Rock Climbing around Malaga and Marbella in Southern Spain

The rock climbing around Malaga is dominated by the world famous gorge at El Chorro. However there are many other excellent crags within the region that are also inland from Malaga, such as Desplomilandia near El Chorro, Torcal de Antequera and Archidona near Antequera, Turon near Ardales, and San Bartolo near Tarifa on the coast. Each of these crags offer 100's of bolted sports routes on limestone rock (except San Bartolo which is sandstone), and across a good range of grades.

It is possible to climb from October right through to early June (the summer is just too hot) though the ideal time is in the spring and autumn as it can be quite windy and therefore cold in the winter. As with most sports climbing in Spain a 60m rope is ideal along with about 12 quickdraws.

The information shown below has been extracted from the excellent guidebook by David Munilla, called "Andalucia", which is available to buy from our shop. All the grades listed below are French grades, which is the system used throughout Spain.