Domica Cave is the largest cave in Slovakia and one of the crown jewels of the UNESCO-listed Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst World Heritage site — a vast underground system on the Slovak-Hungarian border featuring magnificent flowstone formations, pagoda-like stalagmites, and a navigable underground river that visitors can explore by boat. Discovered in 1926 and opened to the public in 1932, Domica is a 5,000-metre-long labyrinth of chambers and passages (of which 1,200 metres are accessible on guided tours) that forms a single hydrological system with the Baradla Cave on the Hungarian side — together, one of the largest cave systems in Central Europe.
Quick Facts: Domica Cave, Slovakia
- Best time to visit: May–September (extended opening hours); the boat ride on the underground river (Styx) operates when water levels allow — typically spring and early summer
- Tour length: ~60 minutes; 1,200 metres of walkways including a 150-metre boat ride on the underground river
- How to get there: ~1.5 hours from Košice by car; the cave is near the village of Kečovo in the Rožňava district; accessible by bus/train to Rožňava + taxi or bus to Kečovo
- Entry fee: ~€10 (adult)
- UNESCO status: Part of the transboundary “Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst” UNESCO World Heritage site (inscribed 1995, extended 2000)
Domica is the biggest and most beautiful cave in the Slovak Karst in southern Slovakia. Domica is situated near Plešivec village in Rožňava district, 2 km from the state boundary with Hungary. It is a part of the cave complex that continues into the cave Baradla (Aggtelek) in Hungary. It was discovered in 1926 by Ján Majko and it is opened to the public since 1932. There is also boat trip included during the visit.
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Domica cave is a part of Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst and is included in the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1995.
The full admission price long tour (tour with boat ride) is €7 (2010). Air temperature ranges from 10.2 to 11.4°C and relative humidity from 95 to 98 %.
Domica is one of the 12 caves opened to the public.
The list of all caves in Slovakia:
- Belianska Cave
- Bystrianska Cave
- Demänovská Cave of Liberty
- Demänovská Ice Cave
- Dobšinská Ice Cave
- Domica
- Driny Cave
- Gombasecká Cave
- Harmanecká Cave
- Jasovská Cave
- Ochtinská Aragonite Cave
- Važecká Cave
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