The Torcal – Green Route | Between Mountains

This footpath goes through the Hoyo of the Ventanillas and us adentra in the Torcal Low

El Torcal de Antequera — The Torcal of Antequera

The Natural Place Torcal of Antequera, situated in the zone centre of the province of Málaga, elevated above the city of Antequera and in the arch calizo of the Subbéticas, constitutes one of the best and more spectacular examples of karstic relief of all Europe.

It takes his name of his more common forms and known, the torcas or dolines, small background circular depressions plane that go filling up with the most resistant waste to the activity erosiva of the water, clay of decalcification also designated terra rossa by his red colour.

Because of the oddity and magnificencia of his odd trainings, the Torcal of Antequera offers an impressive landscape considered only in the world, fact that motivated his statement in 1929 like Place of National Interest.

His 1.171 hectares have served in innumerable occasions of stage to films of science-fiction, as in his laberíntica structure of torcas, corridors, caves and simas (like Bull and Marinaleda), rests and desfiladeros, whose better exponent is the Screw of The Torcal, is easy that the caminante lose .

The appearance calizo of the composition of his terrain does it easily sensitive to the erosion by climatological agents, like the rain or the wind.

Place	Days	Length	Desnivel	Desnivel	Difficulty	Type route
Julio 2014
Málaga	1	2 Km.	50 m.	50 m.	Easy

Place	Days	Length
Julio 2014
Málaga	1	2 Km.

Desnivel	Desnivel	Difficulty	Type route
50 m.	50 m.	Easy

1. Green route

Situated in the Parking, under the Astronomical Observatory in the Flat of the Polvillares, will find the start of the route. Before beginning, to our right and in the high of a hill, finds “The Sombrerillo”. We initiate rising by a short zone of natural staggered rock. After a back descent to a small torca will direct us leftwards for adentrarnos in “the Sour of Asa”. After surpassing the small steps that will find in this and with a small ascensión to leave it backwards, will achieve a significant copy of Arce of Montpellier (Arce monspesulanum).

Until here and during this part of the route will have observed distinct figures, that with different names know eat: the Totem, the Dragon, the Sparrow, the Macetón and the Esfinge. Leaving backwards the visited ours panoramic expands contemplating to the far, “The Arregladeros” in the limit south of the Torcal.

We will advance until finding us an estaca where indicates us the direction, to the right, that follows the yellow route. We will descend, leftwards, directing us to the base of The Arregladeros in the Hoyo of the Burra, until finding us again with the estacas that indicate us by where comes the yellow route.

Although we still do not see the Centre of Visitors find us roughly to 500 metres of him. After sortear different natural stairs that allow to descend and rise in the Hoyo of the Burra, will achieve a small explanada, from where already divisa the Centre of Visitors. To achieve it will realise a small descent until the Hoyo of the Arregladeros for later rise softly by a small but marked senda until the vicinities of the Centre of Visitors.

Before continuing until the parking will have to divert us roughly 50 metres to contemplate the incredible seen from the Oriel of the Ventanillas (where stand out the municipality of Villanueva of the Conception, the Saw of the Almijara (Maroma) and the Hoya of Málaga). Of the figures that will contemplate in this part project the Hoyo of the Burra, the Collado of the Turtle, the Platform of the Ship, or the Platform of the Iron or the Lookout.

1. Green route

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