Summary
This a particularly significant walk for the development of Walking Stories – as well as being a great hike in itself. Two people I spoke to about the idea of Walking Stories had also climbed Cielo, and this helped them to understand the idea behind the website. It's a good example of the kind of hiking you can enjoy from a typical Mediterranean holiday resort. There are other good routes in the area, if you can find them!
- The most memorable aspect was the dream-like view over a sea of clouds from the summit of Cielo
- The other best moment was going for a swim after the walk!
- The worst part of the walk, was finding a route through the thorny scrub
- A word of warning – take twice as much water as you would normally need on a day's hike.
Read the full story of the Cielo walk
Story of easier Tragalamocha walk
Back to Nerja introduction
Back to Every Picture Tells a Story
Contributed by: Andrew Llanwarne
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Summit of Cielo
Key Facts
| Location of walk |
Near Nerja, Andalucia, Spain |
| When it was walked |
July 1994 |
| Walk type |
High hills and mountains |
| Difficulty |
Requires mountaineering skills and moderate stamina
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| Distance approx |
10 miles (16 km) rough estimate |
| Time taken approx |
6 hours |
| Map used if any |
WH Smiffs in Nerja stock a printed map showing contours but only a few routes, at 1:75,000. |
| Source of info on walk |
An indication that there should be route, on this map |
| Getting there |
Thomsons package holiday to Nerja. |
| Places to stay |
El Capistrano holiday village - lots of hotels and other places to stay in Nerja |
| Places to eat/ buy food |
Shops, cafes etc in Nerja
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