Nerja Caves

Tickets are 5 euros. Opening times: July and August 09:30-8pm Rest of year 09:30-6:30pm These are breathtaking beautiful caves, some of the best in Europe, that should not be missed if the opportunity arises. Each July a festival of flamenco music and dance is held inside the caves. Three kilometres from the town centre are the Nerja caves where skeletal remains and artefacts, dating from 30,000BC to the Bronze Age, were discovered in 1959. Wall paintings inside the caves date from the Palaeolithic and post-Palaeolithic periods. The visitor is able to enter various different chambers including one which houses the world's widest column as well as very large independant stalactites and stalagmites. Every July a festival of flamenco music and dance is held inside the caves. Undergound caverns with stalagmites, stalagtites & columns The world's widest column Grand centre column in the Sala del Cataclismo (Cataclysm Hall) reaches a height of 32 metres. Karstic cavities formed by erosion of marble by water and Palaeolithic wall paintings Scientists investigating cave fauna have recently discovered species that were thought to be extinct in the caves. Amongst these, in areas not open to the public, are scarab beetles and blind scorpions. Alberto Atinavt, department head at the University of Granada, is carrying out studies on the interior and exterior micro fauna of the cave.