| Ardales | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
| Coordinates: | 36.8778°N -4.8447°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Málaga |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Comarca de Antequera, Guadalteba |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Juan Calderón Ramos |
| Area Total Km2: | 106 |
| Elevation M: | 445 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Ardaleños |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 29550 |
Ardales is a town and municipality in the Province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is approximately 62.5 kilometres from Málaga.
On the hill above the town is the historic church and higher still are the ruins of the Ardales Castle. At the peak of the hill is the hermitage Ermita del Calvario. The infamous Caminito del Rey is nearby.
A paper published in 2021 disclosed that the Cave of Ardales (cueva de doña Trinidad Grund) contains pigments deposited by Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals some 64,800 years ago.[1] [2]