Adventure sports continue to rise in Spain and only in these 10 months of 2022 has their demand increased by 20 percent compared to the same period last year. One of the favorite activities to release adrenaline is bungee jumping, which already accounts for 10% of the adventure leisure preferred by the Spanish, according to the Aladinia experience gift website.
In our country there are many places to jump into the void and release the stress of everyday life. These are the eight most original and spectacular places to do bungee jumping chosen by the users of this website.
Buitrago Bridge
Buitrago Bridge, Gascones (Madrid)
Buitrago de Lozoya is a town located in the north of Madrid, at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama and surrounded by the Lozoya River. It is considered one of the most beautiful towns in the Community of Madrid and there is an old railway bridge where the train that connected the capital with Burgos passed and that had stops in Buitrago de Lozoya, Vascones and Villavieja del Lozoya. This location is in the top ten of Aladinia users, which offers, together with High Jump, a de-stressing experience: instead of jumping with the typical bungee jumping rope, do it with an elastic band, which is known like Bungee Jumping.The rubber stretches up to four times its length and allows a continuous rebound at the end of the fall that will slow down until they are suspended in the air. In this activity, with a price of 50 euros, you experience a free fall of 20 meters, bouncing 40 meters high.
Murillo Bridge
Murillo Bridge, Murillo de Gallego, Zaragoza (Aragon)
This 25 meter high jump over the Gállego River has become a classic for bungee jumping lovers and is the best place to do this activity in the entire Huesca pre-Pyrenees. The River Guru company offers this experience for 41 euros.
Atxaspi Bridge
Atxaspi Bridge, Ondarroa, Vizcaya (Basque Country)
It is considered one of the most spectacular jumps in Spain , from one of the most beautiful bridges. The vacuum launch is carried out facing the cliff, about 50 meters high, so that the subsequent pendulum has views of the sea. The company Ingur Abentura offers this activity for 50 euros.
Lloret de Mar
Lloret de Mar, Girona (Catalonia)
In this case, the jump is not made from a bridge but from a crane, specifically manufactured to carry out this type of activity, at a height of 70 meters. In addition, the jumping modality known as goming is used, which is done with an elastic rope that allows accelerating to fall and then is cushioned thanks to the rope causing rebounds. The price of Parc Factory is 70 euros if one jumps alone or 120 if it is done in tandem.
Nava Bridge
Nava Bridge, Algodonales, Cadiz (Andalusia)
Located in the Sierra de Cádiz, the Puente de la Nava, 30 meters above the Guadalete River , is the only place authorized for bungee jumping in this Andalusian province. The Discovery 8 company offers this jump for 40 euros.
Bridge of the Seven Moons
Bridge of the Seven Moons, Alcoy, Alicante (Valencian Community)
The Siete Lunas bridge, in Alcoy, an infrastructure that was built for the railway line of the train that would connect Alcoy with Alicante to pass through but that never circulated, is the location of a new way of bungee jumping. In this case, unlike other places, the person does not drop, but takes a run and launches into the void from the longest trampoline on the market at 47 meters high . Alpine challenge proposes this experience for 30 euros.
Sinde Bridge
Sinde Bridge, Padrón, A Coruña (Galicia)
On the Padrón-A Estrada road is the Ponte de Sinde, over the Ulla river . From its 18 meters high you can experience the sensation of flying. In this case, the price of the Pilot organizing company is 30 euros.
Mula Bridge
Puente de Mula, Mula (Murcia)
Charate proposes one of the most innovative activities in adventure sports: a double bungee jump in Mula (Murcia ). It is a double jump, first it is launched into the void from 30 meters forward and then backwards. This activity costs 43 euros.
Pendulum of Kiene
Bungee jumping came to Spain over the years but was born a decade earlier in France. In the early 1970s, when a German climber named Helmut Kiene attached a rope from one of the bridges across the Les Usses river and jumped from the other, a pendulum was created and was called Kiene’s pendulum.
In history there have been more jumps that could be considered “the prelude” to bungee jumping, such as the ancestral custom of a tribe from the island of Pentecost called “the Bunlap”. For centuries they have been thrown from a platform made of tree branches, tying ropes around their ankles to demonstrate their masculinity. Today they still do it as a ritual by building tall towers to launch themselves off of to ensure a successful harvest.
