Explore the Grotte di Castellana, a vast underground system of karst caves, located just 1.5 kilometres outside the town of Castellana Grotte. Discover one of the most beautiful and spectacular cave systems in Italy.

Begin your tour in the “Grave,” the first and most extensive cavern of the underground system, a unique space that is naturally connected to the outside world. The cave boasts a length of 100 metres, is 50 metres wide, and 60 metres deep.

Admire the numerous stalagmites featured on the ground, and the most majestic group of them (named Cyclops) that dominates the centre of the cave. The excursion through the grottoes winds along corridors and spaces which vary in shape and dimension.

Stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, columns, and invaluable crystals stand out along the entire route. The names given to these spaces are fruit of the early explorers’ imagination and recall shapes believed to be recognised in the various rock formations.

The grandeur simply has no end, and every new tract holds a spell over the mind and captures the eye, culminating in the breathtaking ultimate highlight: the most beautiful cavern in the cave system, the White Cave, defined by its rich, alabaster-like whiteness as ‘the most splendid in the world.’