Aggtelek

Vaclav

Aggtelek together with Jósvafő are famous for their huge and beautiful karst cave system. Aggtelek's karst caves (together with caves in nearby Slovak Karst National Park) have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Many caves are available:

BaradlaMost popular of the Aggtelek tours, approx. 1 hr/1 km. This cave is part of the Baradla-Domnica system, measuring 25 km in total, 5 km of which is in Slovakia.
Béke5-hour tour, good shoes needed, and helmets are used - only part of the cave is paved.
Vass Imre6.5-km/3-hour tour, 6 km of which is spent between ticket office and the cave. Temporarily closed.
Rákoci Cave400-m/40-min tour, claimed to be probably the most spectacular cave in the region.

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