Excursions

THE GUADALHORCE RESERVOIRS

Itinerary

Access from Alora
Access from Campillos
Access from Ardales

The most important reservoir complex in Andalucia is situated between the municipalities of Ardales, Teba, Campillos, Antequera and Alora. It is composed of three main reservoirs: Conde de Guadalhorce (Ardales), Guadalteba (Teba and Campillos), and Guadalhorce (Campillos and Antequera); a smaller reservoir: El Gaitanejo (Ardales), a counter-reservoir: La Encantada (Alora) and a deposit-reservoir: Mesa de Villaverde (Ardales). All these reservoirs, joined to the abrupt reliefs of the surroundings shape a very attractive scenery of notable ecological and historic interest, all inducing a guaranteed good excursion day and even inviting one to stay for more than a day in the area.

There are three itineraries to visit these places, depending on the area chosen, be it Alora, Ardales or Campillos which have direct access to them.

EXCURSION TO THE SIERRA DE LAS NIEVES AND RONDA CITY

Itinerary Access from the Western Costa del Sol Access from Antequera Access from Algodonales Access from the Campo de Gibraltar

The area of the Ronda highlands, known as Sierra de las Nieves, has in its interior the most complete complex of natural and scenic attractions that a mountain can offer. Relief, vegetation and fauna are united in order to shape an ecological paradise surrounded by spectacular scenery, between the municipalities of Ronda, Parauta, Tolox and Yunquera. And very close to this paradise, the city of Ronda offers an extraordinary complement to the visit of the sierra. To not spend a few hours in getting to know this city would be like leaving the excursion half way through.

EXCURSION TO EL TORCAL, LA LAGUNA DE FUENTE DE PIEDRA AND ANTEQUERA

Itinerary

Basic Itinerary
Alternative Itinerary

In the centre of the northern part of the province of Malaga, at only 45 kilometres from the capital, less than 100 kilometres from Granada, a little more to Seville and always on the motorway, is the city of Antequera. Geographical centre in the whole of Andalucia and the cross-roads between Granada and Seville, Cordoba and Malaga, today it is a real historical monument, which looked over these lands by Menga in prehistory and was especially generous during the 17th and 18th century, filling the city with art, thus converting it, along with Seville, into one of the most important cities of Andalusian Baroque.

But long before man converted this city into a monument, nature had already done much to its surroundings. A few kilometres from Antequera, in the centre of the Antequeran mountain range, the sierra del Torcal rises majestically and mysteriously. To the west, next to Fuente de Piedra town, is the lagoon with the same name in which a colony of flamingos have converted it into one of the most important nature reserves of its kind in Europe.