El Camino Viejo de Málaga
Distance: 8 km Time: 3 hours Difficulty Rating: Medium
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The major part of this route is identical to that of the ‘Old Drover’ route described elsewhere, except that, on reaching La Molineta, the current route then simply heads up to Frigiliana from here. Hence you probably wouldn’t want to do both of these routes. The route is actually one that we have devised ourselves, basing it around a number of old drover routes in the vicinity of Nerja. Needless to say a good proportion of the route is now comprised of concrete roads, created for the benefit of various fairly recently constructed villas, but the spectacular views remain, as also does, hopefully, its historical context.
As explained above, the early part of this route is identical to that at the beginning of 'The Old Drover Route' described elsewhere. Hence, rather than repeat everything here, we will begin by referring you to this section of the website.
At the point that you reach the hamlet of La Molineta, after diverting to view the old threshing floor, you are joining in on the final stretch of the Nerja – Frigiliana (1) route. At this point you could then just head off up the main road, noting further splendid views to your right, across the valley, until you reach the roundabout at the entrance to the new village, where you should take the left hand route, or ring road, taking you to the start/end point of all Frigiliana walks, just below the old sugar factory. However a slight deviation is possible, that cuts off a large corner of the main road (and avoids the fact that there is no pavement to walk on during this stretch), wherein you turn right immediately on leaving the exit from the hamlet, and then right again, picture left, The track winds up for something like 200 m, before re-joining the main road above. Now continue on up to Frigiliana.
