Fountain in Antequera

Fuente del Toro

Also known as Bull Fountain

FreeCosts nothing to visit.

A decorative bull fountain in the center of Antequera, free to see and easy to fold into a walk through town. It sits on the route between the Alcazaba of Antequera and the UNESCO-listed dolmens at Dolmen de Menga and Dolmen de Viera, a few steps from the central square at Plaza Coso Viejo. Worth a quick stop and a photo, not a detour in its own right, which suits a budget day spent linking the free sights on foot.

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Calle Rastro, 29200 Antequera
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Alcazaba of Antequera

Moorish hilltop fortress crowning Antequera, with the Torre del Homenaje keep giving commanding views over the town, the vega plain, and the tilted profile of Pena de los Enamorados. It sits in the same precinct as the Arco de los Gigantes and the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria la Mayor, so the whole oldest part of town folds into one climb.

Fortress · AntequeraPart free

Arco de los Gigantes

Renaissance triumphal arch built in the 1580s as the monumental gateway into Antequera's upper town, deliberately built with Roman inscriptions and carved stones gathered from the area. Free to walk through, and it frames the classic view back over the rooftops toward the Pena de los Enamorados.

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Church of El Carmen

Former Carmelite church in the upper town of Antequera, known for an extraordinary gilded Churrigueresque main altarpiece that fills the entire east wall.

Church · AntequeraPaid

Church of Los Remedios

The sanctuary of the Virgen de los Remedios, patron saint of Antequera, sits right on Calle Infante Don Fernando, the town's main pedestrian street, so it costs nothing to step inside on a walk through the centre.

Church · AntequeraFree

Church of San Juan

Mannerist parish church in the Antequera old town, free to step into and a regular stop on the town's Palaces and Churches walking route. One of the dense cluster of religious buildings that earned Antequera its nickname, the Florence of Andalusia, alongside neighbours like the Church of Los Remedios and the Convent of Madre de Dios.

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Church of San Sebastian

Church on the central Plaza de San Sebastian in Antequera, best known for the brick bell tower topped by the Angelote, a winged-angel weathervane that has become an informal symbol of the town and is visible from across the centre.

Church · AntequeraFree

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