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FERNANDO TORRES
...access improvement plan to the nearby Caminito del Rey gorge walkway and will cost 500,000 euros. Some of the road will be rebuilt and the rest resurfaced and markings repainted. This overall plan for the roads in the area has been 80 per cent financed
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FERNANDO TORRES
Between Manuel Crespo Hoyo's house and the Caminito del Rey there is little less than sixty kilometres. However, some journey have more significance than others. At the age of 94, after living in Malaga province for 50 years, he never had the ... opportunity to walk the Caminito del Rey and absorb the natural surroundings of El Chorro. A few months ago an idea came into his head: "I don't want to die without having done the Caminito del Rey," he told those closest to him. His niece, María Dolores ... Sanjuan, took the initiative and bought tickets for the whole family without knowing that what she was organising what would turn out to be a record. Until now no one over 90 years old had completed the new Caminito del Rey. On 7 January, the day after his
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March this year marks the fourth anniversary since the Caminito del Rey reopened to the public after twelve months of works. The success of the project cannot be denied so the Diputación provincial authority has set aside funds in this year's budget ... for the expansion of the route. related news Age no obstacle for Caminito's oldest walker Specifically, six million euros are to be set aside for the extension of the Caminito del Rey itself and for actions in the four surrounding
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FERNANDO TORRES
The Malaga provincial government (Diputación) has unveiled its plans for the extension of the Camininto de Rey gorgeside walkway that has already attracted more than a million visitors to the El Chorro area. The new section of the path, explained b
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FERNANDO TORRES
The new visitor centre at the Caminito del Rey gorgeside walk is nearly ready to open. The work, which cost the local government around one million euros, was completed this week. Several officials visited the new building on Wednesday, including ... “help and inform” the 300,000 people who visit the Caminito every year. The visitor centre has information screens, attention desks, and spaces where images can be projected. There will also be a car park with space for 200 cars.
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Fernando TORRES.
The El Chorro area boasts a new open-air feature designed to enhance the sporting experience. The via ferrata (a protected climbing route supported by a steel cable and iron rungs) is 650 metres long, with a 250 metre incline. Though it has been
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Agustín PELÁEZ
The move towards the Caminito del Rey walkway becoming a Unesco World Heritage site took an important first step forward on Tuesday as the Diputación provincial government unanimously approved launching a bid. The Diputación has agreed to the
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FERNANDO TORRES ÁLORA
Experts from the neuromarketing company Fusión have carried out a study on people walking on the Caminito del Rey to find out the effect the site has on their emotions. KEY AREAS OF THE STUDY The eyes. The eyes transmit data constantly through the
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FERNANDO TORRES ARDALES
Visitors to the Caminito del Rey gorge walkway were taken back in time at the weekend when they came across the incongruous sight of a royal party from the 1920s - wearing modern-day hard hats. Fifteen actors from the Ardales amateur dramatics ... gorge to provide access for the hydroelectric company’s workers, its name - the Caminito del Rey. The modern-day dramatisation of those events, repeated over two days, included the signing of the documents to mark the end of the works at the spot known ... to Pizarra, where he spent the night, before going to Malaga the next day for more official engagements. Last week’s drama had been organised by Ardales town hall and the Caminito management. Pedro Cantalejo, archaeologist, director of the Ardales
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CARLOS J. MARTÍNEZ
...concluding in Plaza de la Constitución at the end of the iconic Calle Larios. The following stage will run from Marbella to the Caminito del Rey in El Chorro - the latter being used for a finishing line for the second consecutive year. Provincial chief ... Elías Bendodo said to the race's general director, Javier Guillén, at the presentation recently: “I would love to see the Caminito as a permanent feature in the Vuelta and I invite you to look into the possibility.” Guillén replied: “It certainly is a ... beautiful stage end and we are looking at this option.” The third stage will connect Mijas and Alhaurín de la Torre - the latter being used as a finishing line rather than a starting point as was the case in last year's stage to the Caminito. All corners