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From Malaga: Torcal Antequera Natural Park & Dolmens Site

1. From Malaga: Torcal Antequera Natural Park & Dolmens Site

Explore Antequera's natural beauty and fascinating history with a half-day trip from Malaga. 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. Begin your tour in Malaga near the María Zambrano train station. Meet your guide there and board your bus before heading to Antequera. Your first stop in Antequera is the Dolmens Site. Marvel at the massive monolithic monuments. See the Menga and Viera dolmens, Tholos of El Romeral, La Peña de los Enamorados, and El Torcal before driving to the El Torcal Natural Park. At the park, join your guide on a 3km hike past ghostly rock formations. After your hike, enjoy some free time to eat and visit the Torcal Visitor Center. Check out the bar, souvenir shop, toilets, and a small museum before returning to Malaga.

From Málaga: Guided Tour of Torcal de Antequera and Dolmens

2. From Málaga: Guided Tour of Torcal de Antequera and Dolmens

Explore these two wonderful Unesco World Heritage Sites, Los Dolmenes, and the Torcal de Antequera, on a half day excursion. We will depart in a comfortable coach from Malaga accompanied by a guide who will take us into the history of these two sites. Marvel at the massive monolithic monuments. See the Menga and Viera dolmens, Tholos of El Romeral, La Peña de los Enamorados, and El Torcal before driving to the El Torcal Natural Park. At the park, join your guide on a 3km hike past ghostly rock formations. After your hike, enjoy some free time to eat and visit the Torcal Visitor Center. Check out the bar, souvenir shop, toilets, and a small museum before returning to Malaga.

Antequera and Torcal from Málaga

3. Antequera and Torcal from Málaga

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.

Málaga: Antequera Guided Walking Tour

4. Málaga: Antequera Guided Walking Tour

Walking tour in Antequera. Discover this magnificent and historical city with lots of religious monuments. Pass by the citadel, the Roman baths, the collegiate and the main square. Considered the heart of Andalusia, Antequera was the borderline between Christian & Muslim territories in the middle age and also Antequera the 9th most important city in Spain during the contemporary ages. Discover this magnificent and historical city with lots of religious monuments. Meet your local guide and start listening histories about Antequera from the hand of your local guide. Discover its importance in the middle ages and in the contemporary age. Visit one of its main squares to see the Roman baths, the Collegiate and the Alcazaba. The tour ends at the main square of the town, after having listened about the significance of the sculpture located in the middle of the square and also about its main buildings.

From Málaga: Antequera and Dolmens Tour with Free Time

5. From Málaga: Antequera and Dolmens Tour with Free Time

We will leave from the center of the city of Malaga, and in a comfortable bus we will go to the city of Antequera, there we will be able to admire all the best monuments and streets of this city, which has 75% of the heritage of Malaga. In a walk we can admire the Portichuelo square, the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria de la Mayor, the Alcazaba, the Arch of the Giants, the viewpoints to the city, and the rock of the lovers, and the multitude of churches that we will find on the way. Discover the largest dolmen in Europe, enter the mortuary galleries of the dolmens of Menga and Viera. A necropolis with more than 6,000 years old. You will be fascinated to learn about the history of our ancestors and why they decided to build this megalithic monument here. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. We will have a little free time in the city of Antequera, for shopping, sightseeing, having a drink or a snack.

From Málaga: Antequera and Dolmens

6. From Málaga: Antequera and Dolmens

We will leave from the center of the city of Malaga, and in a comfortable bus we will go to the city of Antequera, there we will be able to admire all the best monuments and streets of this city, which has 75% of the heritage of Malaga. In a walk we can admire the Portichuelo square, the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria de la Mayor, the Alcazaba, the Arch of the Giants, the viewpoints to the city, and the rock of the lovers, and the multitude of churches that we will find on the way. Discover the largest dolmen in Europe, enter the mortuary galleries of the dolmens of Menga and Viera. A necropolis with more than 6,000 years old. You will be fascinated to learn about the history of our ancestors and why they decided to build this megalithic monument here. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. We will have a little free time in the city of Antequera, for shopping, sightseeing, having a drink or a snack.

From Granada: Torcal & Antequera Dolmens Archaeological Tour

7. From Granada: Torcal & Antequera Dolmens Archaeological Tour

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.

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What people are saying about Antequera

An excellent two site trip worth doing. The travel time isn't too long and both sites are great, but the Dolmens are spectacular. Make sure that you have the right footwear and it is much cooler to there than it is in malaga so dress appropriately, and take a hat, scarf and gloves if going to in the winter months. We saw mountain goats and vultures in the sky not to mention the awesome rock formations. Unbelievable views from the end, at the top of the plateau right across the plain. Our guide, Ian, was the best. He has a great sense on humour which he injected throughout the trip. He's full of knowledge which he happily shared with us. We had small group of 7 which I felt made it even better. Ian looked out for us all, even the fantastic 81 year old lady who managed the whole walk without assistance. Highly recommended and hope you have Ian as your guide. Thank you for a wonderful experience

Seeing the dolmens and hiking through Torcal were both magnificent, and I'm looking for more tours to do with our guide, Ian. He was knowledgeable and friendly and obviously loves the places he showed us. Many guides rush you through sites, but Ian made sure we all had great experiences, whether we spoke English or Spanish. I highly recommend this trip!

This is a great outdoor activity. You must be in good shave and wear hiking boots. The day we went, the path was muddy so made for a slippery terrain between the boulders.

Very nice but not my cup of tea. But the leader was nice and we loved him. My father and I wish him a huge success.

Incredible sites! Ian was a terrific guide and host!