In Pictures: Boating to Melissani Cave, Kefalonia, Greece

May 21, 2012 No Comments

For you who love to travel to Greece, Kefalonia is one of the beautiful destinations you should consider to visit. KefaloniaMyrtos Beach - Best Beach in Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece. Read more ... » offers its visitors the amazing experience to bond with the naturePlace of the day: Metéora, Greece, a Combination of Peaceful and Breathtaking Views of Nature. Read more ... ». You simply find jaw-dropping landscape here, in one of the Ionian Islands in GreeceBest Places To Go in Athens, Greece. Read more ... ». Be ready to be fascinated by its stunning rugged mountain ranges and the valleys between them which also full of vineyards.

One of the recommended tour you should take is a visit to Melissani CaveFairytale Reed Flute Cave, Guilin, China. Read more ... ». It is an underground cave which was formed about one thousand years ago, as a result of cave ceiling broke down and tumbled in the sea beneath it. What makes it wonderful is that there is a lake inside the cave. Even the lake inside has trees and forests surrounding it.

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The cave is B-shaped with two chambers of halls separated with land or an island in the center. The ceiling of one of these halls is what fascinates visitors as the sunlight comes in through the hole of the cavern roof. Imagine what it would look like as the clear blue waters meet the sunlight coming in from the hole of the cave. When it does, you’ll be among all visitors who will be amazed! The tour is taken by boat. When you finally see the sunlight meets the water, it somehow creates a beautiful image as if the boat is flying across the water in the air!

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The caves first discovered around 1951 by Ioannis petrocheilos. However it was not built until 1963 when the cave was exposed to the general public. Since then it became one of primary destinations in Kefalonia. You will see stalagmites and stalactites inside the cave, which were created for more than millions of years. The tour is taken by rowing boat and you will be accompanied by a guide. One rowing boat takes a group of people through the cave. The guide will use a rope to haul the boat across the lake.

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The tour to Melissani Cave is recommended when you visit Kefalonia in Ionian Island! Taking a visit to this subterranean lake will be one of your unforgettable moment!

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