El Torcal - Antequera Malaga
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.
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