155 - [Camino del Rey 2015]

The path El Caminito del Rey is hanging in the air and it is built on the walls of the gorge – Desfiladero de los Gaitanes. This way, attached to the gorge, is tree kilometres long and less than one metre wide with long sections. It starts in the Town of Ardales, goes through Antequera, and ends in El Chorro (in Álora). It is suspended on the vertical walls of the gorge, hundred metres above the river. The path was built because the Hydroelectric Company El Chorro, owner of Salto del Gaitanejo (Gaitanejo Precipice) and Salto del Chorro (El Chorro Precipice), needed an access way between the two precipices in order to make it easier for the maintenance workers to approach the zone, transport materials and watch the places.
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