Access from Antequera by the 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 (N – 331).
El Torcal area form part of the limestone arc of the sub-Betic sierras, was granted the classification of Natural Park in 1989, 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.
Is 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.
El Torcal area is of indisputable botanical interest. It is enough 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.
