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Palinuro Caves: a treasure over and under the sea
But the real treasure of Cape Palinuro is below the sea
level: 32 caves, a paradise for divers. The most
important are: the “Blue Cave”, called this way for the
spectacular play of lights inside the water; the Silver
Cave; and the Sulfur caves, which contains a sulfur
source of water.
Transfer time (from port)…………………………….10 min
Average visit duration (boat tour) …………..…2 hours
Parking area close to the arbor
Diving Schools
- www.pesciolinosub.it
- www.palinurosub.it/
- www.maurosubcapopalinuro.it/
Villa Mirella
in Palinuro center e an follow direction “Porto”
Palinuro Arbour
Some examples of underwater caves
BLEU CAVE:
Among the caves this one is the most famous, the
largest and the richest. Her morphology is really
articulated. In the north side of the main tunnel
opens a side branch ending after 18 meters of path at
an altitude of 15 metres. On the south east side of the
central hall and at the end of the main tunnel it opens
the great Hall of snow.
HALL of SNOW:
On the floor of this cave there is an area with 3
depressions in the shape of a tunnel with a share - 17
meters - 23 meters and flanks covered with small
pebbles and boulders. From one of these depressions
out sulfur spring. From this main source out a stream
of sulfurous water rises with a vertical diameter of
approximately 70/80 cm at an estimated speed of 15
meters per minute. And a substantial flow of water
that goes to accumulate, to a lesser density, under a
sort of dome at the top of the hall. The temperature of
water here is higher than normal seawater.
The Cathedral
A large submerged Cave with 4 domes air inside. Very
particular with smooth floor and different deep
cavities. You may notice some phenomena related to
the cave, such as dwarfism certain bodies compared
to other conditions and depigmentation of sponges.