Grutas de las Maravillas

Grotto of the Wonders


Useful Information

Location: Ciudad de Aracena, north east Huelva. 89km from Sevilla, 70km from the border to Portugal.
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Classification:  Karst cave. Lower Cambrian marble.
Light: electric.
Dimension: T=16-17°C, H=90-98%, L=2,130m.
Guided tours: L=1,200m.
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Address: Gruta de las Maravillas, Aracena, Huelva, Tel: +34-959-128255, Fax: +34-959-128206.
Last update:$Date: 2008/07/01 20:20:54 $

History

 
190?opened to the public.
1987surveyed by the G.E.S of S.E.M..

Description

This Cave of Wonders is an extraordinary decorated cave. Huge halls and passages decorated with all the speleothem you expect: stalagmites, stalactites, straws and shawls. Some of the chambers have pools and the 70 m high salón del gran lago (hall of the great lake) contains a big subterranean lake.

The cave is lighted by inderect light and a sound system allows the playback of music. They play the sinfonía del agua by the local musician Luis de Pablo and the suite Gruta de las Maravillas by Don Primitivo Lázaro.

The system is located is a small outcrop of lower Cambrian marble, limestone which was


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