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In Greek mythology, Melissani was the Cave of the Nymphs. It features a lake surrounded with trees and forest, and is located east of the mountains of Evmorfia and Agia Dynati. Tourism is common. The lake's bottom is covered with stones. Plants grow at the opening of the cave. The color of the stone near the opening is stucco to honey-like ...
Two cultural attractions, the fishing villages of Fiscardo and Assos, and other natural attractions, including Melissani underground lake, Drogarati cave and Myrtos beach, have helped popularize Cephalonia. The film Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film) (2001), filmed on the island, made Cephalonia more widely known.
Melissani Lake, Greece. Melissani Lake is located below ground level inside a soaring cave—like the cenotes of the Yucatan—and its impossibly clear waters are (of course) a popular tourist ...
Cave of the Seven Virgins, Kalymnos Isl, Prefecture of Dodecanese; Cave of Trypas Kefalas – near Kefala, Kalymnos Isl, Prefecture of Dodecanese; Corycian Cave; Dirou Cave complex (water cave) – near Areopoli, Prefecture of Laconia, includes: River cave of Glyfada; Alepotrypa Cave; Drogarati Cave – near Chaliotata, Kefalonia Isl ...
Near the village are two notable landmarks, the Drogarati cave and the Melissani cave, which are a tourist attractions on the island. [2] Population
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Along the Piccolo Gyro, in the Vlikha area facing Lixouri, lie the ‘Swallow Holes’ of Katovothres, a geological phenomenon. Sea water disappears underground and travels under the island, re-emerging around fourteen days later in the Karavomylos area of Sami, having passed through the nearby, underground Melissani lake. The power of this sea ...
The Cave of the Lakes (Greek: Σπήλαιο των Λιμνών, romanized: Spilaio ton Limnon), formerly called Troupisio, is located near the village Kastria in the municipality of Kalavryta, Achaea regional unit. It is 17 km (11 miles) from Kalavryta and 9 km (6 miles) from Kleitoria. [1]