This guide is an attempt to pass on the main natural and historic values of Desfiladero de los Gaitanes which, after forty years of being impassable, may now be visited again through the new boardwalks that have been superimposed on a deteriorated Caminito del Rey.

The magnificent ecological heritage facilitated by the geological formations, the rivers, the vegetation and the wildlife is equally as important as the historical legacy registered from Prehistorical times to the moment in which the Gorge first turned into a passageway for Malaga to connect with the rest of Spain by train in the midst of the 19th these canyons were turned into an extraordinary hydropower industry at the beginning of the 20th Century. Being able to return to these spaces, which are now safe, and being provided with the qualified information that reveals them to the current visitor is the purpose of the guide that is now in your hands. A book written in a didactic manner including current and retrospective images which will make reading easier.