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postojna_03.jpg (38548 bytes)predjama_01.jpg (48094 bytes)A performance in the Concert Hall of Postojna cave is something everyone should experience at least once. And the cave itself with 23 km of remarkable galleries is one of Europe's favourite, and longest, tourist destinations. A small train guides visitors through this enormous maze of crystalline stone curtains and altars, stopping at the most stunning stalactites and stalagmites.

predjama_04_600.jpg (146846 bytes)Slovenia's fascinating karst region boast more than 6,000 caves, three deeper than 1 km, including Vilenica and Škocjan, which in 1986 was placed on UNESCO's list of protected natural wonders. Karst regions are characterized by underground drainage through dissolved limestone sink holes and caverns, and the geological term &quod;karst&quod; actually comes from the Slovene language. Among the many wonders of this area, the Proteus anguinos stands out for its translucent skin and possession of both legs and gills.

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The mysterious Postojna cave world is the part of Slovenia which has been carved, shaped and created by water; deep within these world-famous caves hide the most precious beauty created through millions of years, drop by drop, year after year...

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All travellers who come to the cave are being beckoned from afar by the inscription above the entrance: Immensum ad antrum aditus! Enter, traveller, into this immensity!

Important guests used to be conveyed through the cave in two-seater carriages; later on rails were laid for these vehicles; later still, petrol-engine trains were introduced to cater for the increasing numbers of tourists, but these were found to pollute the air and dirty the cave.

Nowadays visitors to the cave travel half the route by electric trains. At busy times of the year the trains shuttle backwards and forwards one after the other.

In olden times guides would light candles, bundles of straw or torches to enable visitors to see; today the five kilometres of the cave open to tourists are equipped with electric lighting, installed over a hundred years ago. 

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