El Chorro

El Chorro
El Chorro
+34 (Spain)

El Chorro ("The Cascade") is a small

hikers, and campers

.

Gorge of the Gaitanes

The gorge is famous for a scary walkway called

Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1921. Official access to the path was removed in 2000 on grounds of safety, whilst rock climbers, for whom the gorge contains many excellent and historic climbs, were given access by a via ferrata that leads back onto the remaining 'Caminito'

.

The local government agreed to share costs of restoration of the "Caminito".[2]

The gorge runs from the outlet of the "Embalse del Gaitanejo" to "El Chorro". There are two extremely narrow sections at each end of the gorge with a wider bowl in between. In addition to the re-furbished walkway, the old Málaga-Cordoba railway line runs through the gorge in a set of tunnels and bridges.

The gorge features prominently as a place of escape and refuge for the main characters played by Stephen Boyd and Brigitte Bardot in the 1958 movie The Night Heaven Fell. The railway and sections of the Caminito were used in the final location shots of the 1965 adventure film Von Ryan's Express.

References

^ Alan James (January 2009). "El Chorro and other crags around Málaga". ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
^ "La Junta pagará la mitad de la rehabilitación del Caminito del Rey" (in Spanish). Diario Sur. June 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-30.

External links

[1] Alan James (January 2009). "El Chorro and other crags around Málaga". ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 2011-04-16.

[Diario_Sur-2] "La Junta pagará la mitad de la rehabilitación del Caminito del Rey" (in Spanish). Diario Sur. June 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-30.