A natural beauty lies forty kilometers away from Benidorm in Spain. It is closer to another city Alicante at 27 kilometers and gives both the cities a wonderful option for excursion. Based on the Cabeço d’ Or (Spanish for Golden hill), this place is famous as the Canelobre Caves.

It is hosted by the city of Busot. From the edges of the city, as the Golden hill creeks up and around into numerous edgy formations, the beautiful caves remain planted in one of the flatter projections at a height of 700 meters. The caves have been a source of great revenue to the country’s coffers. Tourists from all over the world make plans to visit this natural hollowed sculpture.

A manmade path takes you to your great exploration inside the cave. People who have fear of closed spaces can take refuge on the three 45X45X35 platforms built inside. They were used as bases for aircraft engine repair in the 1930’s during civil war. These are made in the huge vault that the caves boast of.

Canelobre caves have been existent since the Dinosaur era. The brightest point is that they still grow and are alive. Though the growth is too miniscule to be gauzed by humans naturally - 1 cm in 100 years.

Curious lighting arrangements have been made in the curious caves. They throw light on the amazing natural creations on the wall caves. The natural mystique of the caves comes into the fore when illuminated by the fusion of lights.

Stalactites and stalagmites, technical names for pointed formations of ice crystals from the roof and base of the caves, are the major feature of the caves. They are still occurring and a new innovation called helictite can also be seen on the walls.

There is little scope for life owing to the excessive damp conditions. However a year round temperature of 18 degree centigrade allows germination of algae, fungi and other sub specie.

The unique creations of limestone are built in the shape of candelabra. Perhaps that gives origin to the name of caves. Caves have a unique glow, which one has to see to believe.

Canelobre caves have excellent natural acoustics, with rough edges providing ready voice throwers. This has led to many concerts having been held here in recent past. When the applause echoes within the cave, the feeling is awesome.

People have used the caves for mining purposes and as a nice hiding ground in the past. One wonders how they could have survived in the extreme cold and lack of illumination then however. That was until the Civil War begun.

Caves are open for the whole year and so the tourists can choose their own convenient time to visit them. It is better if you choose spring and autumn to avoid the heat and cold hassles.

You can even make a hiking tour from the top of the hill down to the caves. You will get to see micro-reserves with rare plant specie. You will feel the touch of nature closely as you venture forth along historic mines.