# Torcal Alto Restaurant

Restaurant en Antequera · Antequera

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera/where-to-eat/torcal-alto-restaurant · Revisado: 2026-11-13

- Precio: €

The restaurant at the El Torcal visitor centre, with a terrace among the rocks: migas torcaleñas, porra, plato torcaleño and bienmesabe, at short-menu prices.

Torcal Alto is the only restaurant inside the El Torcal nature reserve: it occupies part of the visitor centre, next to the upper car park, where the Green Trail and the Yellow Trail begin. It is an outing-day eatery, with a short menu and moderate prices, and a terrace for about a hundred people surrounded by the karst rocks. Inside there is an 80-seat dining room and a separate room reserved for family groups.
The 2026 menu, dish by dish
The menu published in February 2026 draws on the cooking of the district. Among the starters, the porra antequerana costs €9, the stew croquettes with potatoes €12 and the portion of organic cured sheep's cheese from the district, €16. In season there is gazpacho (€7) and ajoblanco (€7.50); in winter, vegetable cream and picadillo soup.
For mains there are the two house dishes: the migas torcaleñas (€12.50) and the plato torcaleño, with pork loin, chorizo, fried green pepper, fried egg and potatoes (€15.50). There is also pork cheek in Málaga wine (€14.50), flamenquín, wild-mushroom porrilla, suckling lamb chops (€19), entrecôte and grilled swordfish. For children, macaroni or breaded chicken with chips, at €8 and €9. Desserts run from €4 to €6, with the Antequera bienmesabe at €6. A cover charge is added at €0.50. With a starter to share, a main and a dessert you eat for about €25 to €30 per person.
The menu marks the vegetarian and vegan dishes, with Heura bites and a Heura burger (€11), and the allergens in each dish. It is in Spanish, English and French.
The drive up and mealtimes
The visitor centre is open every day from 9:30 to 17:00, except 25 December and 1 and 6 January; the kitchen follows those hours and does not serve dinners, apart from those in its "Cena bajo el cielo del Torcal" (Dinner under the El Torcal sky) programme, which are announced separately. The restaurant is about 15 km from Antequera along the A-7075.
At weekends, public holidays and long weekends from autumn to spring, private traffic is cut off when the upper car park fills up: you leave the car in the lower car park, between kilometres 41 and 42 of the A-7075, and go up on the shuttle for €3 per person, return. The road usually reopens between 13:30 and 14:30; the exact time is announced each morning. If you are coming only for lunch, go up afterwards. The last shuttle down is set for 17:30, but they recommend taking it before 17:00.
For families and groups
Next to the terrace there is an outdoor area for children to play. For groups there are special menus and you can combine the meal with a guided visit to El Torcal. If you go on your own, the Green and Yellow Trails start from the door, and in the Sunday plan in Antequera the afternoon at El Torcal closes the day.

Qué pedir: the porra antequerana to start, the plato torcaleño or the migas, and bienmesabe for dessert

## Practical details

- Address: Centro de Visitantes Torcal Alto, carretera A-7075, 29200 Antequera, Málaga
- Phone: +34 952 243 324
- Email: reservas@torcaldeantequera.com
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:30–17:00
- Visitor-centre hours; closed on 25 December and 1 and 6 January. On restriction days you go up on the shuttle in the morning
- Cuisine: Antequera, Andalusian
- House specialities: Porra antequerana, Migas torcaleñas, Plato torcaleño, Pork cheek in Málaga wine, Bienmesabe
- Details checked on 13 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.torcaldeantequera.com/informacion/centro-de-visitantes/restaurante-en-antequera/
- Coordenadas: 36.9535, -4.544

## Cerca de aquí

- [Ammonite Trail and El Torcal for Families, with a guide](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera/things-to-do/el-torcal-guided-walks), a 0 m
- [Green and Yellow Trails at El Torcal](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera/things-to-do/el-torcal-trails), a 0 m
- [Royal Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera/things-to-do/royal-collegiate-church-of-santa-maria), a 7.1 km
- [Alcazaba of Antequera](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera/things-to-do/antequera-alcazaba), a 7.2 km
- [Descalzas Convent Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera/things-to-do/descalzas-convent-museum), a 7.2 km
- [Antequera City Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera/things-to-do/antequera-city-museum), a 7.4 km
- [Arte de Cozina](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera/where-to-eat/arte-de-cozina), a 7.6 km
- [Arte de Cozina Guesthouse](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera/where-to-stay/arte-de-cozina-guesthouse), a 7.6 km

## Consejos

### Book a table at weekends
Through the form on its website, on 952 243 324 or at reservas@torcaldeantequera.com.

### Wrap up warm for the terrace
Up there, in the middle of the sierra, it is windier and cooler than in Antequera: bring a layer even if it is nice below.

### Eat before going down
Outside the restaurant there is nowhere to eat in the reserve: the other options are in Antequera.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What time does it close?
The visitor centre and its restaurant are open from 9:30 to 17:00 every day.

### Does it have a children's menu?
Yes: macaroni bolognese or breaded chicken with chips, at €8 and €9.

### Are there vegan dishes?
Yes, the menu marks the vegetarian ones and has two vegan dishes made with Heura.

### Can I drive up for lunch at the weekend?
In the morning it is usually closed off; the road reopens around 13:30 or 14:30. Before that, go up on the shuttle from the lower car park.

Destino: [Antequera](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/antequera.md)