Easter Week (Semana Santa) is the highest-demand period of the year for the Caminito del Rey. Tickets for those days sell out in January or February — sometimes even earlier. If you're reading this in March or April and were planning to visit during Easter Week without a ticket, it's very likely already too late on the official website.
This article serves two purposes: understanding what happens during Easter Week, and planning ahead properly for next year.
Why Easter Week is so complicated
The Caminito del Rey has a maximum daily capacity of 600 people, year-round. During Easter Week, demand is several times higher than that capacity.
Factors that pile up:
- It's a vacation week for most Spanish families
- Many international tourists visit Andalusia that week
- The weather is usually good (it's spring)
- Locals from Málaga finally do the route they've been putting off for months
The result: the 600 daily spots for the entire Easter Week sell out within hours once the booking window opens.
When Easter Week bookings open
The official Caminito del Rey website opens bookings approximately 60 days in advance for each date. For Easter Week 2027, that means the booking window will open in January or February 2027.
On the first day the booking window opens for Easter Week dates, tickets disappear within hours — sometimes within minutes for the most in-demand time slots.
How to be prepared:
- Have an account already created on the park's official website before the window opens
- Turn on notifications if the system allows it
- Have your payment ready in advance (card saved, no extra steps)
- Have the details of everyone in your group ready (name, ID number) — tickets are personalized and non-transferable
If it's already Easter Week and you don't have a ticket
If you're in Málaga during Easter Week without a ticket and the official website is sold out, your real options are:
Organized tours: tour operators have their own allocation, assigned independently from the public sales channel. When the official website has nothing left, tours may still have availability. The price is higher than buying a direct ticket, but it includes transport and a guide.
Last-minute cancellations: they do happen, although less often than during other times of year. People who booked for Easter Week tend to be more committed to actually going. Checking the official website several times a day in the days leading up can pay off, but it's more luck than strategy.
Changing your dates: if you have flexibility, the Monday or Tuesday after Easter Week (when many people have already gone back to work) has much more availability than the busiest days of the week.
What the experience is actually like during Easter Week
Even if you do get a ticket, Easter Week at the Caminito feels different from other times of year. With 600 people a day spread across time slots, the density on the walkways is at its peak. The narrowest sections turn into a single-file line where you have to wait for the group ahead to move.
For someone who wants to take photos calmly, stop wherever they like, or have a quieter experience, Easter Week isn't the best choice even if they manage to get a ticket. For someone who simply wants to see the Caminito and doesn't mind a busy atmosphere, it's perfectly enjoyable.
Alternative: national long weekends
If the goal is to visit during a vacation period without the madness of Easter Week, Spain's spring long weekends (the May Day bank holiday weekend, for example) see high demand but not at Easter Week levels. Tickets for those days sell out too, but with less lead time — 3-4 weeks is usually enough unless it's the most popular long weekend of the year.
Checklist for Easter Week 2027
- Note the date the booking window opens (60 days before the first day of Easter Week)
- Create an account on the park's official website before that date
- Have the details of everyone in your group ready
- Set up your payment method
- Log on to the official website first thing on the day the window opens
If you don't make it in time for official tickets: look for organized tours with availability before giving up.
Visiting the Caminito during Easter Week is possible, but it requires planning much further ahead than the rest of the year. Those who organize it in January get a ticket; those who leave it until March miss out.
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