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What to see and do in Cuevas de San Marcos

What to see and do in Cuevas de San Marcos (Comarca Nororiental de Málaga (Nororma), Málaga): 9 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 2 Nature · 2 Activities · 2 Historical milestones

When to go to Cuevas de San Marcos: festival calendar

April: Romería de San Marcos (April 25)
October: El Mes de La Aurora (October)

How far each place is from the centre of Cuevas de San Marcos

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What to see and do in Cuevas de San Marcos

Cuevas de San Marcos
Village
Formerly called Cuevas Altas, it became independent from Antequera around 1806. Its 18th-century church of San Marcos Evangelista was rebuilt in Neoclassical style in 1798. It now has around 3,600 inhabitants.
Cueva de Belda
Nature
Cave with stalactites, stalagmites and three underground lakes, home to one of the most important bat colonies in Spain.
Iglesia de San Marcos el Evangelista
Monument
Built in the 18th century and rebuilt in 1798, it is a Neoclassical church with three naves separated by round arches. It houses a sculpture of Jesus Nazareno by the imaginero José Gabriel Martín Simón (1936) and a gilded altarpiece on the main altar.
Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Cuevas de San Marcos
Monument
18th-century hermitage restored in the 19th, which holds the town's patron image, the work of the imaginero José Navas-Parejo from the 1940s, restored by Antonio Bernal Redondo in 2015.
Yacimiento de Medina Belda
Historical milestone
First-grade catalogued archaeological site preserving structures of the old medieval city of Belda, next to the mountain where the Cueva de Belda cave opens.
La separación de Antequera en 1806
Historical milestone
On 29 September 1806 the town became administratively independent from Antequera and adopted the name Cuevas de San Marcos.
El Mes de La Aurora
Activity
Religious tradition more than 350 years old, celebrated during the month of October in Cuevas de San Marcos.
Romería de San Marcos
Activity
Romería that gives its name to the patron saint festivals of Cuevas de San Marcos.
Embalse de Iznájar junto a Cuevas de San Marcos
Nature
The municipality borders the Iznájar reservoir, the largest reservoir in Andalusia, whose waters have even attracted international sport fishing expeditions to the area.