Ok, so news has just been released that a maximum of 1000 people per day will be able to walk the new and rebuilt Camino del Rey. 150 people can enter from each side making a maximum of 300 people on the walkway at any one time…. An online reservation system is being built as we speak but time will tell how this will work out. No mention is being made of the people that just turn up to walk the Kings Path that haven’t made an online reservation When this system is launched let’s hope that the people building it take into account the more than 50 percent of visitors who will not be Spanish speaking and who spend a great deal of their money, supporting the local economy…
The opening date for the Caminito del Rey has still not been announced but hopefully will be in late January or early February 2015
MálagaProvincial Councilhas now approvedan investment of350,000eurosfor adapting the existing pedestrian accessto the Caminito delRey. (An amount of money that seems quite unbelievable when one is talking about a couple of kilometres of footpath that actually already exist….)
The first access will start from the train stationin ElChorro (where the interpretation centre will be housed and will connect to the trail on the El Chorro side of Gaitanes gorge and the Camino
The second Pedestrianaccess will startfrom the car parkof the Ardalescampingarea by the Guadalhorce reservoir (close to El Mirador restaurant)and will pass through the small tunnelleading up to the reservoir mirador and Gaitanes footpath.
In the words of Malaga Vice PresidentFranciscoOblaré.“These actions will supplementan ambitious project thatwill be a majorboost for tourismin the provincein general andin particularthe neighboring towns of Ardales, El Chorro and Alora.”
Caminito del Rey tourist information -El Chorro – Hotel booking – Activities – The Guadalhorce lakes.
