Santimamiñe Cave
Santimamiñeko kobazuloa
One of the “Prehistoric Rock Art Caves of Northern Spain” World Heritage sites, where you can explore the cave's bison paintings through virtual reality.
The cave is in Kortezubi and contains bison, horse, and goat paintings from the Magdalenian period, about 14,000 years ago. In 2008 it was added to the World Heritage List as an extension of “Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain.” To protect the paintings, the original cave is closed to the public. Visitors instead view the site at the cave entrance and experience the interior through a 360° virtual reality projection. Guided tours must be booked in advance (about €5). The cave is about 5 km from Gernika, so you can easily combine it with the Oma Painted Forest.
Opening hours
Closed Mon; guided tours by session, reservation required
Nearby sights
- Oma Painted Forest
- Gernika Peace Museum
- Gernika Assembly House & Tree of Gernika
- Elantxobe
- Mundaka & Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve
- Bermeo
- San Juan de Gaztelugatxe
- Bakio Beach