The best photo spots in the Basque Country
The best photo spots in the Basque Country
3,5 km - Ainhoa
Not to be missed
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They were shaped by drops of water with wisdom, modesty and perseverance. These ancient caves are home to a stream, the Urtxume, and a history. We invite you to discover it throughout a 40-minute "sound and light" tour, enhancing all the beauty and power of nature . According to legend, this is where the laminak lived, whose voices still seem to echo in the water that flows through the depths of the site.
The Urdax Caves were inhabited by our ancestors at different times in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods. The famous French speleologist Norbert Casteret discovered in 1930 "a magnificent shelter under the rocks", Berroberría, and "a cave with engravings", Alkerdi. The Alkerdi Cave houses, at the end of a corridor, engravings made on a stalagmite. They represent a bison and a deer and probably also a horse, and they date back to the Upper Magdalenian, around 13,000 years ago. However, it is currently impossible to contemplate these drawings, for conservation reasons.PRICES
- €7 from 14 years old
- Free from 0 to 4 years old
- €4 from 4 to 14 years old
The duration of the guided tour is 40 minutes and reservation is required.
Bar at your disposal in July and August.
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