Málaga
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Nerja

Cueva de Nerja

The Caves of Nerja are a series of caverns close to the town of in the , . Stretching for almost 5 kilometres, the caverns are one of Spain's major tourist attractions.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave in southern Spain
  • Also known as: “Caves of Nerja” and “Cuevas de Nerja”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Torre de Maro and Plaza Cantarero, Nerja.

Tower
Photo: Cayetano, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a tower, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Cueva de Nerja.

Square
Photo: Haydn Blackey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a square, which is situated 3 km southwest of Cueva de Nerja.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Olga1969, CC BY 4.0.
is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Cueva de Nerja.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maro and Frigiliana.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nerja is a seaside resort on the , in the region of Andalucia of . It is one of the few resort towns on Costa del Sol that isn't dominated by large ugly concrete hotels.

Photo: Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain town in Andalucia, . A white Andalucian village only 5 miles inland, the village itself is a labyrinth of charming narrow whitewashed streets with old Andalucian houses.

Photo: Georg Denda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of 16,000 people in Malaga, . is the village with the best climate of Europe, according to a study done in 2008.

Cueva de Nerja

Latitude
36.76175° or 36° 45′ 42″ north
Longitude
-3.84484° or 3° 50′ 41″ west
Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)
Operator
Fundación Cueva de Nerja
Open location code
8C8RQ564+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2481346642
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2513239
Wiki­data ID
Q2169018
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Cueva de Nerja” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Nerjako leizea”
  • Catalan: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • Cebuano: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • Czech: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • Dutch: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف نيرجا”
  • Estonian: “Nerja koobas”
  • Finnish: “Nerjan luolat”
  • French: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • French: “Grotte de Nerja”
  • Galician: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • German: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • German: “Cuevas de Nerja”
  • German: “Höhle von Maro”
  • German: “Höhle von Nerja”
  • German: “Höhlen von Nerja”
  • German: “Kathedrale der Vorgeschichte”
  • Hungarian: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • Hungarian: “Nerjai-barlang”
  • Italian: “grotta di Nerja”
  • Italian: “Grotta di Nerja”
  • Japanese: “ネルハ洞窟”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • Norwegian: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • Polish: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Nerja”
  • Romanian: “Peștera Nerja”
  • Russian: “Нерха”
  • Russian: “Пещера Нерхи”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Nerja”
  • Swedish: “Cueva de Nerja”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cueva de Nerja”. Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.