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        Caves of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya

Caves of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya Nature Reserve in Saint-Martin-d'Arberoue

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Closed

Monday 09:30 am - 06:00 pm
Tuesday 09:30 am - 06:00 pm
Wednesday 09:30 am - 06:00 pm
Thursday 09:30 am - 06:00 pm
Friday 09:30 am - 06:00 pm
Saturday 09:30 am - 06:00 pm
Sunday 09:30 am - 06:00 pm

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Location : In the countryside

Province : Basse Navarre

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English
- Decorated caves classified as a HISTORICAL MONUMENT since 1953. Regrouping site of the Pyrenean-Cantabrian chain. 80,000 years of attested human occupation. Surprising concretions and natural curiosity under the Hill of Gaztelu, in Saint-Martin-d'Arberoue. Essential site of the Prehistoric Pyrenees network, classified European Cultural Route CARP-IFRAO-ISCA, part of Sites and Museums in the Basque Country and FFTS.
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Traveller Reviews Google Caves of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya

4.6 sur 5 1684 reviews

5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Olivier Refalo on 16/07/2024

Pretty neat cave to visit. Like the two different layers and the good mix of history/geology Update 6 months later: This cave is truly unique; I realized this after coming acrross several documentaries on human history which depicted prehistoric flutes dating back XXXXX BC.A unique discovery confirming human presence at an otherwise overlooked time. 5*
5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Katy Song on 03/11/2018

Caves were fascinating and guide was great. Tour was in French so my family was lost but I translated the important facts. Cave tour takes about an hour and is guided. No photos allowed in the caves. The surrounding countryside is stunning.
5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Alex Marca on 12/10/2023

Absolutely mesmerising caves with over 80,000 years of occupation. Our guide Stephanie was excellent and she happily answered all of our questions. The caves are 14C so it’s recommended to wear a fleece or jacket. After reaching the first parking just off the main road, you can continue driving to a second parking about 300m up to save you 10’ walking.

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Traveller Reviews tripAdvisor Caves of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya

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"Not a good translation."

Reviews posted by bmbleeker (Soest, The Netherlands) on 11/07/2023

The cave itself was fantastic. We got lucky that we had such a small group. We are a family of 4, another family of 3, & a couple. Only one group was french yet the entire tour was in french. The...
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"Beautiful. Well worth the drive."

Reviews posted by Excursion775227 (Stockholm, Sweden) on 01/05/2019

We were staying over near Sare but drove over here as we heard it has many stalagmites etc than the Grottes de Sare. Inside it really is quite spectacular, and really varied. Fascinating to imagine...
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"Fascinating and jaw dropping"

Reviews posted by MongerNick (Gremberghoven, Germany) on 21/07/2017

We chose to pay a visit to the caves as the weather had turned bad and it was too cold for the beach. We were so glad for the change in weather, as otherwise we would have missed this amazing tour...
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Address

Quartier, Hiribehere
64640 Saint-Martin-d'Arberoue

Contacts

Phone : 05 59 29 64 72

Website of Caves of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya

GPS coordinates

43° 21'14.87"N, 1° 12'1.85"W

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Caves of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya Nature Reserve in Saint-Martin-d'Arberoue

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Traveller Reviews Google Caves of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya

Traveller Reviews tripAdvisor Caves of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya

"Not a good translation."

"Beautiful. Well worth the drive."

"Fascinating and jaw dropping"