The Canelobre caves are located in Busot, Alicante. It is 23 km from the city of Alicante and 50 km from Elche, at an altitude of 700 metres above sea level and on the northern slopes of the Cabezón de Oro. Inside the cave there is one of the highest vaults in Spain, about 70 m high, similar to that of a cathedral. During your visit you can observe the capricious forms that the different concretions have been taking, similar to: candelabras, jellyfish, organs and a multitude of shapes.
The room that can be visited, the others are for speleology, is a space of more than 80,000 m³ that can be accessed through a tunnel opened during the civil war, used as a refuge for the Republican air force, of about 45 m.
Inside, the first impression is the height of the vault, which is 1/3 of the total height of the room. On occasions, its acoustic and environmental conditions are used for shows with music as the protagonist. The guided tour descends to a group known as the "Sagrada Familia" in which the column of more than 25 m. stands out. Later, in the centre of the room you can see the stalagmite called "El canelobre" (Valencian for "the candelabrum"), which is more than 100,000 years old, and you can also see a large lava flow that covers practically the entire side of the room. When you go down to the back you can see the full height of the vault. There are many examples of speleothems in the cave: stalactites and stalagmites, columns, jellyfish, lava flows, gours, and even eccentrics.