CUADERNO DE VIAJE - ANTEQUERA IV (MALAGA) - {TRAVEL NOTEBOOK - ANTEQUERA IV - MALAGA}
Tal y como escribí en la entrada anterior, los dólmenes y el Torcal pueden verse en una mañana si haces una visita libre. Salimos muy temprano para ver los dólmenes, es lo mejor y no solo por el calor que puede hacer después sino porque se llenan de gente y entonces ya la visita se hace pesada.
El Torcal de Antequera es un paraje natural único, declarado Patrimonio Mundial de la Humanidad por la Unesco.
- As I wrote in my previous post, the Dolmens and El Torcal can be visited in one morning if you follow a free tour. We left the hotel quite early to see the dolmens, it´s the best thing to do not just because of the heat but because they get crowded easily and the visit turns to be a pain.
- El Torcal de Antequera is a unique natural place, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
- The truth is that I had no idea about what we were going to find there. The first thing of all is to say that the Torcal de Antequera is a protected natural space, and there are some rules to comply that as our guide explained visitors don´t follow. In fact, when she found out I love plants and flowers, she took me during our walk to see a wild peony and a wild orchid. Oh my I almost cried when I found such gorgeous flowers blossom there.
- There are some trails and viewpoints. There are also a visitor´s information and reception point and a series of basic services like toilets, restaurant etc. The Torcal is more than 1200 meters above sea level and is a typical medium-mountain terrain, so wear comfy shoes or sneakers if the route is simple like mine or a proper mountain equipment if you pretend to hike or take a more complicated route.
- They are the result of the accumulation of shells and skeletons of marine animals deposited in succissive layers on the floor of an extensive sea which covered this area around 200 million years ago (during the Jurassic).
- Around 20 million years ago, during the Alpine Orogeny, the carbonate sediments (already transformed into limestones) were compressed, deformed and fractured, until they emerged in a slow and continuous process that is still taking place today. The limestones have remained exposed to atmospheric, weathering and erosion agents since that time.
- After their emergence, the slow, continuous action of rainwater, snow and wind has caused the erosion and dissolution of the limestone rocks, generating thisparticular landform known as a karst or karstic landscape. During our walk, we saw some fossils. The truth is that this visit was really amazing and very very interesting.
- We fell in love with Antequera. We will recommend it completely. We will go back some day, we still have things to see.
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