Blog post: charming places
The mysteries of Gorge´s king
Would you be able walk about a gorge and cross over a suspension bridge?
I have been able to visit it and many other people since 1921, when the King Alfonso XIII inaugurated the Guadalhorce-Guadalteba reservoirs. Since then, it began to be called Caminito del Rey.
The path is in Álora, an Andalusian town located in the south of Spain, where my mother grew up. For this reason, it is so special for me, because I spent summers in the El Chorro reservoir with my maternal family. Also, because El Caminito del Rey is gorgeous for the contrast between the cliff and the turquoise water. In addition, you can even see fossil remains from when the water level was higher.
What do you think? Would you dare to visit it now or do you have vertigo?
Blog post: charming places
The mysteries of Gorge´s king
Would you be able walk about a gorge and cross over a suspension bridge?
I have been able to visit it and many other people since 1921, when the King Alfonso XIII inaugurated the Guadalhorce-Guadalteba reservoirs. Since then, it began to be called Caminito del Rey.
It is a 3 km long pedestrian crossing with a maximum width of just one meter, which, at some points, reaches a height of 100 meters above the reservoir, with turquoise waters. In addition, next to it there is a swamp called El Chorro.
In the 1990s it was in a sorry state but its dangerousness made it more famous. This led to numerous accidents, some fatal, and increased his black legend. The rehabilitated path was opened to the public in 2015 and Lonely Planet named it one of the best places to visit the same year.
The path began next to the railroad tracks and ran through the Gaitanes gorge, in Álora, an Andalusian town located in the south of Spain, where my mother grew up. For this reason it is so special for me, because I spent summers in the El Chorro reservoir with my maternal family, but without bathing, just getting our feet wet from the areas of quicksand in the water and from the stories of sea monsters, since it has a great depth and researchers are said to have found sea monsters. Also, because El Caminito del Rey is gorgeous for the contrast between the cliff and the turquoise water. In addition, you can even see fossil remains from when the water level was higher.
What do you think? Would you dare to visit it now or do you have vertigo?
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