‘Most dangerous path in the world’ that claimed the lives of five tourists reopens for summer season
The Caminito del Rey path hangs off a cliff face 300 feet above a rocky gorge in Malaga, Spain
A terrifying walkway around the edge of a cliff in Spain has reopened to visitors for a third season.
The Caminito del Rey, nicknamed “The most dangerous path in the world”, was closed to tourists in 2001 after it claimed the lives of five people.
The three-foot wide path is pinned to the side of a rock face overlooking a gorge in Malaga.
But the path lay unused for 14 years after five adults fell to their deaths from the wooden slats in the early noughties and late nineties.
The owners had to make a series of health and safety changes to the bridge over the following decade before officials allowed it to reopen in 2015.
Nowadays, every tourist has to wear a hard hat when making the five-mile walk, and the pathway has been bolted on to the rock face with steel poles to keep it steady.
Although the changes have been completed, the journey is still a stomach churning business.
Users are faced with a 300-ft drop if they look through their feet to the El Chorro gorge below.
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If a fear of heights suddenly takes over, there’s no turning back either as there are plenty of other tourists coming up behind.
Admission to the walkway is 10 Euros and tickets must be booked in advance.
