Cueva de Nerja is four miles east of Nerja, near the village of Maro. It is located on the southern slopes of the Sierra Almijara, less than a mile from the Mediterranean coastline.
There are two distinct zones, the first enabled for the public, which includes the southernmost third of the cave and the remaining two thirds are the high and new galleries, with restricted access. Almost 5km are developed and practically horizontal galleries, which occupy a volume greater than 350,000 cubic meters, its multiple and diverse speleothems (stalactites, stalagmites, columns, cast), paintings, make it a first-rate geological feature.
Besides the economic importance involved in tourism for the area in which it is located, the cave is a magnificent record of its own genesis as well as archaeological and paleoclimatic evolution of the region.
The Cueva de Nerja Institute began in 1999 to investigate, preserve and disseminate the immeasurable heritage of the caves. Five young brothers Maro, Navas Francisco Montesinos, Manuel and Miguel Zorrilla, Jose Luis Barbero de Miguel and Jose Torres Cardenas, discovered the caves on 12th January 1959..
In the centre of town is the Balcon de Europa, a viewpoint which gives stunning views of the sea to its guests. The name “Balcony of Europe” was proposed by King Alfonso XII who visited the area in 1885 after a disastrous earthquake, and was captivated by the scene. It was King Alfonso XII who came to this place to check for damage caused by the earthquake and gave it the name it has today.
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