The gorge is famous for a scary walkway called
Caminito del Rey (King's Pathway) which hangs 100m above the base of the gorge. The path provided access to a hydro-electric system and took its name from an official visit by
Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1921. Official access to the path was removed in 2000 on grounds of safety, whilst rock climbers, for whom the gorge contains many excellent and historic climbs, were given access by a via ferrata that leads back onto the remaining
'Caminito'. The local government agreed to share costs of restoration of the "Caminito". The gorge runs from the outlet of the "Embalse del Gaitanejo" to "El Chorro". There are two extremely narrow sections at each end of the gorge with a wider bowl in between. In addition to the re-furbished walkway, the old
Málaga-Cordoba railway line runs through the gorge in a set of tunnels and bridges. The gorge features prominently as a place of escape and refuge for the main characters played by
Stephen Boyd and
Brigitte Bardot in the 1958 movie
The Night Heaven Fell. The railway and sections of the Caminito were used in the final location shots of the 1965 adventure film ''
Von Ryan's Express''. ==References==