Antequera's tourist offer turns nocturnal in summer

Antequera/The City Museum of Antequera (MVCA) hosted the official presentation of the Luz de Luna 2025 program, a well-established initiative in the cultural and tourist agenda of Antequera that will allow enjoying monuments, heritage sites, and special activities at night.

The mayor of Antequera, Manuel Barón, highlighted that there will be 20 activities scheduled this year, with an approximate budget of 14,000 euros, and they will take place from July 1 to September 30. "It is a program that grows each year, establishing itself as one of the major commitments of the City Council to culture, tourism, and heritage during the summer months," Barón pointed out.

For her part, the municipal delegate for Tourism, Ana Cebrián, provided details of the program, noting that this program has more than two decades of history and has become a hallmark of the city's tourist offerings during the hotter months. "We take advantage of the cooler hours of the day to showcase a vibrant, accessible, and lively Antequera at dusk," she stated.

Cebrián emphasized that this year 10 entities and businesses from the tourism sector are participating, which together with the City Council make possible a varied and quality program. Among them are the MVCA, the Archicofradía del Rosario, Ciudades Medias del Centro de Andalucía in Antequera, Loaza Congresses and Events, Gross Wineries, Visit Old City, the Archaeological Ensemble of the Dólmenes, the Torcal Alto Visitor Center, and the Astronomical Observatory, among others.

Among the scheduled activities are accessible routes, astronomical observations in the Torcal, family visits with the Marco Topo scavenger hunt, visits to churches such as Santo Domingo, Paladares de Antequera, yoga at the Alcazaba, escape room, legend tours, olive oil tastings, gastronomic experiences, panoramic and musical visits such as Nájera Jazz, the Blues cycle, or the anticipated Antequera Light Fest (ALF) which will take place on July 11 and 12 as a highlighted event. "This festival will be the prelude to the tenth anniversary that we will celebrate next year, and of which we will soon give more details," Cebrián advanced.

As a novelty this year, it is now possible to visit the Roman Villa of Antequera, which, although still pending official inauguration, is already part of the program due to high public and tourist demand. "We have included it because there are many people asking about it. It is a heritage gem that will soon be regularly open to the public," the councilwoman affirmed.

It is worth remembering that the 2024 edition broke all participation records since its creation, with a total of 29,005 visits between July and September, which represented an increase of more than 317 percent compared to the previous year. A fact that demonstrates the consolidation of this program as one of the main tourist attractions of the Antequera summer.