The town of Teba, just northwest of the world famous Caminito del Rey, offers a truly great day of exploring. Its long history, ranging from Prehistory, through the Roman and Muslim eras, and to modern Christian times can all be explored on this walk.

After parking near the entrance of the Tajo de Molino, we with a short detour to visit the Cueva de la Palomas `Cave of the Doves´. Artefacts from the cave date back to over 120’000 years, and although we can no longer explore the cave, we can descend to the entrance and peer into the first cavern.

Retracing our steps back to the road, we enter and begin our climb up the Tajo de Molino `Gorge of the Mill´. These limestone rocks were laid down in the Jurassic period and eroded over time to form this impressive natural feature. At the top of the gorge lays the ruin of the mill, after which the gorge is named, and still visible are the aqueducts that fed into the machinery that once would have powered the mill.

Leaving the mill we follow the route of the Rio de la Venta for a short distance, and then start our climb up to cross back over towards Teba. At the top of this sometimes-steep climb we catch our first glimpse of the Castillo de Estrella.
An easy track descends into Teba where we will make a short detour to the Sir James Douglas Monument, then into the Ayuntamiento which houses the museum of the Prehistoric, Roman, and Moorish artefacts from this area.

After enjoying some refreshments in the town our next climb takes to the Castillo de Estrella, the largest fortress in Malaga, which has a museum of its history and the crusades of the Knights Errant.

All that is left now is to enjoy an easy track back to the start and enjoy the views across to the Guadalhorce reservoir.