Cueva de los Moros

The Park’s limestone is full of hollows: the guide describes many caves and shafts, some very deep, making the Serranía a caving area. Cueva de los Moros is one, within Las Majadas, among pine forests.

Like so many caves «de los moros» (of the Moors) on the peninsula, its name comes from tradition: ancient inhabitants are said to have lived there, and it holds hidden treasure.

Its entrance is barely visible in the woods beyond Los Callejones’s formations. Black pine and Scots pine mix with elders, hollies and snowy mespilus, and spring orchids and peonies. Nearby remain two or three walls of a collapsed livestock shelter, and cattle and horses belonging to Las Majadas livestock keepers roam the woods, alongside red deer, fallow deer and roe deer. According to a guide, a regional government sign warns of possible oxygen deficiency inside: the cave is for cavers, not independent entry.

Plan your visit

Before you travel

Do not go beyond the entrance without a guide. Bats live in caves and are very sensitive to disturbance.

Combine with

Cascada del Fraile and Callejones de Las Majadas.