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What to see in Nerja

The Balcony of Europe, the most celebrated Mediterranean viewpoint of the Costa del Sol. The Nerja Caves, with the world's oldest cave paintings, and its crystal-clear coves make Nerja the most complete destination in the Málaga Axarquía.

7 Nature5 Sports Activities1 Culture1 Historical Heritage

🏛️ Historical Heritage

🏛️ Torrox Roman Site

A coastal complex beside the Torrox lighthouse comprising a villa, baths, necropolis and a salting factory, identified with ancient Caviclum.

Archaeological Site

🌿 Nature

🏖️ Burriana Beach

Nerja's best-known beach, with golden sand and clean waters and a wide range of leisure and dining. Famous from the series Verano Azul.

Beach

🏖️ Calahonda Beach (Nerja)

A small, picturesque cove right below the Balcón de Europa, surrounded by old fishermen's houses and rocks fallen into the sea.

Beach

🥾 Chillar River

A limestone watercourse running through the Cahorros, marble gorges so narrow you can touch both walls while walking ankle-deep in the water.

River, lake or reservoir

🏖️ Maro Coves

Beneath the Maro cliffs, small wild coves surrounded by subtropical vegetation, with waterfalls falling into the sea and seabeds ideal for snorkelling.

Beach

🕳️ Nerja Cave

Known as the Cathedral of the Palaeolithic, it holds the world's largest natural column, 32 metres tall, and cave paintings over 40,000 years old.

Nature

🏖️ Pino Cove and Barranco de Maro

In the Maro-Cerro Gordo Cliffs natural site, virtually untouched pebble coves with seabeds teeming with underwater life.

Beach

🌲 Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park

White marble ridges forming a natural border between Granada and Málaga, with great hiking routes overlooking the Mediterranean.

Natural Park

🎭 Culture

🦴 Nerja Museum

It houses Palaeolithic and Roman remains of incalculable value, including Pepita, an Epipalaeolithic skeleton over 9,900 years old. The perfect complement to visiting the caves.

Museum

🏄 Sports Activities

🛶 Kayaking at the Maro Cliffs

The star activity of the eastern Costa del Sol: kayak trips beneath hundred-metre cliffs, entering sea caves and passing under the Maro waterfall.

Watersports Easy

🏄 Paddleboarding at Nerja

Calm waters of the eastern Costa del Sol ideal for paddleboarding, with outings from Burriana to the coves and caves of Maro.

Surf and kitesurf Easy

🥾 Río Chillar Trail

The summer route par excellence: you walk in the riverbed with water up to your ankles to the Cahorros, a marble gorge barely two metres wide.

Hiking trail Moderate

🪢 Río Chíllar Canyon

A gentle water descent through the Nerja Cahorros, with no compulsory abseils: you walk in the riverbed between two-metre-wide marble walls.

Canyoning Easy

🤿 Snorkelling at Maro Cliffs

A protected natural site with crystal-clear coves, sea-level caves and shallow rocky bottoms teeming with life, perfect for snorkelling.

Diving Easy

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