カンピージョスの洞窟・トップ5

Stunning views across to the lakes. Quite a steep walk but you can drive up and there is parking. You can explore the ruins and then sit on the benches and admire the stunning countryside.

Short video about hiking in the area around Ardales could be found on my YouTUBE Channel under the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awPz2AyvGT8

Short video about hiking in this area could be found on my YouTUBE Channel under the following link: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awPz2AyvGT8

Beautiful white village in the north of the Sierra de las Nieves.

Ardales is the gateway to the spectacular Caminito del Rey.

Ardales enjoys a strategic location thanks to its proximity to the Guadalhorce reservoirs and the Sierra de las Nieves. The highlight of the town is the castle of La Peña, which dates from the 9th century and is located on a promontory 496 meters high.

From the path you can see the ruins of the castle that used to be much bigger than what can be seen today. Conceived during the Nasrid era for purposes of surveillance and support for the castle of Ardales, it had about 10 towers of which only a few remain today but which can be clearly distinguished.

The castle originally had more than ten watchtowers that served as support for the castle of Ardales during the Nasrid period. What remains of the wall was built on the limestone cliff, which made the castle a strategic and impregnable point.