Nerja Caves: entry ticket with audio guide
Entry ticket to the Nerja Caves with audio guide: the world's largest stalactite column, chambers 60 metres high and 40,000-year-old cave paintings. 4.6/5 with 2,107 reviews.
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Practical details
- Duration
- 45 minutes
- Guide languages
- Spanish · English
- Mobile ticket
- No need to print
- Instant confirmation
- Right after booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- No
- Minimum age
- No restriction
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24h before
Highlights
- The world's largest natural column (32 m high, Guinness record)
- Illuminated chambers up to 60 metres high
- 45-minute route with audio guide
- 5 km from Nerja and the Balcón de Europa
Our take
The Nerja Caves are the most spectacular natural excursion on the Costa del Sol: the Cataclysm Hall, with its 32-metre column, leaves you speechless. Cheap, timed ticket; in summer book days ahead.
What's included
- Entry ticket to the Nerja Caves
- Audio guide
Not included
- Transport
- Nerja Museum (combined ticket available at the desk)
Good to know
What to bring
- Rubber-soled shoes: the floor is damp and there are stairs
- A light jacket: it is 19-20 °C inside all year
Not suitable for
- People with reduced mobility: about 400 steps on the route
Things to keep in mind
- Entry is timed; morning slots sell out in summer
- Only a third of the cave is visited (the Tourist Galleries); the rest is reserved for research
- The cave paintings are not on the public route
Meeting point
Nerja Caves, Carretera de Maro, Nerja (Málaga)
The caves are in Maro, 5 km from Nerja on the N-340. By car, free parking. By bus, the ALSA Málaga-Nerja line (1 h 15) then the local bus or a taxi to the caves. Show your voucher at the desk at your reserved time.
The experience
What you'll see
The Nerja Caves were discovered in 1959 by five boys from Maro who went in chasing bats. Today they are one of Spain's most visited natural monuments: 4 km of galleries, of which a third is open.
The route (45 minutes)
- Nativity Hall: the entrance, where Palaeolithic human remains and tools were found.
- Cascade Hall: formations that look like a frozen curtain of water. The Music and Dance Festival is held here every summer.
- Hall of the Ghosts: named after the silhouettes formed by the stalagmites.
- Cataclysm Hall: the great 60-metre dome with the 32-metre column, the largest in the world according to Guinness. The fallen formations on the floor were toppled by an earthquake 800,000 years ago.
Planning the day
From Málaga it is 55 minutes by car on the A-7. Book the caves first thing (10 am), have lunch in Frigiliana (10 minutes away) and finish at Nerja's Balcón de Europa. Without a car, look at the organised Nerja and Frigiliana trip from Málaga.
Accessibility
Not accessible: the route has about 400 steps.
Cancellation policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before with full refund.
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