Sloup–Šošůvka Caves

It's a large complex of underground domes, passages, abysses and has two height levels. Sloup - Šošůvka Caves is an important place where cave animal carcasses (bear, lion, hyena) have been found. Elizabeth Cave with its rich dripstone decoration has also an excellent acoustics and that is why it is sometimes used for chamber music concerts. During reconstruction in 1997, the Stepped Abyss was spanned with a bridge and a new nontraditional view revealed to the visitors. The Nagel Abyss, 80 meters deep, is the greatest underground abyss of this type in the Czech Republic. From the two platform-bridges the visitors can look down to the bottom. Since 1997, a part of the sight-seeing tour is also world-famous archaelogical locality - Kůlna Cave - where a part Neanderthal man's skull, about 120 000 years old, was found. Šošůvka area, discovered at the beginning of 20th century is characterized by fragile and colorful stalactite and stalagmite decoration.

Guided tour - description.