Antequera, Malaga

Antequera is situated 50 kilometres to the north of Malaga, set on the edge of a 540 metre high plain, with a population of 40,000. Antequera has been inhabited since the Bronze Age with later periods of Roman and Arab occupation. It is an attractive town with a well preserved old heart whose architecture belongs to the Renaissance and Baroque period.

13 kilometres to the southwest of Antequera is the mountain of El Torcal reaching an altitude of 1336 metres. This is a Natural Park with 12 square kilometres of gnarled, fantastic and wierd serrated and pillared limestone formations creating a strange abstract landscape which was formed as a seabed 150 million years ago

Getting there:

The quickest way from Malaga to Antequera is by the N-331 (A-45) expressway. Once you arrive at the Antequera lowlands, take the A-354, and after 2 kilometres, you will enter the urban area of Antequera.

Sightseeing:

Route 1 The Dolmen Complex
Route 2 Churches and Convents
Route 3 Ancestral Homes
Torcal de Antequera
Municipal Museum
Bullfighting Museum
Convento de Las Descalzas Museum
Casa-Museo de la Diputacion

Tourist Office:

Address: Municipal Tourist Office, 7 San Sebastian Plaza (29200), Antequera, Malaga
Phone: 34 - 952 70 25 05 Fax: 34 - 952 70 25 05
Web: www.antequera.es

Important Tel Nos:

City council 34 - 952 70 81 00
Taxi 34 - 952 84 70 08
Ambulatory 34 - 952 84 44 11
National police 34 - 952 84 34 94
Ambulance 34 - 952 70 27 26
Local police 34 - 952 84 34 94
Buses 34 - 952 84 19 57
Civil Guard 34 - 952 84 01 06