Cala Covas

Cales Coves

Useful Information

Location:	East of Cala en Porter. ME12 Sant Climent to Cala en Porter, turn left at roundabout to Son Vitamina, keep right. (39.861900, 4.144363)
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Classification:	Karst cave
Light:	none.
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History

2000	caves closed for cleanup.

Description

A cala is a cove or bay, and Cala Covas is the bay of caves. There are nearly 150 small caves in the cliff above this cove, some of them artificial or at least artificially enhanced. Some of the caves were inhabited in prehistoric times, several findings were made here. But during the 20th century, the caves were discovered by "hippies" which lived here for many years. After they left the caves were full of garbage, as they left a lot of their belongings behind, e.g. old mattresses. The government closed the place for tourists and cleaned the caves, so now they are a neat and impressive place again.