Llanos de la Encina Antequera - La Higuera by Ruralidays

This lovely holiday home is of recent built, but constructed in the traditional style of Andalusia. It is an ideal venue to escape the daily routine. Only a few kilometers further you find shops to supply you with the basic necessities.

From the garden of this holiday home you have a great view of the mountains of El Torcal de Antequera. This is a well-known nature reserve and highland in Andalusia. Enjoy a siesta in the hammock after you tried the local food in one of the Vegas (restaurant in a farm. In the afternoon you can enjoy the shade of the olive trees.

The house has two bedrooms. One with a double bed and a bathroom with a shower in suite and one with two single beds. There are other bathroom with a bath. Of course there is a living room and a kitchen. Outside there is a fenced pool with grape branches and trees that provide shadow. There is a barbecue awaiting you so you can prepare the best local food. At 10 minutes distance of the house you find the small village Pedania de La Higuera.

In the region La Higuera you can go hiking, horse riding and cycling. At 20 minutes distance there also is a golf court. This is in the zone of the nature reserve El Torcal de Antequera. At 4 km distance there is the village Villaneuva de la Concepcion and at 12 km distance there is the centre of Antequera.

The city of Antequera is situated at about 509 meters above sea-level. From Antequera you can visit places like La Vega, the marches of El Chorro and the nature reserve El Torcal de Antequera. In Antequera you find many monuments that remind of the history of Andalusia and date back from the Visigoths, the Romans and the Muslims. Next to this you will find many architectonic places of interest dating back from the Renaissance and the baroque. Here, you find for example the Dolmes of Menga, Viera and El Romeral, La Real Colegiata Santa Maria Mayor de San Sebastian, the interior of the Convento de Carmen and the Alcazaba. There is also a shopping mall with cinema.

At 51 km distance you find the second city of Andalusia, named Malaga. The bathing site Nerja and her beaches are to be found at about 102 km, the natural reserve El Torcal de Antequera at 14 km, Laguna de Fuente de Piedra at 33 km, el Desfiladero de los Gaitanas at 31 km, the mountains of Malaga at 40 km and the airport of Malaga at 59 km.

Antequera is the heart of Andalusia. It is a typical ´pueblo blanco´ a white village which Andalusia is known for. The big cities of Andalusia are easily reachable from Antequera. Granada is at 102 km, Cordoba at 115 km and Seville at 160 km.

In order to visit the surrounding cities and villages you can use the bus, which goes regularly. At 17 km from the center there is a train station named Antequera – Santa Ana. From here high speed links connect Antequera with the big cities inside and outside Andalusia like Cordoba, Granada, Malaga and Madrid.