The orange halls
Rock lit in warm tones.
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Domica Cave is the best-known and longest cave of the Slovak Karst National Park, on the Hungarian border. It connects with the Baradla Cave on the Hungarian side in one network and joined the World Heritage list in 1995. It is famous for its complex structure and dense limestone formations in orange and gold tones. Its wide limestone passages formed in the Middle Triassic. Ján Majko discovered it in 1926, its total length is 5,140 metres, and part has been open to visitors since 1932. The area holds 712 caves, listed for their diversity and their record of tropical and temperate effects on karst formation. The caves authority also notes precious archaeological finds here. You walk on a tour among columns and stone curtains, through wide halls where lights pick out the orange rock. Shield-like formations stand out on the walls. The short tour takes 45 minutes over 780 metres, and the tour with a boat ride takes 60 minutes over 930 metres, when the water allows. The cave is 64 km in a straight line south-west of Košice. It stays between 10.2 and 11.4 °C, so bring a layer, and humidity is high. Short tours usually start at 9:30, 11:00, 12:30 and 14:00, though this can change and some days are closed, so check first. There are many steps and dark stretches, so adequate fitness is needed, and do not touch the rock.
Rock lit in warm tones.
Forms standing out on the walls.
60 minutes when water allows.
Edge of the Silica Plateau, near Plešivec, on the Hungarian border
No, it depends on the water level, so check first.
A layer and closed shoes, as it is cool and damp with many steps.
