Villanueva de las Torres is located north of Hoya de Guadix, at 79 km from the capital, in an AREA that was inhabited by the first Prehistoric civilizations in the Iberian Peninsula, as proven by the archaeological remains found in Haza del Toril from the Neolithic-Bronze age period, and in Baños de Alicún, from the Low Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ages.

The Medicinal Spa Alicún de las Torres can be found 6 km away from the town centre.