Budapest - Hungary Caves
Budapest- The land of caves, thermal springs/ bath! More or less, existence of these things differentiates the city of Budapest from other European cities! Budapest is beautiful city to explore, but anyone interested in Geography must visit the caves of Budapest!
Hungary is a land of caves with 4100 natural caves and out of those 170 are in Budapest!
Caves are wonderland beneath the Earth surface. Millions of years ago, the caves were filled with water and ultimately the water receded leaving behind beautiful formations. One can find shells, sea urchins inside the caves to marvel at the nature’s transformations.
There are two caves in Budapest which can be visited.; Szemlő Mountain Cave and Pálvölgy Cave. It requires approximately two hours and good physical fitness to visit these caves. But efforts are worth taking!
Inside Szemlő Mountain Cave, one can find remarkable pea stones, cauliflower stones, calcite plates. Cluster of these stones look beautiful! There are various chambers (rooms) inside the cave. And the smallest chamber in the cave was located by Cavewoman Maria who entered the chamber through a small hole.Later on an artificial entrance was created to enter the chamber. The chamber is named after her!
Pálvölgy Cave is the longest cave with different kind of formations. Small and big stalagmites can also be located inside the cave. Various rocks look alike different living organisms.It was wonder to imagine a specific shape of an organism inside the rocks. But no living organism like Bats resides inside the caves as they are below earth surface.
Visiting caves is wonderful experience...unfolding geographical wonder and getting immersed into the marvel of nature!
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| Calcite Plates |
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| Small Stalagmites |
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| Maria and the hole from which she entered the smallest chamber |
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| Spot sea shell |
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| Spot Turtle |
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| Spot Witch |
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| Water holes |
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| Big Stalgmites |
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| Sea Urchin |
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| Displacement of this stone is measured everyday by cavemen for safety |
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