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The Worlds largest Cave that is open to public and has guided Tours. |
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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.
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.
More information:
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Kras and Karst
Karst investigations in Slovenia, caves, Alpine karst, Dinaric karst ... etc.
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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