Prehistoric Cave Cueva de las Calaveras
Prehistoric Cave Cueva de las Calaveras
Prehistoric Cave Cueva de las Calaveras
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VANESSA G
1 contribution
Aug 2024 • Family
The cave is very nice. The ticket price is expensive for what it is. There were a lot of people. What we liked the least were the plastic dolls at the entrance (very unnecessary and out of place). At the entrance there is an exhibition to buy marble objects and even fossils, this part we also did not like, it looked like a market. Shopping in the store, and the same person is the one who watches and controls the entrance.
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Written 15 August 2024
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Rosario R
8 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
A good excursion with children to entertain on a rainy day in August. It’s pet-friendly, it means you can enter with your pet by transport or in your arms, but for large dogs they only have one cart, so I took us an hour to wait because previous users took it easy. There is also no snack, but they let you sit on the terrace of the bar with your snacks, and consume a water or soft drink there.
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Written 22 August 2024
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Sally M
Leigh-on Sea, UK61 contributions
Aug 2020 • Family
We visited on a slightly overcast day with our grandson who is 2. He absolutely adores dinosaurs and so all of the model ones in the caves were great for him.
There was also a pond with real fish.
We all enjoyed walking through the caves and reading about the history of the caves and seeing the rock formations etc.
Afterwards we sat and had a drink and played in the small children’s play area.
The whole place was clean and well organised and definitely worth a visit.
There was also a pond with real fish.
We all enjoyed walking through the caves and reading about the history of the caves and seeing the rock formations etc.
Afterwards we sat and had a drink and played in the small children’s play area.
The whole place was clean and well organised and definitely worth a visit.
Written 5 September 2020
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Jesús Soria
Valencia, Spain6 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
The cave is nice, but the "decoration" is pathetic. It takes away all the fun, rubber dinosaurs, dolls with crappy wigs and... is it necessary to sell toilets in a grotto? I only recommend it to go with very young children. I will not come back.
Written 31 August 2023
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Justina P
Shrewsbury, UK106 contributions
July 2020
Visited here on a very hot day,so was good escape of the heat! Great set up. Lots of info boards in many languages. Good walkway and lighting. A must visit if you are in the area.
Written 20 August 2020
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Hanneke_8
Amsterdam, The Netherlands51 contributions
Nov 2011 • Friends
You can find this cave just outside Benidoleig. There is a small restaurant and shop with a parking lot. You have to buy a ticket to visit the cave. The entrance fee is 3,50 euro and I think that is fair because the cave is maintained in good order, clean and with good lightning.
The cave has a length of about 300 metres and is easily accessible because it has a wooden walkway all through to the end, where you cannot any further because there is a deep opening where you can see a underwater river flow at the bottom. The two times we have been there, there were hardly any other visitors, so it is very nice to walk along the walkway without seeing too much other people.
You can see stalarites, stalagmites and large domes of more than 50 metres height. It is easy to see that this cave was a very good dwelling for big groups of stone age people. There are plenty of flat places where a whole family could live and sleep. Tools and animal remains were found, dating from the Stone Age. Archeologists estimate that the cave was used as a dwelling for humans for as long as 100.000 years.
The cave is called 'The Cave of the Kadavers' because 12 human skeletons were found in the eighteenth century, believed to be of Morish farmers in the Middle Ages who were trapped by rising water.
The cave was opened to the public in the 1960's. Although it has some touristy elements, like specimens of rocks and minerals in the huge entrance dome of the cave, this is not a put-off.
See for more info: www.cuevadelascalaveras.com
The cave has a length of about 300 metres and is easily accessible because it has a wooden walkway all through to the end, where you cannot any further because there is a deep opening where you can see a underwater river flow at the bottom. The two times we have been there, there were hardly any other visitors, so it is very nice to walk along the walkway without seeing too much other people.
You can see stalarites, stalagmites and large domes of more than 50 metres height. It is easy to see that this cave was a very good dwelling for big groups of stone age people. There are plenty of flat places where a whole family could live and sleep. Tools and animal remains were found, dating from the Stone Age. Archeologists estimate that the cave was used as a dwelling for humans for as long as 100.000 years.
The cave is called 'The Cave of the Kadavers' because 12 human skeletons were found in the eighteenth century, believed to be of Morish farmers in the Middle Ages who were trapped by rising water.
The cave was opened to the public in the 1960's. Although it has some touristy elements, like specimens of rocks and minerals in the huge entrance dome of the cave, this is not a put-off.
See for more info: www.cuevadelascalaveras.com
Written 26 February 2012
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Dospalms
Relleu, Spain22 contributions
Drove up from Benidorm. Simple and easy to find and at €3.50 per head cheap and good value. Took teenagers with learning difficulties and they loved the fossils and the way the place is presented.
Have been to other limestone caves qith a lot more stalactites and formations but these are worth a trip.
Definitely recommend it.
Have been to other limestone caves qith a lot more stalactites and formations but these are worth a trip.
Definitely recommend it.
Written 25 July 2014
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Steven J
Brussels, Belgium91 contributions
Oct 2018 • Couples
An small set of caves with a modest café and gift shop attached. Worth the stop if you are driving inland up the mountains. The scene setting in the caves is ahem, rather original, including a family of « prehistoric « plastic dolls set in a niche. The gift shop has the most extensive collection of novelty phallus bottle openers for miles around, to be admired over a plate of tapas.
Written 18 December 2018
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frank1e
Edinburgh, UK1,293 contributions
Feb 2019 • Couples
done this trip on our recent trip yo benidorm the trip itself was good the caves were soso but the pre ordered food in the little cafe/bar was enjoyable also a shop there with loads of weird stuff like i said the whole day was good worth the money.
Written 23 February 2019
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sue m
Clacton-on-Sea, UK54 contributions
Nov 2018 • Couples
A nice day trip out to see a bit of the countryside and visit the caves.A very large entrance to the cave with access via steps or a ramp.Some models and fossils in the front and the a wooden walkway goes right through making a pleasant walk.Suitable for the less mobile.Cave illuminated so you get lovely views of the stalactites and stalag mites took some lovely photos. Would recommend.
Written 15 December 2018
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Es accesible para sillas de ruedas? Gracias
Written 6 May 2019
Me sorprendió que fuera accesible para sillas de ruedas, es decir que es accesible para personas con movilidad reducida y cochecitos de bebé.
Es la única que he visitado con pasillos anchos y adaptados.
Written 7 May 2019
You can find their website at - cuevadelascalaveras . com
You can see that it states the admission fees as well as a little location map on there for you.
Written 19 September 2018
Si peros son admiten Gracias por su repuesta
Written 31 August 2018
Se pueden sacar fotos? Gracias
Written 30 December 2017
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