Cave of An-sur-Les
Rue Joseph Lamotte 2, 5580 Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium
Description:
The Cave of An-sur-Les can be visited on an old tram running through a Belgian cave. Thus, from the village you will get straight into a cool grotto, the temperature in which is an average of 13 ° C, it is also worth noting that the cave is very high humidity, so people prone to asthma attacks it is better to refrain from such an excursion. But judging by the fact that this cave is visited by about a million people a year, the health of tourists is all right.
And there is something to see, because this grotto is a common creation of nature and man. Everything created by nature, man carefully preserved, adding artificial light so that you can appreciate here a large stalagmite "Minaret", its height is 5 meters, and history is about 12,000 years, will amaze with its size and another stalagmite, whose height reaches 7 meters, and the circumference is about 20 meters. Stalagmite is located in a hall 20 meters high, and at a depth of 100 meters underground. So it is not difficult to imagine the scale of the cave.
But in addition to natural values, you will also see creations created by man, namely a light show in the underground hall, and at the end of excursions according to tradition there will be a cannon salvo that will show all the acoustics of the cave.