Tourist info Benitachell
Cova de les Bruixes cave is a 2000 years old archaeological site that we can visit in a tour on Friday 23 September at 18:30 h. departing from the tourist office.
This tour will be conducted by archaeologist and heritage manager Josep Ahuir, who will guide us through the vineyards and countryside located by Roman-Iberian and Hispanic-Muslim period.
The cave -which was part of the Abiar farmstead and whose first occupation dates from about 2200 BC- was used as poultry and landfill in the Iberian, Roman and Hispanic-Muslim period. The excavations of year 2001 brought to light interesting findings as Iberian painted pottery, sigillata and other artifacts imported from the Italian Campania region. These include a complete piece of Iberian ceramics that can be seen at the Archaeological Museum of Jávea and is also featured at the promotional poster of the place.
This site was located in 1987 at the Tossal Gros by Joaquin Bolufer. According to local historians, the site was abandoned the late thirteenth century and became a perfect hideout for bandits. Legend also suggests that the smugglers drove away people into believing that witches lived there, hence the name “Cova de les Bruixes” (Witches’s Cave).