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The World’s 100 Best Canyons & Gorges

Barranco de la Hoz

Corduente, Spain

  1. WORLD’S BEST CANYONS & GORGES WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 67 2026
Barranco de la Hoz

A deep canyon of sandstone and conglomerate, with high cliffs and the Gallo River flowing below. Visitors climb stairs from the hermitage to rim viewpoints, or walk or cycle the road along the river to San Pedro Bridge.

Highlights

  • Upper viewpoints
  • Virgin of the Sickle hermitage
  • San Pedro Bridge

Good to know

  • Stairs from the hermitage to upper viewpoints
  • Parking at the bottom, climb under an hour
  • Steel cables along edges, caution with young children

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