Belianska Cave
The Belianska Cave belongs among the most visited show caves in Slovakia. Except for bizarre rocky shapes, it is known by rich occurrence of calcite fills. ...
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Belianska Cave
The Belianska Cave belongs among the most visited show caves in Slovakia. Except for bizarre rocky shapes, it is known by rich occurrence of calcite fills. Though the interest in natural attractions of the cave have been persisting for 125 years, the rules of its forming are not entirely clear by now.
Basic info
The show path is 1,370 m long with elevation range of 125 m, there are 860 stairs on the path. The stay in cave lasts about 70 min.
The visitor can admire flowstone waterfalls, pagoda stalagmite, pools and many other forms of cave decoration. One of the stops is in the Musical Hall, named after the sound of dripping waters on pool surface. This hall was used for organizing musical concerts of reproduced classical music because of its superior acoustics.
The cave is used for healing speleoclimatic stays in the last years. More than 1,000 m with elevation range of +125 m is open for public at present.
Contact
Address: 059 54 Tatranská Kotlina
Country: Slovak Republic
Email:belianj@ssj.sk
Phone: +421/(0)52/ 446 73 75
Web: www.ssj.sk
Latitude: 49.2287559509
Longitude: 20.3116340637
Info
Name: Belianska Cave
Name original:
ISCA member: SLOVAK CAVES ADMINISTRATION
Length: 3641 m
Depth: 160 m
Elevation of entrance: 890 m
Number of visitors: 90000 / per year
Temperature: 5.00 - 6.30 °C
Length of show path: 1370 m
Duration of visit: 70 min
