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Museo de Altamira (Cueva de Altamira)

Santillana Del Mar, 39330 , Spain
942 818815
Ranked #29 of 66 attractions in Cantabria
4.0 of 5 stars 24 Reviews
Type: History Museums
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Atlanta
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 27, 2012

The musuem is located adjacent to the actual caves which are closed to the public. But, the reproduction is amazing. 40,000 reference points in every square meter were made to insure accurancy of the final result. I was there for two hours in the cave itself and about one hour or more in the adjacent museum. The preentation of both... More

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Madrid, Spain
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26 reviews 26 reviews
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16 helpful votes 16 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 9, 2012

I didn't know what I was for as I was just tagging along. What a magical experience. I won't ruin the magic, but the way the reproduction was done is part of the genius of this attraction for anyone who can score a behind the scenes look. Too bad Discovery Channel or National Geographic hadn't been invited to film a... More

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nyc
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17 reviews 17 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed November 9, 2011

the caves are reproductions, you have a timed ticket to go in, there was no tour in English; captions on all exhibits and artifacts are in English, Spanish, etc More

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Louth, United Kingdom
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed September 13, 2011
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Free car parking at end of winding access road. Admission 3 euros adults, children free. Admission is to an interpretative exhibition area and a timed ticket to a short audio visual presentation and walk through to an exact replica of the real cave, complete down to perfect reproductions of the cave paintings. All wriiten and audio material is available in... More

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London, United Kingdom
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11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed August 12, 2011
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We visited on a wet day, along with half the holidaymakers in Cantabria. We were given a timed ticket to visit the replica cave and spent the next couple of hours looking round the exhibition. This is a mixture of static displays, videos, and archeological finds. There's an emphasis on finding common ground between us in the twenty-first century and... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed January 25, 2010
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It's not fun writing negative reviews but I feel this experience was dissapppinting. As with other caves in Europe it important to know you WILL NOT see the actual caves themselves. The Mock up of the caves is very small and un-impressive and the museums infomation, is, of coarse, on the subject of prehistory subjective, but told as fact. I... More

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VALENCIA
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed March 21, 2012
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Cambrils, Spain
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 4, 2012
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 1, 2012
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Seville, Spain
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 27, 2012
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