🌿 Nature
🧗 Gaitanes Gorge
The most famous canyon in Andalusia, with vertical walls over 300 metres high. It is crossed by the hanging walkways of the Caminito del Rey, almost a hundred metres above the river.
Nature💧 Guadalhorce-Guadalteba Reservoirs
A complex of three large reservoirs around Ardales forming an idyllic landscape of turquoise waters surrounded by pine woods, with inland beaches and viewpoints.
River, lake or reservoir📍 Vulture Colonies of the Gaitanes Gorge
A griffon vulture colony on the vertical canyon walls, visible from the Caminito del Rey walkways at the level of the nests themselves.
Birdwatching🎭 Culture
🐂 Carratraca Bullring
Known as La Joya, it is a small ring carved directly into the mountain rock in 1878, using the natural slope of the land as seating.
Bullring🏄 Sports Activities
🥾 Caminito del Rey
A three-kilometre walkway anchored to the wall of the Gaitanes gorge, a hundred metres above the river. It is linear and requires a pre-booked ticket.
Hiking trail Moderate🧗 Climbing at El Chorro
The mecca of sport climbing in Spain: over two thousand routes in the Gaitanes gorge, with three-hundred-metre limestone walls and sun all winter.
Climbing Hard🚴 Guadalhorce Reservoirs Route
A circuit around the three Ardales reservoirs skirting turquoise waters among pine woods, with access to the Caminito del Rey and the Gaitanes gorge beyond.
Cycling route Moderate🛶 Kayaking at Ardales Reservoirs
Turquoise water surrounded by pine woods in the three-reservoir complex beside the Caminito del Rey, with kayak hire and bathing areas.
Watersports Easy🪂 Paragliding at El Chorro
Flights over the Gaitanes gorge and the turquoise Ardales reservoirs, with the Caminito del Rey visible from the air.
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