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Caves of Drach (Cuevas del Drach) |
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Situated on the eastern coast of Mallorca, Cuevas del Drach (Caves of Drach) is probably the most famous and visited cave on Mallorca. Submerged 25 metres below the surface, Cuevas del Drach is home to Lake Martel, one of the largest subterranean lakes in the world (177 metres long, 30 metres wide). The chamber of the lake is equipped to seat 1000 heads, and it is in this cavernous theatre that lake concerts take place. During the daily tours, boats emerge from the dark corners of the cave and glide across the lake. On board the moving boats are a violinist and a pianist who will perform classical pieces of Caballero, Chopin and Offenbach.
There are three chambers inside the Cuevas del Drach: Cueva Negra (Black Cave), Cueva Blanca (White Cave) and Cueva Luis Salvator (Luis Salvator Cave). Cuevas del Drach, also know as the Cave of the Dragon, are well known for its wealth of speleothems - helictities, fragile soda straws, organ pipes, marble cascades and lace draperies cover numerous parts of the ceiling and walls of this Mallorcan cave.
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