One of the largest caves in Bulgaria is the Magura cave. It was formed in the limestone Rabishkom Hill, at an altitude of 461 meters above sea level.
cave formation began about 15 million years ago, and the total length of about 2600 meters. Cave "Magura" is located 35 km south-west of the town of Vidin on the Danube River in the north-western Bulgaria. It consists of a main gallery and three side branches. Our tour began with a lower left side of the diagram, we get to the right end, but did not go out there and came back ... tour only in Bulgarian. This scheme will help if you want to navigate in our story.

Here is the first room of the cave - Triumphant in which you find yourself on the input tunnel (tunnel goes to the left in the photo).Dimensions of the hall is impressive: length 128 meters, width of 58 meters, the height of 28 meters. Previously, the cave was a river, but then there was a failure and karst river changed its direction, forming a lake not far from the cave. The natural entrance to the cave is almost vertical and not accessible without special equipment, so for convenience, was hacked another entrance. The cave is lit, although it is still not as bright as in the photo to get a long exposure. Rather, it is in such a mystical twilight, forcing your imagination to work hard The cave temperature is held year-round 12 degrees and very humid. When driving through the cave, we noted signs of shortness of breath, and when she came out of all the clothes were wet from moisture impregnated cave. Plus a visit to the cave in the winter, except that no one nation in the fact that on the street, then the temperature of winter and the heat in the cave continue our way to the Arc de audience deep into the cave ... Here there are several species of bats, beetles, woodlice, mushrooms. We saw two large colonies of bats. Some mice were hung directly on the wall, by which we were going and they could be considered and touch (they do not respond to it.) The cave has been found the bones of the cave bear, cave hyena, and other The cave is used for shampanizirovannyh and red wines are aged in natural conditions similar to the conditions in the production of champagne. That's just the photo below room where previously made wine. Now the winery is located in a branch of the hall (Vinarskaya hut in the diagram) and just not available to tourists People lived here during the Bronze and Early Iron Age. The first archaeological studies were done in 1927, V. Mihov, were found fragments of pottery from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. The large reefs on a large area was found at home, stoves, tools (scrapers, knives, awls, ornaments) from flint, stone, bone and antler. Found and ceramics. The dwellings were built of clay, attached to the floor of wooden stakes at a distance of 25 cm from each other and also plastered with clay. Roofs of houses were arches of the cave. The floor was made of yellow clay. Furnaces were rectangular in shape with dimensions of 1,3 x1, 1m Go to the next room ... The next room is called Landslide. Its area is 2800 square meters, 85 meters long, 68 meters wide and high in the western part up to 27 meters. In the hall of many boulders torn from the walls and ceiling Stalacton Hall, so named because of the huge stalacton in the center. "Big stalacton" height of 20 meters and a diameter of its base - 4 meters. Oh, and we all remember that: Stalactites (Greek Σταλακτίτης - «natekshy by drop") - beds of precipitation in karst caves in the form of education, is suspended from the ceiling (icicles, straws, comb, fringe, etc.). Stalagmites (from the Greek. Σταλαγμίτης - drop) - sinter mineral formations (mainly limestone, rarely gypsum, salt), which grow in the form of cones, poles from the bottom of caves and other underground caverns to meet the stalactites. Stalagnates or stalacton - sinter-drip beds of precipitation in karst caves. Stalagnates kolonnopodobnye education are related to connecting the stalactites and stalagmites. This huge boulder 19 × 24 meters came off the top of the wall. Now here is something like a concert stage. We, however, did not find the performance (maybe that's because there were only four in the cave? General view from the opposite end of the hall Go ahead ... almost every cave we've seen is a place where the coins come leave for guessing different nishtyakov This hall is called "Fallen Pine", covers an area 3590 sq.m. Dimensions: 102 feet long, 48 feet wide with a maximum height of 14 meters.Name of the hall due to the large fallen stalagmite length and 11.4 meters in diameter at the base of 6m. In the foreground - stalagmite Dragon, height 2.6 m North of this room is the lowest point of the cave, which is located 50 meters below hectares entry  This figure could not be identified so far, maybe it "the body" or "East City"

Go to the gym "Topol". Green illuminated cornice on the "Wailing Wall" The length of the room from 121 to 35 meters, with a maximum height of 21 m and covers an area of ​​3390 sq.m. In the hall miraculously survived slender stalagmite height of 6.2 m, which is called poplar. On the left in the photo - the vertical "Wailing Wall", which ends with a large terrace (highlighted in green), topped with a small beautiful stalagmites "Baghdad" At the end of the hall poplar out of the cave. He was now closed To the left of the trail goes out to "Throne Room" That's due to the design on the left called the throne room

The passage in the photo is in the closed branch of the cave, which was used for medicinal purposes since the 50s of the twentieth century. About the healing properties of climate sylvinite cave's population knows from ancient times. "Speleyon" in Greek - a cave.Scientific sources say sylvinite caves were used by the priests for treatment-vrachevatelemi ruling elite in ancient Greece. To the beneficial effects of sylvite-salt caves, drew attention in Germany in the cave Klyutert in 1945. The cave was used as a medical unit and air-raid shelters during the Second World War. It has been observed that patients with asthma who were in the shelter, stops asthma attacks, coughing, eases breathing, improves mood, patients recover quickly. Cave Klyutert currently used by German doctors to treat patients with diseases of the immune system, respiratory and allergic diseases, and other diseases. Sylvinite natural development of the mine and was used for treatment in all countries where they exist. Sanatorium (formerly Ceremonial Hall) was converted into a temporary hospital - Sanatorium "Magura Cave" with 30 beds for patients with bronchial asthma. Experiments with patients in 1974-75 yielded good results. The favorable climatic conditions in the room (clean air is allergen-free, constant temperature 11-12, constant humidity, very good ionization, isolation from external noise, and special lighting) create the most appropriate psychological state of patients with bronchial asthma. Thus, patients get significant relief from breathing problems. Unfortunately, we have not got to that part of the cave, where the rock art: probably go, there we would be able to, but narrow and very long passage was not lit and we could not even figure out where do we go (we did not have a flashlight) and a slippery floor with steep ascents, descents and sharp rocks on everywhere did not have to fotopodvigam. Rock paintings are made with bat guano. These multilayer, dated different eras - epipaleolitom, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, beginning rannebronzovoy era. If desired image can be easily found on the internet.