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Highlights
- Join an expert-led speleology visit inside El Soplao, where guided commentary brings intricate formations and mining heritage to life.
- Begin at the mountain station and ride the mining train through the La Isidra tunnel, reaching the inner station before setting off on your guided route.
- Follow the Pasarela walkway past helictites, calcite draperies, columns, and the gallery of Ghosts, enhanced by choreographed light, sound, and narration.
- Learn how miners opened these galleries as you explore underground passages and discover the culture, traditions, and working conditions linked to La Florida.
- Extend your cave visit with the 2.5-hour route through Campamento, El Órgano and El Bosque, or choose the 3.5-hour tour to explore La Florida’s historic mining galleries.
Your Experience
Beneath Cantabria’s green hills lies El Soplao, a cave miners stumbled upon while hunting for ore. Choose from three guided tours to admire its extraordinary formations.
Getting started
Begin your visit by driving up to the El Soplao area, where you will board a mining train that takes you through the La Isidra tunnel to the main entrance of the cave. Your guide will outline the route and safety guidelines for the visit you have selected. From here, you set off on foot into the underground galleries.
What to expect
El Soplao Cave
Prepare for a landscape unlike the one above ground. El Soplao’s mineral formations create a maze of unusual shapes and textures, each with a story your guide helps you appreciate. The cave was encountered during mining work around 1908, when workers searching for zinc and lead uncovered something far beyond the ore they came looking for.
Features
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Expert context: Follow your guide through El Soplao’s underground galleries, spotting unusual mineral formations and learning what makes this cave so fascinating.
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Entry to El Soplao Cave: See the cave’s famous eccentric formations, alongside stalactites, stalagmites, columns and flowstones across galleries including La Gorda, Los Fantasmas and La Ópera.
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Mining train ride: Ride a recreated mining train through the La Isidra tunnel to reach the cave, then continue on foot along walkways through its spectacular underground galleries.
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Upgrades: Take the 2.5-hour route through Campamento, El Órgano and El Bosque, or choose the 3.5-hour tour to explore La Florida’s historic mining galleries.
Inclusions
- Entry to El Soplao Caves
- 55-min, 2.5-hour, or 3.5-hour guided tour (as per option selected)
- Access to 300-meter Pasarela route (as per option selected)
- Access to Campamento, El Órgano, and El Bosque tunnels route (as per option selected)
- Access to La Florida mines route (as per option selected)
- Mining train ride to the entrance of the caves
This product offers multiple ticket options. Some items above (like transfers or fast-track access) may only apply to specific options — confirm what's included when you select yours.
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- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
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