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POSTOJNA CAVE
ur next stop, also part of the area’s Karst cave sys- galleries and halls filled with beautiful stalagmites and stalac-
tem, Postojna Cave, one of the most popular tourist tites of all shapes and sizes. A small electric train fortunately
Oattractions in Slovenia with some 37 million visitors transports you to the main galleries where no garish colored
annually. Recalling visits to other caverns including those in lights compete with the natural beauty. Plus any cave that cel-
Halong Bay in Viet Nam and Reed Flute Cave in China, we ebrates a salamander as a mascot and logo is a friend of mine.
didn’t expect to be blown away.
When the cave opened to the public more than 140 years ago,
But we were: This Cave is a monster, with 15 miles of tunnels, visitors had to trek for hours to get the main chambers, then lit
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