El Caminito del Rey bridge on walkway pinned to the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
The Caminito del Rey (King’s Little Path) is a narrow cliffside path hanging 100m above the waters of the river Guadalhorce built onto the side of the limestone rock face. It passes through the Gaitanes Gorge, aka Garganta del Chorro "throat of Chorro" after the nearby village. Originally built around 1905 it fell into disrepair and over the past decades, the path became known as ‘the most dangerous path in the world' or even the ‘walk of death'. The 'new' Caminito del Rey was re-constructed and reopened to the public on 28 March 2015, with the route and design of the path keeping as closely as possible to the old path that can be seen below. The famous boardwalk section is km long and is constucted with a wooded slatted boardwalk and simple three-wire guard rail. In places it is only one metre wide, hanging to the cliff face.
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Location: Caminito del Rey, El Chorro, Málaga Province, Andalucia, Spain
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
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