Photo: Juan María Álvarez Espada (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Wikimedia Commons
Camino del Desfiladero del Tajo (full walkway, new in 2026)
From Ronda centre5 min
Duration20 min on the walkway one way (allow 1–1.5 h with the descent and the walk back)
DifficultyModerate
Price€12 per person; Ronda residents free
Best timeAll year
KidsFrom age 8 (with ID or a photo document and accompanied by an adult)
AddressInicio en la Plaza de María Auxiliadora: al final de los balcones baja un camino hasta la caseta de acceso. Termina en los Baños Árabes. Aparca en el Parking Martínez Astein (Av. Martínez Astein, abierto 24 h; 10-20 min andando al centro) o en el subterráneo de la Plaza del Socorro (Plaza del Socorro 11, 24 h, altura máx. 1,95 m)
Opening hours1 Nov–28/29 Feb: 9:00–17:00. March: 9:00–19:00. 1 Apr–15 Jun: 9:00–20:00. 16 Jun–15 Sep: 9:00–21:00. 16 Sep–31 Oct: 9:00–20:00.
About
- 900 m walkway hung on the walls of the gorge, designed by Luis Machuca, the same architect as the Caminito del Rey
- It passes underneath the Puente Nuevo: you see Ronda from inside the canyon, a view impossible from above
- The first 250 m (up to the bridge) opened in 2024; the full route to the Arab Baths opened on 15 September 2026
- Includes the paid viewpoint located under the hut
Good to know
- Buy your ticket online: capacity is limited and there may be none left at the ticket office
- Helmet compulsory for the whole route (they give you one)
- Bring ID for over-8s; under-8s cannot enter
- There are steps and narrow sections: not suitable for reduced mobility or anyone with serious vertigo
- It is one way only: when you finish at the Arab Baths, take the chance to see them and come back up via the Puente Viejo
Near here
Down to the Arco del Cristo: the photo of the Puente Nuevo from belowHiking · Ronda · 5 minFrom Plaza de María Auxiliadora a zigzag cobbled path goes down to the bottom of the gorge
Palacio de Mondragón (Municipal Museum)Culture · Ronda · 5 minPalace linked to the kings of the Taifa of Ronda and to the Catholic Monarchs after the conquest of 1485
Museo Joaquín PeinadoCulture · Ronda · 5 minMuseum dedicated to Joaquín Peinado (Ronda 1898–Paris 1975), a Ronda-born painter who made his career in Paris
Iglesia de Santa María la MayorCulture · Ronda · 5 minIt was Ronda's main mosque, converted into a church after the conquest