El Torcal Antequera is part of the Sierra (mountain range) Torcal, and is a short drive from Antequera off the C-3310 (around 10 kilometres).

El Torcal is of outstanding geological importance, and attracts over 100,000 visitors a year. It comprises a wonderful and striking range of limestone forms, known as Torcas (hence the name of the site), carved out of the rock by erosive agents, starting some 200 million years ago. In many cases these forms resemble animals, people or objects, and the locals gave them imaginative names.

The range rises to some 1,300 meters in parts, and is a labyrinthine of walkways. El Torcal covers an area of 17 square kilometres and it is a hikers and photographers paradise.

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