Caminito del Rey
El Caminito del Rey is a walkway pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Ardales in the province of Málaga, Spain. Its name derives from the original name of Camino del Rey, abbreviated locally to el caminito.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Malopez 21, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bobastro and Central hidroeléctrica Nuevo Chorro.
Bobastro
Archaeological site
Photo: Jsanchezes, Public domain.
Bobastro was a castle of Roman origin, rebuilt as the headquarters of Umar ibn Hafsun during his rebellion against the Caliphate of Córdoba in the 9th century. Bobastro is situated 2½ km south of Caminito del Rey.
Central hidroeléctrica Nuevo Chorro
Power station
Photo: Tanja 007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central hidroeléctrica Nuevo Chorro is a power station, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Caminito del Rey.
El Chorro train station
Railway station
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Chorro train station is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Caminito del Rey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardales and Valle de Abdalajís.
Ardales
Village
Photo: José F. Martínez Rivero, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ardales is a town and municipality in the Province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is approximately 62.5 kilometres from Málaga. Ardales is situated 8 km southwest of Caminito del Rey.
Valle de Abdalajís
Village
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Valle de Abdalajís is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Antequera. Valle de Abdalajís is situated 9 km east of Caminito del Rey.
Carratraca
Village
Carratraca is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 56 km from Ronda and from the provincial capital of Málaga. Carratraca is situated 9 km southwest of Caminito del Rey.
Caminito del Rey
- Type: Trail
- Description: walking path
- Categories: hiking trail and transportation
- Location: Ardales, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Caminito del Rey” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كامينيتو دل ري”
- Dutch: “Caminito del Rey”
- Dutch: “El Camino del Rey”
- Esperanto: “Caminito del Rey”
- Esperanto: “Padeto de la reĝo”
- Finnish: “Caminito del Rey”
- French: “Caminito del Rey”
- French: “El Caminito del Rey”
- Galician: “Caminito del Rey”
- German: “Caminito del Rey”
- German: “Camino del Rey”
- German: “El Caminito del Rey”
- Hungarian: “Caminito del Rey”
- Indonesian: “Caminito del Rey”
- Irish: “Caminito del Rey”
- Italian: “Caminito del Rey”
- Italian: “Camino del rey”
- Japanese: “El Caminito del Rey”
- Japanese: “エル・カミニート・デル・レイ”
- Japanese: “カミニート・デル・レイ”
- Japanese: “王の小道”
- Korean: “카미니토 델 레이”
- Latvian: “Karaļa taka”
- Macedonian: “Каминито дел Реј”
- Malayalam: “കാമിനിറ്റോ ഡെൽ റെയ്”
- Polish: “El Caminito del Rey”
- Portuguese: “El Caminito del Rey”
- Portuguese: “El camino del rey”
- Portuguese: “O caminho para o Rei”
- Russian: “Королевская тропа”
- Spanish: “Caminito del rey”
- Spanish: “Caminito del Rey”
- Spanish: “El Caminito del Rey”
- Ukrainian: “Королівська стежка”
- Vietnamese: “Caminito del Rey”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Caminito del Rey”. Photo: Frayle, CC0.