Tag: Caves
Inside Jameos del Agua - A lava-tube lagoon, blind albino crabs and César Manrique’s white pool
A tiny white crab, smaller than your fingernail, shines against black rock in a lagoon that has never seen direct sunlight.Jameos del Agua is...
First time in Nerja? The Balcón de Europa, a cave of giant columns and coves below the Maro cliffs
In January 1959, five young men went hunting for bats in a sinkhole above the sea. What they found underground still makes visitors stop...
Are the caves in Mallorca worth it? Drach’s lake concert, Artà’s giant columns and how to plan your visit
Most visitors join the morning crowd at one famous cave, snap a blurry photo and head back to the beach. The island has five...
Is Sacromonte worth visiting? Cave houses, zambra flamenco and the best views of the Alhambra
For centuries, people here didn't build their homes. They dug them out of the hillside, whitewashed the doorways and lit the lamps for a...
Porto Cristo with kids - Caves, coves and a working fishing harbour
Deep under the pine-covered hills, a string quartet glides across one of the largest underground lakes in the world. Up on the quay, the...