Nerja - Caves

(Local Name: Cuevas de Nerja) A few kilometers northeast of Nerja are the Cuevas de Nerja, a cave system discovered in 1959, with four chambers containing bizarrely shaped stalactites and stalagmites and prehistoric rock paintings.

The lower gallery, well arranged for visitors, is about 800m/880yd long; upper gallery about 2,000m/2,200yd long. Many sinter formations, some very large (one pillar 60m/200ft high, 18m/60ft in diameter). Paleolithic wall paintings (stags, horses, goats, dolphins), particularly in upper gallery. Important excavations (fragments of skulls). Music, colored lighting; frequent concerts, ballet performances, etc.

In summer the Sala de la Cascada serves as a concert