{"id":2695,"date":"2025-03-18T09:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T09:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/?post_type=que-hacer&#038;p=2695"},"modified":"2025-07-16T11:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:12:23","slug":"cave-of-nerja","status":"publish","type":"que-hacer","link":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/que-hacer\/cueva-de-nerja\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerja Cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>history of the Nerja Cave<\/strong> began millions of years ago. In fact, our ancestors already knew about it: they lived in it, decorated it and used it as a\u00a0<strong>sacred burial place<\/strong>. From all this have come\u00a0<strong>vestiges to the present day<\/strong>turning this grotto into a\u00a0<strong>key to the study<\/strong>\u00a0of our predecessors and their\u00a0<strong>ways of life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Nerja Cave is a declared natural monument. <strong>Bien de Inter\u00e9s Cultural in 2006<\/strong>It has the status of Archaeological Zone. It is internationally known, so much so that its discovery in 1959 changed the history of tourism in Spain and consolidated a Costa del Sol that was already beginning to emerge in those years. Since then, <strong>has been visited by more than 20 million people since its opening to the public in 1960 until March 2025 when this cumulative number of visitors was reached.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The natural wealth of the Nerja Cave is to be found both inside and outside, in the surrounding environment. It is a geological site of special importance and, for this reason, it is listed as a Site of Geological Interest of International Importance. <strong>It is also one of the largest caves in Andalusia.<\/strong> and is set in a privileged natural environment, between the sea and the mountains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More than five million years old<\/strong>The Nerja Cave is an impressive geological spectacle that is the product of the\u00a0<strong>karstification<\/strong>which is home to fascinating speleothems and offers\u00a0<strong>crucial scientific data<\/strong>. Internationally recognized, this cave is positioned as a\u00a0<strong>invaluable scientific resource and underground natural museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entradas.cuevadenerja.es\/?_gl=1*zv953s*_ga*NDY3NDIzOTYzLjE3NTI2NTY1ODQ.*_ga_XQYWNNM57V*czE3NTI2NTY1ODMkbzEkZzEkdDE3NTI2NTcwOTckajYwJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy your ticket here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2697,"template":"","class_list":["post-2695","que-hacer","type-que-hacer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/que-hacer\/2695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/que-hacer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/que-hacer"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}