Position:  Male Karpaty, Pezinske Karpaty,

                 Smolenicka vrchovina,

                 cadastral area Smolenice,
                 district Trnava, Trnavsky region
 

Length of pathway: 450 m

Duration of the guided tour: 35 min.

Open for the public: 1.4.-31.10.

Closed: 1.11.-31.3., on Mondays

Address: 919 04 Smolenice

Phone: +421/ (0)33/ 558 62 00

E-mail: caves@ssj.sk

Situated in the Smolenicky Karst, in the Lesser  Carpathians, to the southwest of Smolenice, and in the Lesser Carpathians Protected Landscape Area. It was formed in the Lower Cretaceous chert limestones, by the corrosion of precipitation waters. It reaches the length of 680 m. Cave spaces, with prevailing fissure corridors, are decorated with rich sinter fillings. Draperies with tooth-like edging, sinter waterfalls and onflows, pagoda-like stalagmites, stalactites and sinter pools are typical for this cave. The cave was discovered in 1930 and open to the public since 1935. Current show track is 410 m long.