{"id":7462,"date":"2020-02-13T12:07:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malagaweb.com\/blog\/?p=7462"},"modified":"2020-03-06T06:27:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T06:27:33","slug":"antequera-dolmens-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malagaweb.com\/blog\/tours\/antequera-dolmens-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Antequera Dolmens Site – Discovering our past in Antequera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antequera offers the visitor an endless number of possibilities that will enrich your visit to Malaga. There are tours with guide in Antequera that will show you its monuments and places of interest in depth; today I will highlight the cultural and natural attractions from Antequera Dolmens Site.<\/p>\n

The Antequera Dolmens Site comprises a series of cultural and natural monuments<\/strong>. If you have your own vehicle, perhaps you can visit them on the same day.<\/p>\n

It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016:
\nhttps:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1501\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Natural Monuments<\/h2>\n

Some are recommended for families or if you decide to travel with children<\/a>, because of their low difficulty. Join me to see some of the main places you should not miss. Enter this natural and mysterious world, which will undoubtedly fascinate visitors of all ages.<\/p>\n

Torcal de Antequera<\/h3>\n

This natural area is one of the most popular in Andalusia and has some impressive rock formations.<\/p>\n

\"Torcal<\/a><\/p>\n

The strange formations have taken place over a process that has lasted millions of years. Calcareous formations on the sea bed that with the erosion have ended up sculpting these rocks. It might be difficult for the neophyte to assimilate how this landscape could once be found below sea level; to assimilate it we have to remember the great magnitudes of time in which the whole process took place.
\n\"Formaci\u00f3n<\/a>
\nThere are also numerous underground formations in this area that go deep into the ground, reaching up to 225 meters. In some of them remains tell us about a human occupation since the beginning of the Neolithic.<\/p>\n

Whoever wants to visit the torcal should know that it is easily accessible by road; it is ideal to have your own vehicle or hire a private transfer. The visitor’s centre has an interpretative area, toilets, a shop, a restaurant, an astronomical observatory and two public car parks, one at the entrance to the Natural Park and the other next to the visitor’s centre itself.<\/p>\n

Influences<\/h4>\n

Some of the formations are simply amazing, one of a kind. Stones that seem to be shaped by an invisible hand and have accompanied mankind for thousands of years.<\/p>\n

You have to go back to Neolithic times, during the construction of the dolmens. Imagine what the people of the area felt when faced with such formations. No doubt they would feed their spirituality; who knows if these wonderful and strange rocky forms did not influence the society of the time to build with those big rocks the Dolmens of Antequera; I can guess they did.<\/p>\n

El Torcal trails<\/h4>\n

El Torcal has several hiking routes:<\/p>\n