Guadix Caves Interpretation Centre (Cave Museum)

What it is

It is the most direct way to see inside a Guadix cave without bothering anyone. The town council runs this centre in several original cave dwellings in the quarter, on the Plaza del Padre Poveda. The main one is the house of the Cruz Úbeda family, who lived in it from 1928 to 1980 and which is preserved today for visits.

The tour explains where the troglodyte habitat comes from, how a cave was dug and how it was lived in: the kitchen with its chimney, the bedrooms without doors, separated with curtains so the air could flow, the stable and the trades of the quarter. According to the Granada Geopark, the exhibition also reviews the region's other cave quarters. It is guided by the figure of Pedro, a master cave digger.

Before you go: check it is open

The municipal monuments timetable from October 2025 to March 2026 listed the Cave Museum as temporarily closed, and we have found no official notice of reopening. The council's tourism page publishes this timetable: Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00; Mondays, closed. Call 958 665 569 beforehand or ask at the tourist office.

Price

€5 general admission and €4 reduced, according to the town council. Groups of more than 25 people pay €2.05 per person.

Very close

On the same Plaza de la Ermita Nueva is the cave house that Pedro Poveda rented in 1902, for 4.50 pesetas a month, to meet the neighbours: an entrance room, a kitchen with a chimney, a stable and a bedroom, with its well and its yard. And a few steps away, the cave church of the Ermita Nueva and the Padre Poveda viewpoint, part of the walk through the cave quarter.

With children

It is a short, concrete visit, and children are surprised to see a whole house inside a hill. Allow three quarters of an hour.