Micro-reserve
Cueva de los Morceguillos micro-reserve
The Cueva de los Morceguillos micro-reserve is the smallest protected area within the Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park: 6.02 hectares in the municipality of Cuenca, around a cave. Decree 30/2006 designated it with a peripheral protection zone, and Law 5/2007 on the Natural Park includes it within its boundaries. It is not a visitor site.
- Designation
- Micro-reserve
- Legal basis
- Decreto 30/2006, de 14 de marzo
- Area
- 6.02 ha
- Municipalities
- 1
- Micro-reserve
- Cave
- Natural Park
- Cuenca
- Protected area
A protected cave
Within the Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park, in the municipality of Cuenca, a cave and its immediate surroundings form a micro-reserve of 6.02 hectares, with a peripheral protection zone around it. This is the designation the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha reserves for small, fragile places. The name, «morceguillos» (bats), is one of the popular names for bats.
It was designated by Decree 30/2006, and when the Natural Park was created in 2007 its law placed it within its boundaries. The regional government’s entry records the start of its management and use plans in November 2025.
Plan your visit
The cave is not visited or entered. To see the Park’s karst, there are the Ciudad Encantada, the “Enchanted City” rock formations, and the Callejones de Las Majadas.
Frequently asked questions
Can it be visited?
No: micro-reserves protect highly sensitive habitats or species in small areas. The cave is not open to the public.
When was it designated?
Law 5/2007 on the Natural Park cites Decree 30/2006 of 14 March (DOCM of 17-3-2006). The regional government's current entry gives the designation date as 25-11-2025, the same date it gives for the start of its management and use plans; both dates are recorded.
Carry on from here
Lands and landscapes
From here, follow the memory of the land
These readings connect Cueva de los Morceguillos micro-reserve with the stories, the work and the villages around it.
Which municipalities it covers
Where the data on this page come from
- Name
- Junta de Castilla-La Mancha, Red de Áreas Protegidas: Microrreserva Cueva de los Morceguillos (ficha) source consulted, 5 October 2026
- Ley 5/2007, de 8 de marzo, de Declaración del Parque Natural de la Serranía de Cuenca (BOE-A-2007-10024; DOCM n.º 60, 20-03-2007) source consulted, 5 October 2026
- Designation and legal basis
- Junta de Castilla-La Mancha, Red de Áreas Protegidas: Microrreserva Cueva de los Morceguillos (ficha) source consulted, 5 October 2026
- Ley 5/2007, de 8 de marzo, de Declaración del Parque Natural de la Serranía de Cuenca (BOE-A-2007-10024; DOCM n.º 60, 20-03-2007) source consulted, 5 October 2026
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