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El Torcal de Antequera

Explore Antequera's natural beauty and fascinating history in small groups during this a half-day trip from Malaga. You will go on a 3km hike through the El Torcal Natural Park, stop at the Torcal Visitor Center, and see the famous UNESCO World Heritage Dolmens Site. Your experience in Antequera begins in Malaga city centre, near the María Zambrano train station, where you will meet your guide and will board your transportation. Your will first stop in Antequera for a guided visit to the Dolmens Site where you will be marveled by the impresive prehistoric Dolmens, Menga and Viera, before heading to El Torcal Natural Park. At Torcal Natural Park, you will enjoy from a great guided tour over a 3km hike passing through impressive ghostly rock formations made by the natural erosion on the karstic stone. After your hike, enjoy some free time to eat and visit the Torcal Visitor Center. where you can check out the bar, souvenir shop, toilets, and a small museum before returning to Malaga.

Your day of adventure starts with a comfortable mini-van ride. When you arrive, your tour guide will lead you through the UNESCO world heritage site to see the sphinx, robot, screw and cathedral rock formations, as well as discover the hidden Ammonites in the park. Regarded as one of the most impressive karst landscapes in Europe, El Torcal de Antequera is full of unique geological rock formations for you to discover. While you hike, your local guide will teach you about how these ancient rock shapes were formed. Enjoy the scenery around you with multiple stops at different viewpoints. And, don’t forget to keep an eye out for griffon vultures, wild goats, reptiles, and wild foxes that sometimes appear looking for food.

Discover three neolithic graves that show the death not as the ending of live, but as a transition to another way of being. Learn about the connection between the graves and nature from your knowledgeable guide. All three dolmens formed rock chambers with lintelled roofs and were used for rituals and funerals. 1200 meters above sea level, these megalithic structures display fossils and limestone formations. Take a walk where millions of years ago fishes were swimming and take in the breathtaking countryside surrounding you.

Discover one of the most amazing karstic landscapes in the world on this hiking trip from Málaga to the Torcal de Antequera nature reserve. Embark on a magical 3-mile journey, traveling millions of years into the past as you walk through stones that were under the Tethys Sea. After pickup, cross the mountains of Málaga, first by highway and then by road, into the beautiful countryside. Arrive 1200 meters above sea level at the starting point, the Torcal Alto Visitor Center, and begin your 4.5 km (3-mile) hike via the Ammonites Route. Explore all the different geological formations of the natural park. Feel the mystery of this place, only changed because of millions of years of erosion. Spot unique scenery and stone shapes that will make you feel you’ve traveled to a different planet or time. Finish your tour back at the visitor center. After the tour, the guide will give you a card to take the bus and come back to Málaga and leave you in the center of Antequera. We recommend you to visit this beautiful city. With the card to take the bus, you can come back to Málaga when you want: - Monday to Friday (only working days): 2pm - 5pm - 7pm - Saturday (only working days): 1:25pm - 5pm - Sunday (sunday and bank holidays): 1:25pm - 5pm - 7pm Here you have the link with details: https://ctmam.es/lineas/M-253

Get picked up from your hotel the center of Antequera in a vintage blue van and travel for 20 minutes to the hike's starting point, 1200 meters (4000ft) above sea level. Then, your adventure begins. Begin the 4,5 km hikie (3 miles) along the Ammonites Route. Listen to your guide explain about all the different steps involved in the geological formation of the Natural Park of El Torcal.  As you walk over the stones and fossils, feel the mystery of this place, which has only changed because of millions of years of erosion. Take in the extraordinary views and curious stone shapes which make you feel as if you're walking across another planet altogether. 

Meet at the convenient meeting spot in Málaga and enjoy comfortable transfer on this guided day trip. On the tour will you will discover the nature reserve and its wondrous rock formations, named karstic place. Explore with the guide this peculiar landscape that is quite unlike anywhere else, and learn about the terrain and how the rocks are formed from your expert guide. 1200 meters above sea level, the kastic structures display fossils and limestone formations and you can hear the stories of what lived here millions of years ago. Then you'll discover with the guide the three neolithic graves, also called dolmens. These rock chambers were used for rituals and funerals. Menga is the biggest Dolmen of Europe. Is an amazing place to feel History of about 6.ooo years. After the tour, the guide will give you a card to take the bus and come back to Málaga and leave you in the center of Antequera. We recommend you to visit this beautiful city. With the card to take the bus, you can come back to Málaga when you want: - Monday to Friday (only working days): 2pm - 5pm - 7pm - Saturday (only working days): 1:25pm - 5pm - Sunday (sunday and bank holidays): 1:25pm - 5pm - 7pm Here you have the link with details: https://ctmam.es/lineas/M-253

Explore the beautiful Antequera and incredible Torcal on this day trip from Malaga with an expert local guide. Your first stop on the tour will be Antequera. Antequera presents a great historical relevance since the earliest settlements in the Palaeolithic period took place, later becoming a very important point thanks to its busy commercial activity for being in the middle of different provinces. The city with more churches per capita in Spain is full of palaces, white houses, convents and monasteries. You'll stop off at the collegiate church of Santa María for amazing views of the whole city, across to the Roman archaeological site, the Arab fortress of Alcazaba and the natural landscape around the mountain Peñón de los Enamorados, subject of an interesting local legend. You will penetrate deep into history with a visit to the archaeological complex of Antequera’s Dolmens, declared a Cultural Asset. From here you'll travel only a few kilometers to see the Torcal, a unique geological natural site, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. During all the day you will be accompanied by an expert guide, that not only will accompany you throughout the day, but will also regale you with important facts about the places that you will visit to help you understand the local history and customs.

Discover Antequera in an incredible experience: prehistoric dolmens, Alcazaba, free time and panoramic visit to the Torcal, a unique karst landscape at more than 1200 meters above sea level. Immerse yourself in its important UNESCO World Heritage Site! This full-day tour will take you from Malaga to the historic city of Antequera, a jewel in Andalusia. Designed for travelers looking for a combination of cultural and natural heritage and an authentic Andalusian experience. The tour includes guided visits to key monuments such as the Dolmens Archaeological Ensemble (Unesco World Heritage Site), exploration of natural wonders such as the stunning karst landscape at Torcal de Antequera (Unesco World Heritage Site), tour of the historic center and free time to enjoy the local gastronomy and other sites of interest. After the visit to the Dolmens we will be transferred by bus to the upper part of the city where we will make a guided tour guide on foot in the surroundings of the Alcazaba (City Wall, Arco del Gigante, Real Colegiata Santa María Mayor, etc). We also offer an exclusive option (under previous reservation) for people interested in an enjoyable guided visit to its historic Alcazaba (castle-fortress of Muslim origin located on Roman ruins) and then you will have free time. Those who do not wish to visit the Alcazaba will have free time to have lunch and explore the historical center on their own. Once the free time is over, we will meet again in the Plaza de Toros area of Ronda to transfer by bus to the Natural Park of El Torcal (World Heritage Site by Unesco). It is a nice panoramic tour through the Valley of El Torcal until we reach the Visitors Reception Center El Torcal where we will be explained the curiosities of this exceptional karst landscape: geology, flora and fauna. Then we will make a brief tour to its Natural Monument called "El Tornillo" for its peculiar shape. Finally we will go to Malaga

Antequera presents a great historical relevance since the earliest settlements in the Palaeolithic period took place, becoming later a very important point thanks to its busy commercial activity for being in the middle of different provinces. The city with more churches per capita in Spain show us a popular and particular architecture of palaces, white houses, convents and monasteries and also amazing views of all the city from the collegiate church of Santa María, where you will be able to see the roman archaeological site, the arab fortress Alcazaba and the natural landscape around the mountain Peñón de los Enamorados, which does not leave anyone indifferent with its interesting legend. We will penetrate deep into history with the visit to the archaeological complex of Antequera’s Dolmens, declared a Cultural Asset and only a few kilometers away there is the Torcal, an unique and karstic natural site, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. During all the day you will be accompanied by one of our guides, that not only will take you, but also will explain you important facts about the places that you will visit to help you understand our history and costumes, during the ride.