Already in its surroundings, we find the most spectacular landscape of “La Sierra del Torcal”, the greatest kartisc formation on earth, with a perimeter of seventeen kilometres and given the status of National Natural Park in 1929.
“La Peña de los Enamorados” (declared National Monument), at the entrance to the city, tells us of stories of impossible love affairs between lovers fleeing from their respective families (his Christian, and hers Arabic), throwing themselves off the highest peak of this big and beautiful elevation, surrounded by the Guadalhorce River.