Karst Formations in El Torcal – The Torcal Screw loop from parking Torcal entrada

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Villanueva De La Concepción

Karst Formations in El Torcal – The Torcal Screw loop from parking Torcal entrada

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Karst Formations in El Torcal – The Torcal Screw loop from parking Torcal entrada

06:08

19.4km

700m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

148 m

El Torcal de Antequera Natural Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

Access to the Torcal Alto Visitor Center is free and it has an interpretive area, multipurpose room, guide service, observatory, souvenir shop, cafeteria-restaurant, toilets and parking.

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2.58 km

Karst Formations in El Torcal

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Far away from mass tourism on the Costa del Sol, pure relaxation and worth seeing. There are several signposted paths to follow, not very difficult, but you should wear good …

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2.96 km

The Torcal Screw

Highlight • Natural Monument

Unique and curious rock formations, you can hardly progress from jamming and taking pictures

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14.3 km

Plazoleta Cuatro Torres

Highlight • Natural Monument

The area has been a state-protected nature reserve since 1989

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14.7 km

Ibex at El Torcal de Antequera

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Here you can often see ibexes…

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14.8 km

View of El Torcal de Antequera

Highlight • Viewpoint

14.9 km

Path along stunningly beautiful rock formations

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

If you choose a longer tour and some of the less travelled pathes you will have a nicer experience than on the marked standard routes.

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15.1 km

View of the valley from El Torcal de Antequera

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the car park there is a well-maintained path to the viewpoint

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19.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.83 km

4.38 km

3.52 km

1.42 km

296 m

Surfaces

13.1 km

3.53 km

1.42 km

1.04 km

296 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,220 m)

Lowest point (900 m)

Weather

Wednesday 21 October

23°C

11°C

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Comments

May 13, 2024,Paraje Natural El Torcal – Plazoleta Cuatro Torres Runde von Villanueva de la Concepción

Caution: The tour may no longer be accessible in the middle.

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June 24, 2024,Paraje Natural El Torcal – Rotsachtig landschap rondtocht vanuit Villanueva de la Concepción

This was a beautiful but not so fun hike. We had to cross 3 barbed wired fencesonto private propertie, make a way through large thistle fields, search for the start of the trail to climb the mountain,....

September 9, 2024,Paraje Natural El Torcal – Felsige Landschaft Runde von Villanueva de la Concepción

We did the hike in September 2024. That is, we tried it. Unfortunately, the tour is not recommended at all. The reason: From the point in the southwest of the path, where the tour says you should leave the road and go back into the terrain, there is no longer a recognizable path. We wandered through thorn bushes for 1 …

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