Malaga El Torcal Itinerary
Access from Antequera by the 3310 road to Villanueva
de la Concepción. About 12 km along the road you will come
to the crossing for El Torcal , once you have gone through the
La Boca del Asno pass. From Málaga, you take the Pedrizas
motorway (N331).
This area, which form part of the limestone arc of the sub-Betic
sierras, was granted the classification of Natural Park in 1989.
There are almost 12 Km under protection, representing one of the
most important karst landscapes in the whole of Europe.
There are four geomorphologically distinct areas: Sierra Pelada,
Torcal Alto, Torcal Bajo and Tajos and Laderas. Together they
make up a genuine museum of natural sculptures, modelled by Nature
over the centuries the result of the erosion of limestone rock
that originated on the seabed during the Jurassic period, about
150 million years ago.
Also the area is of indisputable botanical interest. It is sufficient
to say that the area is home of more than 650 species of plant,
representing almos 100 families.
From the viewpoint of Las Ventanillas you can admire the magnificent
views of Villanueva de la Concepcion, the region of Campanillas
River and Málaga. On clear days, its even possible to see
the African Coast.