Colmenar lies in the centre of the historic region of the "Montes de Málaga", nestled between two hills. This municipality is on the border between the Axarquia region, which it joins through the Periana corridor, and the Montes region, which it joins from the west; it is located next to the old road to Granada. It offers a different landscape depending on which way you look at it: rocky mountains to the north and south and olive and cereal lands to the east and west.
Colmenar is rural tourism and mountainous natureculture and Andalusian authenticity. The village whose origins date back to after the Christian conquest, It has narrow, gently sloping streets with whitewashed houses. Its most representative monument is the Church of La Asunción and its most interesting landscape is the Camarolos and Jobo mountain ranges.