The caves of Pozalagua, where the protagonists are the eccentric stalactites

Karrantza

In being travelers Euskadi we move to the Karrantza Valley, specifically to the heart of the Natural Park of Armañon, where the Pozalagua caves are located, discovered by pure chance.

In 1957, one of the explosions that were scheduled in a next dolomite quarry was exposed to this tourist attraction that had been hidden thousands of years.The hole that left that explosion is today the door through which the cave is accessed.

Unlike the usual ones, this is not characterized by having cave paintings.The protagonists of this cave are the eccentric stalactites, an unusual phenomenon that challenges gravity.The Pozalagua caves have several recognitions: in 2013 they became the best corner of the Repsol Guide and therefore is now one of the most visited tourist spaces in Bizkaia since then.

In order to visit them, it is convenient to reserve previously through the official website.Irati Ortíz, guide of the caves, tells Cadena Ser Euskadi that both foreigners and Basques are beginning to approach, who had not yet discovered this place."After the pandemic they have been encouraged to come and have sopred for what they have seen," says Ortíz.

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On security measures, it is mandatory to wear a mask, wash your hands before entering, as well as cleaning the sole of the shoes in a folpudo and the enclosure is accessed by batches of up to 10 people.

ACTIVITIES

The bad metereology has caused the usual Pozolagua Festival to have postponed at the end of the month, to August 27 and 28.Last summer it could not be celebrated as a consequence of the pandemic, but this year people have not hesitated to sign up and the capacity is already complete.

"He has had a very good reception, we all wanted to recover it," explains Iraide Ahedo, from the Karrantza Tourism Office.The City Council will establish a control in the Barrio del Ranero to prevent people from accessing without entry and a maximum number of cars will be set in the Pozalagua parking lot.In addition, a shuttle bus will be chartered.

Dolomitas del Norte is the factory to which the mineral extracted from the quarry of Pozalagua was transferred.Declared industrial heritage for being the only place in Euskadi where you can see the giant pulley system that moved the air tram in a totally manual way with which they transported the mineral from the quarry of Pozalagua to the factory.