Rincón de la Victoria offers free visits to the Cueva del Tesoro

Rincón de la Victoria/The City Council of Rincón de la Victoria celebrates the International Day of Caves and the Subterranean World, which will take place on the upcoming June 6th, with an open house at the Cueva del Tesoro. Throughout the day, entrance to the cave will be free for visitors. Additionally, two special guided tours will be held at 12:00 and 18:00. Tickets can be reserved starting this Monday.

The mayor of Rincón de la Victoria, Francisco Salado, emphasized that this initiative “represents an excellent opportunity to promote our most emblematic cave, and to highlight the archaeological and prehistoric values of this unique site, which features more than 500 meters of galleries and lake areas.”

In turn, the Councilor for Tourism and the Caves of Tesoro and Victoria, Antonio José Martín, highlighted the importance of the action “as a way of boosting tourism and cultural dynamism that reinforces the heritage value of the cave, not only as a tourist attraction but as an essential part of the identity of the municipality.”

The Cueva del Tesoro in numbers

The Cueva del Tesoro continues to see an upward trend in the number of visitors. From January 1st to May 31st, 2025, it has received a total of 52,828 people, which represents a 17% increase compared to the same period last year.

The national visitor continues to be predominant, although there is also a significant presence of European tourists, especially from Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, and France.

From May 1st to September 30th, the visiting hours for the Cueva del Tesoro are from 10:30 to 14:00 (last tour at 13:00), and in the afternoon from 16:30 to 20:00 (last tour at 19:00).

Historical discovery in the Cueva del Tesoro

New discovery in the caves of Rincón de la Victoria. The research team led by Pedro Cantalejo continues to advance in the studies of the municipality's cavities. Months ago, they demonstrated that the caves of Rincón were used for more than 36,000 years, and later managed to confirm human footprints from more than 40,000 years ago, the oldest dated in the Mediterranean.

The team has dated samples that explorers left in nine different places. Thus, the City Council of Rincón confirms human presence in 11 of the 44 cavities that make up the caves of Cantal, as presented by the mayor of the municipality, Francisco Salado, and explained by Pedro Cantalejo, who leads the research team.

"We have been able to confirm that a human presence was supported at some point, in a stage between 70,000 and 35,000 years before the present, leaving marks on a wall, which would have been much damper than it is today. Thus, 40,000 years later they have become completely fossilized", highlighted the researcher.

In this regard, Cantalejo detailed that in the footprints one can see "a gesture like grabbing an orange. There are also hands in an illogical posture," he added. Additionally, one mark is located more than two meters high, "they would push off as if it were a game," assesses the researcher, who had to climb a ladder to show it.