Cañete la Real is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain.

It is a border town between the Serrania de Ronda and the comarca of Antequera and rises 742 meters above the sea level.

The bordering municipalities with Cañete are: to the north Almargen (Málaga), El Saucejo and Algámitas (Seville);to the east Teba;to the southeast Ardales and El Burgo; to the southwest Cuevas del Becerro and Ronda and to the west Alcalá del Valle and Olvera, belonging to Cadiz.

The slopes of the mountains surrounding the town are covered with groves of oak and scrub pine between limestone rocks.

Among the wildlife that inhabits this area one can find the griffon vulture, eagle, owl, fox, bobcat, etc.