The prestigious Australian travel guide, Lonely Planet, has included Jameos del Agua in a list, published by El País, of what it considers the 20 most surprising caves in Europe.
Of the Jameos del Agua, which ranks number 10 on its list, it says that "practically no one paid attention to it until the Spanish artist César Manrique turned it, with great effort, into a true tourist magnet".
Lonely Planet highlights how Manrique dedicated "all his energies to conditioning the underground complex of volcanic tubes, caves and grottoes, preparing it to receive visitors and host events."
The Australian travel guide includes three other Spanish caves in its list. The first of all, which occupies the sixth position in the list, is Altamira, in Cantabria. Lonely Planet highlights how this cave was in the mid-nineteenth century, the first place in the world where the existence of Upper Paleolithic cave art was identified.
In eighth place, it places the Cuevas del Drach, in Mallorca, which stand out for having "one of the largest underground lakes in the world."
The Cueva del Viento in Tenerife occupies the 18th position, Lonely Planet highlights how its 18 kilometers mapped, make it the first volcanic tube in Europe and fifth in the world, only surpassed by four others that are in Hawaii.