Cuevas de Campanet

The Campanet Caves are a cave system on the southern slope of Puig de Sant Miquel, in the Sierra de Tramontana, in the north of the island of Mallorca, the largest of the Balearics, in Spain.

They cover an area of roughly 3,200 m² and a route of nearly 400 m. They lie at an average depth of 50 m below the surface of the ground and create a void of around 16,000 m³. Their visit, lasting about 40 minutes, passes through different galleries and chambers, some of which contain small accumulations of water. These chambers have evocative names such as: romantic room (sala romàntica), lake room (sala del llac), enchanted castle (castell encantat), palm tree room (sala de la palmera) or sound cascade (cascada sonora), among others.

The caves are notable for the delicacy and richness of their calcareous deposits in the form of stalactites and stalagmites, also called speleothems by geologists. Beyond this natural ornamentation, various aspects have attracted the attention of scientists and naturalists. For example, during the development works in the caves, fossil remains of Myotragus balearicus, a species of bovid endemic to Mallorca and Menorca, were found. This species became extinct around 4,000 years ago with the arrival of humans in the Balearic archipelago.