Nerja: Cueva de Nerja - Fuente del Esparto

Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama Natural Park

Circular walk, 12 km

Route: Nerja: Cueva de Nerja - Fuente del Esparto

Hike from the Cueva de Nerja to the Fuente del Esparto. The walk is largely on the Camino Fuente del Esparto, a wide path. From the Área recreativa you walk in a circle and you pass the Fuente. Then you walk back to the Cueva de Nerja via the Camino Fuente del Esparto.

stage 1 - Cueva de Nerja - El Pinarillo (4 km 660)

You walk from the parking lot at the Cueva de Nerja on the Camino de Fuente del Esparto. This wide path ascends slowly. You keep following the path until you arrive at the Área Recreativa El Pinarillo.

stage 2 - El Pinarillo - Fuente del Esparto - El Pinarillo (2 km 612)

From Área Recreativa El Pinarillo you continue walking. You pass the Fuente del Esperto. After the Fuente you continue to follow the path for a while until you descend into the Barranco de la Coladilla and then arrive at Área Recreativa El Pinarillo.

stage 3 - El Pinarillo - Cueva de Nerja (4 km 660)

From Área Recreativa El Pinarillo you walk on the Camino Fuente del Esparto back to the Cueva de Nerja.

shape
loop
length
11 km 932
location
Province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
start / arrival
parking lot Subida Pico del Cielo, Calle Carretera a la Cueva, Nerja
path
path:100% 
elevation
rise: 453m / fall: -453m
lowest: 141m / highest: 549m
 
Photo: Camino Fuente del Esparto, Nerja
Camino Fuente del Esparto, Nerja
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Route "Nerja: Cueva de Nerja - Fuente del Esparto" is recorded on 6th May 2022 and placed on 12th February 2023. The route has been viewed 2088 times.

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Points of interest

  • Fuente del Esperto
  • El Pinarillo
  • Calle Carretera a la Cueva, Nerja
  • El Pinarillo (toiletten)
  • Collado Jiménez (514m)

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References

Source

We found this trail in publication ‘The Mountains of Nerja’ of Jim Ryan, published by Cicerone in 2014.

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