey with a group and a guide. The guide, Alex picked us up in different stations/towns from Fuengirola, Benalmadéna, Torremolinos and Málaga, and then we went to Ardales. When driving from Malaga to Ardales, saw this pink house near Málaga. Alex told us that this house is actually haunted, and even the police has reported about creepy incidences. It is said that this house, back in the 19th century this house – Cortijo Jurado – was home for one of the wealthiest families of Málaga… 👻
We had a stop in Ardales where we could get some snacks and go for restroom before going to Caminito del Rey. The full bus tour took about 3 hours.
In Caminito del Rey another guide joined us and she was the one leading towards the Caminito del Rey and the entrance. Herefter we were on our own. This was about 10 o’clock. We had 3 hours for the whole route, and we had to meet our guide Alex at the bus at 13 o’clock 😉
I and a sweet lady from Finland, Minna, decided to walk together, and we really enjoyed the company and the route. It was seriously one of the best experiences/hikings in my whole life. The nature found around the pathway is just incredible!
At one of the mountains you can see vultures. This was so sick!!
El Caminito del Rey, Ardales, northeast of Málaga – “The Little King’s Trail”, is a more than 100-year-old trail, built by a water supply company, to create access between the two hydropower plants, which were located at opposite ends of the gorge El Chorro.
It was built between 1901 and 1905, and was initially used by the workers who worked at the hydropower plants. However, over time, the trail also became quite a popular bypass for the residents, that lived around El Chorro. Even school children used the path 😱
The reason why the path is called Caminito del Rey, dates back to 1921, when the king Alfonso XIII walked the route – actually 100 years ago!
It was a thrilling experience to hike in this area. For each step, we saw even more beautiful, incredibly spectacular places – and it certainly gave me an adrenaline kick of a different dimension than ever experienced. Not least, we saw a lot of vultures, on one of the rocks. So enthralling and unbelievable!!
Due to decades of decay, the trail was until recently, the world’s most dangerous trail. After a major restoration work, the path was reopened in 2015. The official length of El Caminito del Rey is well over 7.7 km, of which 3 km are along the footbridges, along rock walls.
Definitely a must-visit if you ask me 🤩
