Going underground means changing worlds in a few steps: the light goes out, the temperature settles at twelve degrees, and a setting of stalactites, curtains and underground rivers is revealed. Some of these cavities hold masterpieces of prehistory, others halls large enough to house a cathedral.
Twelve developed caves and chasms, with walkways, lighting and guided tours, for an outing that fascinates children and parents alike, and which stays cool when it is forty degrees outside.
In the heart of the Vercors, explore this cave hidden in the lush nature of the Choranche cirque. The water of the underground lakes and rivers floods the crystalline whiteness of the concretions with emerald reflections.
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Located not far from the Cirque de Navacelle, this cave is in fact an old aven whose opening is on the Thaurac plateau.
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Located in the Dordogne near the village of Montignac-sur-Vézère, in the heart of the Périgord Noir, the Lascaux cave is the masterpiece of prehistoric art.
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On the Causse Noir, overlooking the Jonte gorges, it is the largest cave of the Causses and the Cévennes and one of the largest underground halls in France.
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The Bétharram caves are among the most beautiful that exist, and certainly the most curious to visit, because in the variety of their aspects they give the key to the formation of almost all caves, dead or fully active.
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Already famous in the eighteenth century for its terrifying legends, the Proumeyssac chasm was only explored in 1907.
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The Aven d'Orgnac, first of all: 30,000 m² of developed caves to visit down a staircase of nearly 800 steps that takes you 150 m underground, to discover a world of concretions, stalagmites and stalactites.
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The Aven Grotte de Marzal was reported in 1892 by the master of speleology, E.A. Martel, as a natural wonder.
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In September 1897, Louis Armand, Édouard-Alfred Martel and Armand Viré discovered this fantastic cavern for the first time.
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About thirty chambers carved by underground water in the limestone plateau: a developed route of eight hundred metres of galleries lets you discover the limestone concretions, stalactites and stalagmites.
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In the Limousin between Périgord and Quercy, the Gouffre de la Fage is all the magic of the underground world...
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Located at Chaux-lès-Passavant, 30 km from Besançon, in the middle of the forest, this open-air cave collects the cold air and water seeping from the vault to form a large reserve of ice, a phenomenon unique in Europe at this altitude of 525 m. A mineral exhibition of more than 5,000 crystals from the...
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