Altamira Caves Cuevas de Altamira

The Museum, housed in three pavilions near the caves, can be visited without prior application. It contains a variety of Stone Age material and has displays illustrating the life of Stone Age man. Particularly interesting is the third pavilion, which shows a video film on the paintings and illustrates Stone Age burial practices; one remarkable exhibit is the remains of a Palaeolithic man enclosed in a block of transparent plastic.

To the left of the Museum a narrow path leads through a fence to a stalactitic cave discovered some years ago which has some very fine stalagmites. The cave, like the Museum, can be visited without prior reservation.