Gondola · Benalmadena, Spain
Teleférico de Benalmádena
Teleférico de Benalmádena is a gondola near Benalmadena, Spain. It climbs 636 m over 2.63 km, from 82 m to 717 m above sea level. Between its 29 pylons, the cable runs up to about 54 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
59/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Teleférico de Benalmádena is scarier than 59% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 20 in Spain.
- Highest above the ground: about 54 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 2.19 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 274 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 61 m of the 2.63 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico de Benalmádena is near Benalmadena, Spain, at 82 m above sea level (36.59885° N, 4.53979° W). From there it runs 2.63 km up to the top station at 717 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Leisure Parks
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.