Located just a little over half an hour from the Costa del Sol. It has a population of three thousand inhabitants, and it is at the foot of the great bulk of limestone rock known as “El Torcal de Antequera”.

Here we find hispano- roman settlements found in the vicinity inform us of the foundation in this land of the city of Oscua.

The great places for visitors, one must point is the Nineteenth Century parish church, the bridges of “La Ruta del Camino Real de Carlos III” and, obviously, “El Torcal”.

February is a good month for festivities: on the 2nd is the celebration of “La Candelaria” and the carnaval on the last week of the month. The feast of “Los Hornazos”, in honour of Saint Marcos, “La Romería al Torcal”, on the 15th of May, the Corpus and, in August, the fair in honour of “La Inmaculada Concepción”.

In its´ gastronomy we have the dishes made with local products: chickpeas, almonds, cereals and olives, the seasoning of wild esparragus, the snail stew (el guiso de caracoles), “gachas” and “migas”.

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