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Click here To Check Availability The ancient city of Antequera is in the province of Malaga, Andalucia (Andalusia), in southern Spain. It lies at the crossroads of major highways and train links between Granada - Malaga - Seville - Cordoba and Huelva. It is also on the main AVE high speed train link from Malaga to Madrid, and indeed, this makes the centre of Madrid within 2 hours travelling time, and makes it an ideal city break destination. See Google map and Antequera's proximity to various major Andalucian cities; Granada, Malaga, Sevilla, Cordoba etc.
The proximity of some of the best sights
and experiences in Spain are, in many cases, a relatively short distance
away. If you've been to Ronda, Alhaurin el Grande, Arcos, Frigiliana or one of the
innumerable other white towns in Andalucia, and think you seen all you need to see, you are wrong. Antequera has lots more to offer you than any of the former.
These, along with the Dolmenes, or (pre-historic caves), the 'El Torcal Montagnes' (dramatic mountains with astounding antediluvian rock formations as well as incredible vistas of the Costa Del Sol over 50 kilometres distant), make the city a place to visit time and time again. Antequera, as well as being one of the best kept towns in Andalucia, is also one of Spain's best kept secrets! As Washington Irving was once said to have remarked - "A visit to this historical Andalucían town is a journey almost 5,000 years back through time, beginning with the Bronze Age and the original native Iberians". With it's ancient burial mounds, dolmenes, Roman baths, Moorish Fortress, Gothic churches, Renaissance fountains and baroque bell towers, Antequera is undoubtably a fascinating and remarkable city. DO NOT BE LURED TO INFERIOR SURROUNDING
VILLAGES! Driving from Malaga, and the nearest international airport, along the A45 autovia, your first glimpses of Antequera and 'The Indian rock' evoke feelings that cannot be explained.
Maybe the fact that Antequera is not just another typical Spanish
white medieval town begins to permeate the senses. Antequera is a step back in time, and yet it's blend of modernity is there to be seen. For over a 1000 years Antequera has been one of Andalucía's most productive areas, and a leading producer of olives, asparagus and cereal crops. In summer, its fields are abundant with yellow sunflowers See Google map for location of the city. The town and fertile valley are overlooked by
an enormous peak of rock, called La Peña Narrative and Photos - David Robson
The dramatic scenery of the 'Torcal Mountain range' (5-10 mins away)
Antequera -
an article on this 'Hidden Spanish Treasure'
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Just outside town . .
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Take for example it's many ancient and
splendid churches, cathedral spires, convents, monuments and
statuary.
de los
Enamorados, or "The Lovers' Leap". The name derives from
the well known local legend about a doomed love affair between a young Christian
lad from Antequera and a beautiful Moorish lass from, Archidona
nearby. Legend has it that "they were pursued to the top of the cliff by
Moorish soldiers, where,
rather than forsake their love, for each other, they chose to fling themselves
to their deaths into the chasm hundreds of metres below." - On a
lighter note, the feature is known by many of the expat locals
as the 'Indian Rock', because of it's resemblance to the face in
profile of a North American native.
